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Tampere University
niklas.makinen [at] tuni.fi (niklas[dot]makinen[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358505930375

About me

I am a researcher specializing in social policy and labour market, with a particular focus on active labor market policies, public employment services, wage inequalities and precarious employment.

My forthcoming PhD thesis aims to provide new empirical evidence on the causes and conditions of informal employment in Finland and Europe.

Research topics

labour markets, work life, informal employment, atypical employment, part-time employment, precarisation, grey economy, active labour market policies, public employment services

Research unit

Work Research Centre (WRC), https://research.tuni.fi/wrc/

Selected publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6185-5120