CURRICULUM VITAE
KATARIINA NILSSON HAKKALA
Business Address
Government Institute for Economic Research P.O. Box 1279
00101 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358-295 519 434 or +358-040-9606699 Email: katariina.nilsson-hakkala@vatt.fi
Current positions
Senior researcher at the Government Institute for Economic Research (since 2010) Associate Professor (Docent), Aalto university, Helsinki (since 2009)
Previous positions
Researcher, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden (2003-2008) Visiting Researcher, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, (2007-2008)
Researcher at the Government Institute for Economic Research and Aalto university, joint position (2008-2010), Helsinki
Visiting Researcher, Lund university, Sweden (Summer 2012)
Visiting Researcher, Copenhagen university, Denmark (Summer 2013) Visiting Researcher, Lund university, Sweden (Summer 2013)
Visiting Resaercher, Copenhagen university, Denmark (Summer 2014)
Education
Stockholm School of Economics, Department of Economics, Ph.D. (Ek Dr), (2003) Master of Economics Sciences (Ek Mag), Lund University, Economics (1997)
Teaching/Supervision
Major courses taught
Lecturer, International Trade and Integration (Master's level), Aalto university, (2011, 2012 and 2014).
Lecturer, International Trade and Integration (Master's level), Helsinki School of Economics, (2008). Lecturer, International Economics, Hanken School of Economics, (2008)
Teaching Assistant, International Economics, Stockholm School of Economics (Handelshögskolan i Stockholm), (1998, 1999 and 2000)
Supervision
Other Academic Activities
Referee assignmentsCanadian Journal of Economics, Economica, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of International Economics, Labour Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Research Policy and Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Examination
Pre-examinator of Elias Einiö’s Doctoral Thesis, Helsinki University, 2009
Opponent on Fredrik Wilhelmsson’s final Doctoral dissertation seminar, Lund University, 2006 Opponent on Andreas Polhdahl’s final Licentiate seminar, Örebro University, 2004
Research Grants and Awards
Research grant, “The consequences of globalisation and restructuring for individuals and jobs”, (2010-2012) Academy of Finland
Research grant,“Empirical Labor Economics” Nordic Centre of Excellence, (2008-2010). Research grant, Yrjö Jahnssonin säätiö, (2009)
Research grant, Jan Wallanders Stiftelse (2006- 2008)
Research grant, Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap (FAS), (2006- 2008) Research grant, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, (2006- 2007)
Research grant (J-02 33), Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, (2002-2003) Research grant, Jacob Wallenbergs Stiftelse, (2001- 2002)
Research grant (T-99-4), Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse, (1999- 2001)
MFS Scholarship, Swedish International Development Agency, SIDA, (1996)
Award for the best Master's thesis in economics at Lund University, a scholarship granted by Arthur Andersen Stipendiefond, (1997)
Consultancy
Globalisation Council, Swedish Ministry of Education and Research: Labour market effects of foreign direct investment, (2008).
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Labour market effects of international production networks in the Nordic/Baltic region, (2007).
United Nations Development Program (UNDP):, Private sector development in Vietnam, (2007). Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communication: Labour market consequences of international outsourcing, (2005).
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA): Economic reforms in Vietnam, (2001).
Other Commissions
Secretary of the Swedish Economic Association, (2006-2008) Member of board, Footbalance System Ltd, (2004-2007)
Languages
Publications
Journal articles -refereed
“Multinational Firms and Job Tasks (with Fredrik Sjöholm and Fredrik Heyman) and Government institute for Economic Research (VATT) Working Paper No. 8. European Economic Review, Vol. 66, , Pages 248–265, February 2014.
“Should Countries Block Foreign Takeovers of R&D Champions and Promote Greenfield Entry? Government institute for Economic Research (VATT) Discussion Paper No. 459, 2008 (with Olivier Bertrand, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson). Canadian Journal of
Economics, Vol. 45, No 3. August 2012.
“Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities” IFN Working Paper 709, Research Institute for Industrial Economics (IFN), 2007 (with Fredrik Sjöholm and Fredrik Heyman) Review of World Economics /Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 146:263-280, 2010
“Asymmetric Effects of Corruption on FDI: Evidence from Swedish Firms”, (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Helena Svaleryd) Working Paper 641, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 90, No. 4: 627-642, November 2008.
“Location of R&D and High-Tech Production by Vertically Integrated Multinationals” (with Karolina Ekholm) Economic Journal, vol 117, pp. 512-43 March 2007.
“Corporate Restructuring and Labor Productivity Growth” Industrial and Corporate Change Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 683-714, 2006.
Unrefereed journal articles, books and book sections
‘Private Sector Development’ (with Ari Kokko) in Ari Kokko (ed.), Vietnam after 20 Years of Doi Moi, Hanoi: VASS and UNDP.
Step by Step, Economic Reform and Renovation in Vietnam before the 9th Party Congress Country Economic Report 2001:6, Swedish International Development Agency, SIDA, 2001 (with Ari Kokko and Olivia Kang).
Trade Liberalisation under Transition in Vietnam: A study on Trade and Specialisation, Lund: Department of Economics at University of Lund, Minor Field Study Series, No. 76, 1997. (with Per Ola Nilsson)
Book Review of Skuld och Tanke; Svensk Statsskuldsproblematik i ett internationellt perspektiv före 1930-talet by Christer Franzén, Scandinavian Economic History Review, 46,3, 1998.
‘Produktionen flyttar utomlands? Om offshoring och arbetsmarknaden’ (with Karolina Ekholm and Sascha O. Becker), SNS Förlag, 2010.
Other articles and working papers
In English
“Multinationals, Competition and Productivity Spillovers through Worker Mobility”, VATT Working Paper No. 54, Government Institute for Economic Research, 2013, (with Alessandro Sembenelli).
“International Production Networks in the Nordic/Baltic Region” OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 61, 2007, (with Karolina Ekholm).
“Cross-Border Acquisition or Greenfield Entry: Does it Matter for Affiliate R&D?” IFN Working Paper 693, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, 2007, (with Olivier Bertrand and Pehr-Johan Norbäck).
“The Effect of Offshoring on Labor Demand: Evidence from Sweden” IFN Working Paper 654, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, 2005, (with Karolina Ekholm).
“Foreign Operations of Swedish Manufacturing Firms - Evidence from the IUI Survey on Multinationals 2003”, Working Paper 650, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, 2005, (with David Zimmermann).
“Why Corporations Divest Recently Acquired Assets?” The EIJS Working Paper 177, Stockholm School of Economics, 2003.
“Corporate Acquisitions and Transfer of Firm-Specific Knowledge Capital” The EIJS Working Paper 176, Stockholm School of Economics, 2003.
In other languages
‘Innovaatiopolitiikka Ruotsissa’ in Jyrki Ali-Yrkkö (ed.) Yritysten tutkimustoiminta kansainvälistyy - Mitä jää Suomeen? Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos, ETLA, 2009.
“Arbetsmarknadseffekter av utländska direktinvesteringar” Underlagsrapport nr 16 till Globaliseringsrådet, Regeringskansliet, Utbildningsdepartementet 2008, (with Fredrik Sjöholm and Fredrik Heyman).
“Lokalisering av FoU” in Varför FoU? Hur dagens internationella företag bedriver sin forskning och utvecklingsverksamhet ed. Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall, SNS Förlag, Stockholm, 2007 (with Karolina Ekholm).
“Hur påverkar handel och utflyttning av produktion den svenska arbetsmarknaden?”, in Ekonomisk Debatt Nr. 4, May 2006, (with Karolina Ekholm).
“Utlokalisering av produktion- Vad händer med jobben i Europa?” in Europaperspektiv 2006- En gränslös europeisk arbetsmarknad?, Santérus Förlag, Stockholm, 2006.
“Sverige i en globaliserad ekonomi” in Marknad och Politik, ed. Bo Södersten, Femte upplagen, SNS Förlag, Stockholm, 2000, (with Ari Kokko).
Theses
Essays on Restructuring and Production Decisions in Multi-Plant Firms, Doctoral Thesis, EFI, Stockholm School of Economics, 2003.
Trade Liberalisation under Transition in Vietnam: A study on Trade and Specialisation, Lund: Department of Economics at University of Lund, Minor Field Study Series, No. 76, 1997. (with Per Ola Nilsson)