Postdoctoral Researcher in Agricultural Economics / Applied microeconomics

Job description

The Department of Economics and Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in agricultural economics/applied microeconomics. The position is fixed term for three years with a six-month trial period. The position is part of a new research project “Generational Change for Productive Structural Transformation in Agriculture.” The project is led by Professor Pia Nilsson and is based at the Agricultural Economics group in collaboration with similar projects situated in Sweden at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO), Jönköping University. The position can start as soon as possible and ideally before May 2026. The project studies how generational change in family-owned agricultural firms affects productivity, firm survival, investment behavior, and technology adoption. The analyses focus on capital and land constraints, ownership transfer mechanisms, inheritance taxes and the timing and form of generational change. This research is based on high-quality administrative register data covering all registered Finnish firms and legal farm...