Policy Briefs

1/2026 (FLUX)
Finnish fertility: First births matter even more than before and lifetime fertility outlook has weakened

4/2025
Tutkimus muuttaa yhteiskuntaa, mutta vaikutukset näkyvät usein hitaasti (in Finnish)

3/2025 (FLUX)
A well-functioning parental leave system supports well-being as well as the social and economic sustainability of the society

2/2025 (FLUX)
Psychosocial factors in family formation

1/2025 (FLUX)
Mental health disorders and childlessness – partnerships play a key explanatory role

7/2024; 6/2024 (FLUX)
Female couples’ likelihood of having a child has increased, but only among those with high education

6/2024; 5/2024 (FLUX)
Investments in education offset the impact of lower fertility – even without additional funding

5/2024; 4/2024 (FLUX)
Finnish women and men increasingly have their children within the context of their second rather than first co-residing partnership

4/20204; 3/2024 (FLUX)
More children under 3 attend early childhood education and care – progress slower in Finland than elsewhere in Europe

3/2024; 2/2024 (FLUX)
Almost 6% of children are conceived through fertility treatment – delayed childbearing increases the need for treatment

2/2024; 1/2024 (FLUX)
Stronger fertility declines in educational fields associated with higher economic uncertainty

1/2024
Suomalaisten kokema hyvinvointi on romahtanut koronaviruspandemian jälkeen (in Finnish)

3/2023 (FLUX)
Employment of single mothers and fathers has remained lower than that of partnered parents

2/2023 (FLUX)
Reforming childcare support can improve equality, both between men and women and between different socioeconomic groups

1/2023 (FLUX)
Becoming a parent at an older age has different effects for the early careers of women and men

5/2022; 4/2022 (FLUX)
The Strategic Research DEMOGRAPHY programme: The demographic change challenges the sustainability of the Finnish society (PDF, double page | PDF, page)

4/2022; 3/2022 (FLUX)
Employers discriminate against foreign-named job applicants in Sweden – no signs of discrimination based on gender or parenthood in general

3/2022; 2/2022 (FLUX)
Finnish women not only have children later in their lives, but now also fewer

2/2022; 1/2022 (FLUX)
The highly educated often have two children — childlessness and high numbers of children more commonly seen among low- and medium-educated persons

1/2022
Diabeteslääkkeiden korvauksia leikattiin – miten kävi potilaiden? (in Finnish)

2/2021
Lapsiköyhyys koko väestön köyhyyttä yleisempää Euroopassa – Suomessa lapsiköyhyyttä esiintyy etenkin yksin-huoltaja- ja maahanmuuttajaperheissä (in Finnish)

1/2021
Maahanmuuttajaoppilaiden opetuksessa paljon osaamista mutta myös kehitettävää: vahva äidinkieli ja tuettu koulukieli edistävät koulutuksellista tasa-arvoa (in Finnish)

4/2020
Joka kymmenes työikäinen suomalainen elää köyhyydessä (in Finnish)

3/2020
Koronakriisin ja etäopetuksen vaikutukset opiskelijoiden ja opetushenkilökunnan hyvinvointiin (in Finnish)

2/2020
Koronakriisin vaikutukset lasten ja nuorten oppimiseen koulutukseen ja hyvinvointiin pitkällä aikavälillä (in Finnish)

1/2020
Kotitalouksien terveysmenot lisäävät erityisesti ikääntyneiden ja työkyvyttömien köyhyyttä (in Finnish)

1/2019
Vuoroasuminen ja lapsen elatusapu Pohjoismaissa (in Finnish)