Welcome

I am a lecturer (assistant professor) at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. I work in Labor Economics with a focus on the Economics of Crime. I am also a research affiliate at CESifo and IZA.

Contact:
Email: martti.kaila(at)glasgow.ac.uk

Publications:

The Impact of an Early Career Shock on Intergenerational Mobility with Emily Nix and Krista Riukula Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 43 Number 4 (October 2025)

Work in progress:

How Do People React to Income-Based Fines? Evidence from Speeding Tickets Discontinuities Revise & Resubmit The Review of Economic Studies , Sir Alec Cairncross Prize Runner-Up at the 2024 Annual Conference of the Scottish Economic Society

Punishing Financial Crimes: The Impact of Prison Sentences on Defendants and Their Colleagues with Kristiina Huttunen, Dave Macdonald and Emily Nix Revise & Resubmit American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

The STEM Major Gender Gap: Evidence from Coordinated College Application Platforms Across Five Continents with Adam Altjmed, Andres Barrios Fernandez, Aspacia Bizopoulou, Rigissa Megalokonomou, José Montalban Castilla, Christopher Neilson, Sebastián Otero, and Xiaoyang Ye

The Crime Ladder: Estimating the Impact of Different Punishments on Defendant Outcomes with Kristiina Huttunen and Emily Nix

Punishment Thresholds, Perceptions, and Learning with Daniel Hauser and Xiaogeng Xu