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 Isaac Ahimbisibwe, Adam Altjmed, Georgy Artemov, Aspasia Bizopoulou, Martti Kaila, Jin-Tan Liu, Rigissa Megalokonomou, José Montalbán, Christopher Neilson, Jintao Sun, 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