Areas of Research

• Light entrepreneurship and platform work
• Employment and pension accrual of informal carers
• Rehabilitation and disability
• Partial old-age pensions
• Young people’s transition to working life

Presentation

My main research interests are in the field of labour economics, such as labour force participation, career and earnings development, and pension accumulation, but I am also interested in issues at the intersection of health, work ability and working life.  

I have a Ph.D. in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). I have specialised in quantitative research methods, including causal analysis. In recent years I have also worked with qualitative research.

I have good cooperation and interaction skills and speak several languages. I have previously worked as a consultant, which has taught me to familiarise myself with new topics, see things from different perspectives and work with different stakeholders. 

• CV (pdf)
• ORCID
• ResearchGate

Ongoing research projects

• The careers of light entrepreneurs 
• Enrings and pension accrual of informal carers
• Rehabilitees’ view on the process of vocational rehabilitation
• Changes in earnings after drawing the partial old-age pension
• The link between the rising earnings-related pension index and drawing a partial old-age pension
• The work history of young disability pensioners
• Research on platform work, combining it with other work and career consequences in Finland

Read more: Ongoing Research Projects.

Publications

• Sten-Gahmberg, S. & Heinänen, J. & Kuivalainen, S. (2024) Työikäisten omaishoitajien työurat, ansiotulot ja eläkekarttumat: Rekisteripohjainen tarkastelu sopimusomaishoitajista 2005–2023. [Employment, earnings, and pension accumulation of working-age informal carers : A register-based study of contracted informal carers 2005–2023]. Eläketurvakeskuksen tutkimuksia 08/2024.
• Liukko, J. & Pasanen, J. & Sten-Gahmberg, S. (2024) Kuntoutujien näkemyksiä työeläkekuntoutuksen hyödyistä ja kehittämiskohteista : Työkokeiluun osallistuneiden kuntoutujien haastatteluihin perustuva tutkimus. [Rehabilitees’ perspective on the benefits and development areas of rehabilitation under the earnings-related pension system: Study based on interviews with rehabilitees participating in a work trial]. Eläketurvakeskuksen tutkimuksia 06/2024.
• Sten-Gahmberg, S. & Riekhoff, A.-J. (2024) Light entrepreneurs in Finland : A longitudinal study of careers, income and pension accrual. Finnish Centre for Pensions, Studies 04/2024.
• Ilmakunnas, I. & Sten-Gahmberg, S. (2024) Palkkatulot ennen ja jälkeen osittaisen varhennetun vanhuuseläkkeen ottamisen. [Wage income before and after taking out a partial old-age pension]. Eläketurvakeskuksen tutkimuksia 01/2024.
• Liukko, J. & Pasanen, J. & Sten-Gahmberg, S. (2023) Kuntoutujien näkökulma työeläkekuntoutuksen suunnitteluun : Työkokeiluun osallistuvien kuntoutujien haastatteluihin perustuva tutkimus. [Rehabilitees’ perspective on rehabilitation planning under the earnings-related pension system. Study based on interviews with rehabilitees participating in a work trial.] Eläketurvakeskuksen tutkimuksia : 05/2023.
• Polvinen, A. &  Tenhunen, S. & Järnefelt, N. & Kivelä, M. & Kuivalainen, S. & Nivalainen, S. & Sten-Gahmberg, S. (2023) Työnteko vanhuuseläkkeellä : Kyselytutkimus palkkatyöstä vanhuuseläkkeelle vuosina 2019-2021 siirtyneille. [Working in retirement. Survey of persons retiring from work on an old-age pension in 2019–2021.] Eläketurvakeskuksen tutkimuksia 04/2023. 
• Bråten, R. H. & Sten-Gahmberg, S. & Bugge, C. & Kristiansen, I. S. & Gardsjord, E. S. & Sæther, E. M. (2023). Økt bruk av psykiske diagnoser for unge. Tidsskrift for norsk psykologforening.
• Bråten, R. H. ja Sten-Gahmberg, S. (2022). Unge uføre og veien til uføretrygd. Søkelys på arbeidslivet, 39, (1), p.1-19.