Postdoctoral Researcher in Economics

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The Department of Economics and Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, invites applications for a Postdoctoral position. The position is fixed term for two years with a six-month trial period and ideally starts around January 2027. The position is part of a new research project “Intergenerational Transitions in the Nordics (NEXT)” funded by Peter Wallenberg Foundation. The project is led by Professor Lucia Naldi at Jönköping University and Professor Pia Nilsson at the University of Helsinki. The research focuses on how institutional conditions, particularly inheritance and gift taxation, shape intergenerational farm succession and the subsequent development of farm businesses in Sweden and Finland. The postdoctoral researcher will be based at the University of Helsinki, Department of Economics and Management and the Agricultural Economics research group. The project studies how inheritance and gift taxation affect intergenerational ownership transitions and the consequences of these transitions for farm viability, investment, land-use continuity, and technological development. Sweden and Finland provide a highly relevant comparative setting: Sweden abolished inheritance and gift taxes in 2005, while Finland retains these taxes with relief mechanisms. The project uses this institutional contrast to examine the effects of transfer taxes on the timing