Konsta Lavaste
Official title: Senior Researcher
Tel. +358 29 524 7284
E-mail: [email protected]
Expertise
- Health economics
- Policy impact evaluation
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Voluntary private health insurance
Primary duties
Health economics research
Education
- 2017–, PhD candidate, Economics, University of Jyväskylä
- 2017, Master of Science, Economics, University of Jyväskylä
Professional background
- 2024–, Senior researcher, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
- 2023–2024, Researcher, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
- 2019–2021, Doctoral researcher, University of Jyväskylä
- 2017–2018, Economist, Bank of Finland, Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT)
- 2016, Research assistant, VATT Institute for Economic Research, The Finnish Economic Policy Council
Language skills
- Finnish (native)
- English (excellent)
Publications and research
Kortelainen, M., Laine, L. T., Lavaste, K., Saxell, T., & Siciliani, L. (2023). Improving Performance Through Allocation and Competition: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform.Linkki toiselle sivustolle VATT Working papers 156.
Lavaste, K. (2025). Overuse of medical imaging and effects of payer-provider integration: quasi-experimental evidence from Finland. Health Economics Review 15, 4.
Lavaste, K. (2023). Private health insurance in the universal public healthcare system: The role of healthcare provision in Finland.Linkki toiselle sivustolleAvautuu uudessa välilehdessä Health Policy 132, 104820.
