Tairi Rõõm Curriculum Vitae
Head of the Research Division
E-mail: tairi.room@eestipank.ee
Research interests:
Labour economics
Household financial behaviour
Applied microeconomics
Education:
- 2004 — Ph.D., Economics, Boston College, USA
- 1998 — MA, International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University, USA
- 1994 — BA, International Economics, Tartu University, Estonia
Experience:
2011— current: Head of Research Division, Economics and Research Department, Bank of Estonia, Estonia
2018 — current: Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
2010— 2018: Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
2003—2011: Research Supervisor, Research Department, Bank of Estonia, Estonia
2007—2010: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
2002—2003: Economist, Central Bank Policy Department, Bank of Estonia, Estonia
2000: Research Associate, New Hampshire Commission on Education Funding, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, USA
2002—2004: Lector, Estonian Business School, Estonia
2000—2001: Lector and teaching assistant, Boston College, USA
2000: Research Associate, New Hampshire Commission on Education Funding, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, USA
1998—1999: Research Assistant, Boston College, USA
1994—1996: Risk Manager, Financial Markets Department, Bank of Estonia, Estonia
1993—1994: Holding Specialist, Supervision & Restructuring Department, Estonian Privatization Agency, Estonia
Selected publications:
Stress tests of the household sector using microdata from survey and administrative sources, 2020, authors Jaanika Meriküll and Tairi Rõõm. International Journal of Central Banking, Volume 16, No 2, March, pp 203-248.
Shocks and labour cost adjustment: evidence from a survey of European firms, 2019, authors Thomas Y. Mathä, Stephen Millard, Tairi Rõõm, Ladislav Wintr, Robert Wyszyński. Oxford Economic Papers, gpaa041, https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpaa041 (also published in European Central Bank Working Paper Series, No 2269/April 2019).
What explains the gender gap in wealth? Evidence from administrative data, 2019, authors Jaanika Meriküll, Merike Kukk and Tairi Rõõm. Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, pp 1-47. DOI 10.1007/s11150-020-09522-x, https://rdcu.be/ccslg (also published in Working Papers of Eesti Pank, No 4/2019).
Are survey data underestimating the inequality of wealth?, 2019, authors Jaanika Meriküll and Tairi Rõõm. Working Papers of Eesti Pank, No 5/2019.
Estonian Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, 2019, authors Jaanika Meriküll and Tairi Rõõm. Occasional Papers of Eesti Pank, No 1/2019.
The financial fragility of Estonian households: Evidence from stress tests on the HFCS microdata, 2017, authors Jaanika Meriküll and Tairi Rõõm. Working Papers of Eesti Pank, No 4/2017.
Labour market adjustment in Europe during the crisis: Microeconomic evidence from the Wage Dynamics Network survey, 2017, authors Mario Izquierdo, Juan F. Jimeno, Theodora Kosma, Ana Lamo, Stephen Millard, Tairi Rõõm and Eliana Viviano. ECB Occasional Papers, No 192, June 2017 (also published in Occasional Papers of Eesti Pank, No 1/2017).
The assets, liabilities and wealth of Estonian households: Results of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, 2016, authors Jaanika Meriküll and Tairi Rõõm. Occasional Papers of Eesti Pank, No 1/2016.
European firm adjustment during times of economic crisis, 2015, authors Silvia Fabiani, Ana Lamo, Julian Messina and Tairi Rõõm. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, No 4:24, pp. 1- 28.
- One currency, one price? Euro changeover-related inflation in Estonia, 2015, authors Jaanika Meriküll and Tairi Rõõm. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 53(4), pp. 822-839.
Why firms avoid cutting wages: Survey evidence from European firms, 2015, authors Philip Du Caju, Theodora Kosma, Martina Lawless, Julián Messina and Tairi Rõõm. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 68(4), August, pp. 862-888.
The euro changeover in Estonia: Implications for inflation, 2014, authors Tairi Rõõm and Katri Urke. Working Papers of Eesti Pank, No. 6/2014.
One currency, one price? Euro changeover-related inflation in Estonia, 2014, authors Jaanika Meriküll and Tairi Rõõm. ECB Working Paper, No. 1732.
Are Foreign-Owned Firms Different? Comparison of Employment Volatility and Elasticity of Labour Demand, 2014, authors Jaanika Meriküll and Tairi Rõõm. ECB Working Paper, No. 1704.
- How do European firms adjust their labour costs when nominal wages are rigid, 2012, authors Jan Babecký, Philip Du Caju, Theodora Kosma, Martina Lawless, Julián Messina and Tairi Rõõm. Labour Economics, No. 19.
- Perceptions of Unreported Economic Activities in Baltic Firms. Individualistic and Non-Individualistic Motives, 2012, authors Jaanika Meriküll, Tairi Rõõm and Karsten Staehr. In "(Dis)honesty in Management: Manifestations and Consequences", editors Tiia Vissak and Maaja Vadi, Emerald Group Publishing (also published in Working Papers of Eesti Pank, No. 8/2012).
- The Structure of Migration in Estonia: Survey-Based Evidence, 2011, authors Martti Randveer and Tairi Rõõm. Research in Economics and Business: Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 3, No. 1.
- How wages respond to shocks: asymmetry in the speed of adjustment, 2011, authors Tairi Rõõm and Aurelijus Dabušinskas. ECB Working Paper, No. 1340.
- Survey evidence on wage and price setting in Estonia, 2011, authors Aurelijus Dabušinskas and Tairi Rõõm. Working Papers of Eesti Pank, No. 6/2011.
- Downward Nominal and Real Wage Rigidity: Survey Evidence from European Firms, 2010, authors Jan Babecký, Philip Du Caju, Theodora Kosma, Martina Lawless, Julián Messina and Tairi Rõõm. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 112, No. 4.
- Wage Rigidities and Labor Market Adjustment in Europe, 2010, authors Silvia Fabiani, Kamil Galuscak, Claudia Kwapil, Ana Lamo and Tairi Rõõm. Journal of European Economic Association, Vol. 8, No. 2—3.
- The Margins of Labour Cost Adjustment: Survey Evidence from European Firms, 2009, authors Jan Babecký, Philip Du Caju, Theodora Kosma, Martina Lawless, Julián Messina and Tairi Rõõm. ECB Working Paper, No. 1106.
- Principles of Wage Formation in Estonian Enterprises, 2009, authors Tairi Rõõm and Lenno Uusküla. Published in Microfoundations of Economic Success: Lessons from Estonia, editor David G. Mayes, Edward Elgar Publishers.