Jani Erola
jani.erola@utu.fi +358 29 450 2157 +358 40 512 5286 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 497 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-7032 |
Areas of expertise
socioeconomic inheritance, social moblity, social class, education, income, inequality, life course
socioeconomic inheritance, social moblity, social class, education, income, inequality, life course
Research community or research topic
INVEST Research Flagship
INVEST Research Flagship
Biography
Jani Erola is Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku and the director of INVEST Research Flagship Center (invest.utu.fi). His research interests include intergenerational social mobility and socioeconomic inheritance, social class and stratification, family formation, sociological research methods, welfare state attitudes and social scientific publication patterns. His publications on these topics have appeared in major social scientific journals such as Social Science Research, Social Forces, European Sociological Review, Sociology, Acta Sociologica, Journal European Social Policy and Demography. He is a former PI of ERC Consolidator Grant Project "Intergenerational Cumulative Disadvantage and Resource Compensation (INDIRECT)", the editor of Acta Sociologica and the president of the Westermarck Society, the Finnish sociological association. According to Prof. Erola, he originally started looking at intergenerational social mobility as an interesting side project within his PhD, but “questions of inheritance took over and became what really motivated me as a researcher".
Jani Erola is Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku and the director of INVEST Research Flagship Center (invest.utu.fi). His research interests include intergenerational social mobility and socioeconomic inheritance, social class and stratification, family formation, sociological research methods, welfare state attitudes and social scientific publication patterns. His publications on these topics have appeared in major social scientific journals such as Social Science Research, Social Forces, European Sociological Review, Sociology, Acta Sociologica, Journal European Social Policy and Demography. He is a former PI of ERC Consolidator Grant Project "Intergenerational Cumulative Disadvantage and Resource Compensation (INDIRECT)", the editor of Acta Sociologica and the president of the Westermarck Society, the Finnish sociological association. According to Prof. Erola, he originally started looking at intergenerational social mobility as an interesting side project within his PhD, but “questions of inheritance took over and became what really motivated me as a researcher".
Teaching
- Introductory course lectures on sociology
- Master thesis seminar
- Current topics in social inequality
- Introductory course lectures on sociology
- Master thesis seminar
- Current topics in social inequality
Publications 
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- Intergenerational social mobility of cohorts born from 1951 to 1980 in Finland (2025)
- Acta Sociologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parental involvement in elementary schools and children's academic achievement: A longitudinal analysis across educational groups in Finland (2025)
- Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Age of entry into early childhood education and care, literacy and reduction of educational inequality in Nordic countries (2024)
- European Societies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Change in human capital of the immediate family (2024) Heiskala, Laura; Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, Sanna; Karonen, Esa; Erola, Jani
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Childbearing under different family policy schemes (2024)
- Journal of family research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Economic circumstances of children living in higher and lower educated families and the contribution of household structure: Comparison of 11 European countries (2024) Heiskala, Laura; Tuominen, Minna; Erola, Jani; Kilpi Jakonen, Elina
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Education, family complexity and heterogeneous causal effects of parental separation (2024) Helske Satu; Erola Jani; Helske Jouni
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Huipputuloisuuden alueellinen periytyminen (2024) Eriarvoisuuden tila Suomessa 2024 Karonen, Esa; Erola, Jani
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Introduction: The economic and sociological approaches to studying the intergenerational transmission of inequality : Similarities, differences and convergence (2024) Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality Blanden Jo, Erola Jani, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Macmillan Lindsey
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality (2024) Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Blanden Jo, Erola Jani, Macmillan Linsey
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Educational attainment and family composition across generations, origin and place (2023) Lehti, Hannu; Tuominen, Minna; Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina; Erola, Jani
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Educational tracking and social inequalities in long-term labor market outcomes: Six countries in comparison (2023)
- International Journal of Comparative Sociology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Intergenerational social mobility of cohorts born from 1951 to 1980 in Finland (2023) Ruggera Lucia, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Erola Jani
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Oppimiserojen kasvu pitää pysäyttää (2023) Erola Jani, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Lehti Hannu, Kaakinen Johanna
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Persistent university intentions: Social origin differences in stopping applying to university after educational rejection(s) (2023)
- Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cyclic Educational Transitions and Social Inequality: Re-applications After Educational Rejections
(2022) Heiskala Laura, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Sirniö Outi, Erola jani
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Licensed Professionals and Intergenerational Big-, Meso- and Micro-Class Immobility within the Upper Class; Social Closure and Gendered Outcomes among Italian Graduates (2022)
- Social Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Socioeconomic Background and Gene-Environment Interplay in Social Stratification across the Early Life Course (2022)
- European Sociological Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The limited role of personal goal striving in status attainment, Social Science Research (2022)
- Social Science Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of partnering and assortative mating for income inequality: The case of Finland, 1991–2014 (2022)
- Acta Sociologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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