Merike Kukk CV

Vanemökonomist, Dr.
E-post: [email protected]

Uurimisvaldkonnad:

Majapidamiste tarbimine, säästmine ja laenamine
Majapidamiste maksukäitumine
Kinnisvaraturg ja kinnisvarahinnad
Pangandussektori viivislaenud

Haridus:

2016 — Ph.D. majandusteaduses, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool
2004 — MA ärikorralduses, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool
1999 — BA majandusteaduses, Tartu Ülikool

Töökogemus:

2016 – Eesti Pank, rahapoliitika ja majandusuuringute osakond, vanemökonomist
2026 – Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, majandusanalüüsi ja rahanduse instituut, kaasatud professor (osakoormus)
2016–2025 Tallinna Tehnikakülikool, majandusteaduskond, vanemteadur (osakoormus)
2013, 2015 Eesti Pank, rahapoliitika ja majandusuuringute osakond, külalisuurija (osaline koormus)
2012–2016 Tallinna Tehnikakülikool, majandusteaduskond, teadur
2005–2008 SEB, Turundus- ja kommunikatsioonidivisjon, direktori kt.
2000–2004 SEB, Turundus- ja kommunikatsiooni divisjon, projektijuht

Publikatsioonid:

Teadusartiklid rahvusvahelistes eelretsenseeritud teadusajakirjades

Triin Bulõgina ja Merike Kukk (2025). „How the large-scale early withdrawals from private pension plans were used: insights from young adults“, Baltic Journal of Economics, Vol. 25, No. 2, lk. 255–289.
Merike Kukk, Jan Toczynski ja Christoph Basten (2025). "Beyond the Headline: How Personal Exposure to Inflation Shapes the Financial Choices of Households“, Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 153, 103800.
Liina Rebane, Merike Kukk ja Tairi Rõõm (2024). "Wealth disparities between elderly immigrants and natives: a study of Estonia and Latvia", Baltic Journal of Economics, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 203−238.
Merike Kukk ja Natalia Levenko (2024). "Loan interest rate spreads in Estonia: different stories for different types of loans", Research in International Business and Finance, Vol 72, Part A, 102524.
Merike Kukk ja Natalia Levenko (2024). "Measuring the effects of borrower-based policies on new housing loans", Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 82, pp. 666−684.
Juan Carlos Cuestas Olivares, Merike Kukk ja Natalia Levenko (2023). "Misalignments in house prices and economic growth in Europe", Applied Economics, Vol 55, No 28, lk 3215−3237.
Merike Kukk, Jaanika Meriküll ja Tairi Rõõm (2022). "The gender wealth gap in Europe: Application of Machine Learning to Predict Individual Level Wealth", Review of Income and Wealth.
Merike Kukk ja Fred W van Raaij (2022). "Joint and Individual Savings within Families: Evidence from Bank Accounts", Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Vol 43, lk 511−533.
Merike Kukk (2022). "What are the triggers for arrears on debt over a business cycle? Evidence from panel data", International Journal of Finance & Economics, Vol 43, lk 511−533.
Jaanika Meriküll, Merike Kukk ja Tairi Rõõm. (2021). "What explains the gender gap in wealth? Evidence from administrative data", Review of Economics of the Household, Vol 19, lk 501–547.
Juan Carlos Cuestas Olivares ja Merike Kukk (2020). "The interaction between housing prices and housing credit: evidence from a country with rapid credit accumulation", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol 48, No 1, lk 191−209.
Merike Kukk, Alari Paulus ja Karsten Staehr (2020). "Cheating in Europe: underreporting of self-employment income in comparative perspective", International Tax and Public Finance, Vol 27, No 2, lk 363−390.
Juan Carlos Cuestas Olivares ja Merike Kukk (2020). "The Spanish housing market: is it fundamentally broken?", Applied Economics Letters, Vol 27, No 15, lk 1295−1299.
Merike Kukk (2019). "Debt repayment problems: short-term and long-term implications for spending", Review of Economics of the Household, Vol 17, No 2, lk 715−740.
Merike Kukk ja Karsten Staehr (2017). "Macroeconomic Factors in Corporate and Household Saving. Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe", Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol 53, No 11, lk 2585–2608.
Merike Kukk ja Karsten Staehr (2017). "Identification of Households Prone to Income Underreporting: Employment Status or Reported Business Income?", Public Finance Review, Vol 45, No 5, lk 599–627.
Merike Kukk (2017). "How does household debt affect financial asset holdings? Evidence from euro area countries", Studies in Economics and Finance, Vol 34, No 2, lk 194−221.
Merike Kukk (2016). "How Did Household Indebtedness Hamper Consumption during the Recession? Evidence from Micro Data", Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol 44, No 3, lk 764−786.
Merike Kukk, Dmitry Kulikov ja Karsten Staehr (2016). "Estimating Consumption Responses to Income Shocks of Different Persistence Using Self-Reported Income Measures", Review of Income and Wealth, Vol 62, No 2, lk 311−333.
Merike Kukk ja Karsten Staehr (2014). "Income Underreporting by Households with Business Income. Evidence from Estonia", Post-Communist Economies, Vol 26, No 2, lk 257−276.
Madis Aben, Merike Kukk ja Karsten Staehr (2012). "Housing Equity Withdrawal and Consumption Dynamics in Estonia 2002-2011", Research in Economics and Business: Central and Eastern Europe, Vol 4, No 1, lk 19−40.

Toimetised (valitud):

Merike Kukk, Alari Paulus ja Nicolas Reigl (2022). "Credit market concentration and systemic risk in Europe". Working Paper series of Eesti Pank, No 4/2022.
Merike Kukk ja Natalia Levenko (2020). "Alternative financing and the non-performing loans of the corporate sector in Estonia". Working Paper series of Eesti Pank, No 6/2020.
Merike Kukk ja Natalia Levenko (2019). "Macroeconomic imbalances and loan quality in panels of European countries", Working Paper Series of Eesti Pank, No 6/2019.

Teadusvõrgustikud

E-1202-2017 (Researcher ID), 0000-0001-9804-8472 (ORCID), ETIS, Google Scholar