Biography

I am Research Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and Visiting Fellow at CASE. I completed my PhD at CASE in 2022. My PhD thesis was titled: "Ageing in the age of debt: household debt and mental wellbeing among people aged 50 years and older" I am motivated by research questions that can help to improve population health, reduce social inequalities in health outcomes and promote equal opportunities.

Aapo Hiilamo's current research interests are:

• Demography
• Debt
• Mental health
• Child welfare

Aapo's latest projects include:

• Hiilamo, A., Keski-Säntti, M., Räsänen, S., Niemelä, M, Lallukka, T., and Ristikari, T. The contribution of parental health to the subsequent social assistance entry of the family – a nationwide register-linked birth cohort study in Finland
• Hiilamo, A., Keski-Säntti, M., Pirkola, S., Lallukka, T., and Kääriälä, A. (2022). Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental diagnoses in adolescence and adulthood over-indebtedness among Finns born in 1987. European Journal of Public Health.
• Hiilamo, A., Hiilamo, H., Ristikari, T., and Virtanen, P. (2021). Impact of the Great Recession on mental health, substance use and violence in families with children: A systematic review of the evidence. Children and Youth Services Review, 121, 105772.
• Hiilamo, A. (2020). Debt matters? Mental wellbeing of older adults with household debt in England. SSM-population health, 12, 100658.

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