Kavonius, Ilja Kristian

Statistics

Division

External Statistics &Sector Accounts

Current position

Principal Economist - Statistician

Fields of interest

Economic Growth,
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics,
Other Special Topics

Email

ilja_kristian.kavonius@ecb.europa.eu

Other current responsibilities
  • 2018-
    Adjunct Professor/University researcher (25%) - University of Helsinki/Centre for Consumer Society Research, Finland
  • 2016-
    Secretary of the ESCB Expert Group on Distributional Financial Accounts (EG DFA)
  • 2014-
    Adjunct Professor (dosentti) - University of Eastern Finland/Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Joensuu, Finland
  • 2011-
    Member of the OECD and European Commission Expert Group on Disparities in a National Accounts Framework (EG DNA)
  • 2003-
    Co-secretary of the Joint ECB and European Commission Expert Group on Sector Accounts
Education
  • 2000-2011
    Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 1994-1999
    Master of Arts, University of Joensuu (University of Eastern Finland), Finland
Professional experience
  • 2018-
    Adjunct Professor/University researcher (25%) - University of Helsinki, Centre for Consumer Society Research, Finland
  • 2003-
    Principal Economist-Statistician (Senior Economist-Statistician until 2019 and Economist-Statistician until 2010) - External Statistics & Sector Accounts Division, Directorate General Statistics, European Central Bank
  • 2008-2010
    Researcher (half-time) - University of Helsinki, Department of Political and Economic Studies, Finland
  • 2009
    Economist (half-time) - Fiscal Policies Division, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
  • 1998-2008
    Senior Statistician (2002 onwards on unpaid leave) - Statistics Finland, National Accounts Division, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2002
    Statistician - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland
Teaching experience
  • 2020
    Challenges of Globalisation, Sustainable Development and Changing Society to the Measurement of Economies and Welfare (5 ECTS course) - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 2019
    Challenges of Globalisation, Sustainable Development and Changing Society to the Measurement of Economies and Welfare (5 ECTS course) - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland

ECB Working Paper Series

2018
Chakraborty, Robin, Kavonius, Ilja Kristian, Pérez-Duarte, Sébastien, Vermeulen, Philip
Is the top tail of the wealth distribution the missing link between the Household Finance and Consumption Survey and national accounts?
No 2187
2013
Kavonius, Ilja Kristian, Honkkila, Juha
Micro and macro analysis on household income, wealth and saving in the euro area
No 1619
2009
Castrén, Olli, Kavonius, Ilja Kristian
Balance Sheet Interlinkages and Macro-Financial Risk Analysis in the Euro Area
No 1124
2008
Jalava, Jukka, Kavonius, Ilja Kristian
The effect of durable goods and ICT on euro area productivity growth?
No 940
2007
Jalava, Jukka, Kavonius, Ilja Kristian
Durable goods and their effect on household saving ratios in the euro area
No 755

ECB Statistics Paper Series

2016
Kavonius, Ilja Kristian, Wieland, Elisabeth
Estimating gross value added volumes and prices by institutional sector
No 14

Journal publications

2019
Chakraborty, R., Kavonius I. K., Peréz-Duarte, S. and Vermeulen, P.
Is the Top Tail of the Wealth Distribution the Missing Link between the Household Finance and Consumption Survey and National Accounts?
Journal of Official Statistics, Vol. 35, Issue 1, pp. 31-65
2016
Kavonius, I. K. and Honkkila, J.
Deriving household indebtedness indicators
Statistical Journal of the IAOS, Vol. 32, No 4, pp. 693-708
2015
Castrén, O. and Kavonius, I. K.
Transmission of Shocks in the Integrated Accounting Framework
Journal of Network Theory in Finance, Vol. 1, No 2, pp. 1-20
2013
Kavonius, I. K. and Honkkila, J.
Reconciling Micro and Macro Data on Household Wealth: A Test Based on Three Euro Area Countries
Journal of Economic and Social Policy, Vol. 15, No 2
2010
Kavonius, I. K.
Does Our Nation Have the Patience to Become Prosperous? – Finnish Income, Consumption and Saving in the Beginning of the 1950s
Scandinavian Economic History Review, Vol. 28, No 1, pp. 25-42
2009
Jalava, J. and Kavonius, I. K.
Measuring the Stock of Consumer Durables and its Implications for Euro Area Savings Ratios
The Review of Income and Wealth, Vol 55, no 1, pp. 43-56
2006
Kavonius, I. K.
The Implication of Employee Stock Options and Holding Gains for Disposable Income and Household Saving Rates in Finland
Journal of Official Statistics, Vol 22, No 3, pp. 585-597
2003
Kavonius , I. K. and Törmälehto, V.-M.
Household Income Aggregates in Micro and Macro Statistics
Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Vol. 20, No 1, pp. 9-25

Other publications

2011
Kavonius, I.K.
Kädestä suuhun : Makro- ja mikrotaloudellinen tarkastelu suomalaisten kotitalouksien säästämisestä ja sen mittaamisesta 1950-luvulla
Statistics Finland
2013
Castrén, O. and Kavonius, I. K.
Sector-Level Financial Networks and Macroprudential Risk Analysis in the Euro Area
Handbook of Systemic Risk, edited by Fouque, J.-P. and Langsam, J. A., Cambridge University Press