CURRICULUM VITAE January 10, 2014 1 / 5 NAME: BERG-ANDERSSON, BIRGITTA INGEGERD OFFICE ADDRESS: The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) Lönnrotinkatu 4 B, FIN-00120 Helsinki Finland Telephone +358-9-609900 Fax +358-9-601753 E-mail: birgitta.berg-andersson@etla.fi DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH 25.7.1959, Helsinki, Finland CIVIL STATUS married; two children EDUCATION Licentiate' s degree in Economics (pre-doctoral degree), 24.11.1992 Major subject: economics Minor subject: finance Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration (HANKEN), Helsinki Master of Science in Economics, 26.9.1983 Major subject: economics Minor subjects: german, french, statistics, marketing, accounting, finance Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration (HANKEN), Helsinki A graduate course on macroeconomics and academic year the labour market, organized by 1986-87 The Yrjö Jahnsson foundation, Helsinki LANGUAGE SKILLS English - very good German - good French basic knowledge Finnish - fluent Swedish mother tongue
2 / 5 PRESENT POSITION The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy Economist, Forecasting unit 1/2000 present Economic forecasts, especially foreign trade, production and industrial branches. Forecast related research. Research Fellow, 2/1995 12/1999 Eastern Europe Research, Integration Research and Finance and Macroeconomic Research Economist, Forecasting unit 4/1994-1/1995 PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki acting senior teacher in economics 8/93 5/94 acting assistant teacher in economics 8/92 7/93 acting research assistant at the Research Institute 1/92 7/92 scholarship researcher at the Research Institute 2/91 12/91 acting assistant teacher in economics 8/85 1/91 acting senior teacher in economics 6 months in 86-87 Tekniska Läroverket i Helsingfors (Institute of Technology in Helsinki) economics teacher (2 hours/week) 1/86 7/88 Oy Algol Ab sales secretary 8/84 7/85 Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki acting assistant teacher in economics 2/82 7/84 acting assistant teacher in economics 9/81 FINNPAP Invoicing Department 6/81-8/81 Bookkeeping Department 6/80-8/80 Bookkeeping Department 6/79-8/79 PUBLICATIONS 1) Berg, Birgitta (1983): The Supply and Demand of Sawn Timber in Finland 1951-1981; A Simultaneous Equation Model (in swedish). Unpublished pro gradu thesis in economics at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, 1983. 2) Berg, Birgitta (1992): The Growth of the Firm - a Stochastic Approach (in swedish). Unpublished licentiate's thesis in economics at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, 1992.
3) Berg, Birgitta (1993): The Size Structure of the Firms (in swedish). The Journal of the Economic Society in Finland, Nr. 3, 1993. Helsinki. 3 / 5 4) Ahde, Pasi & Berg, Birgitta (1995): The Impact of the EU-integration and the Nearby Regions on the Finnish Business Activity (in finnish). Ministry of Trade and Industry, Studies and Reports 134/1995, Helsinki. 5) Berg, Birgitta & Kilvits, Kaarel & Tombak, Mihkel (1996): Technology Policy for Improving Competitiveness of Estonian Industries. The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, ETLA Series C 73, Helsinki. 6) Berg, Birgitta (Ed.) (1997): Estonian Economy and European Integration. The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, ETLA Series C 75, Helsinki. 7) Berg-Andersson, Birgitta (1997): Comparative Evaluation of Science & Technology Policies in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, ETLA Discussion Papers No. 622, Helsinki. 8) Berg-Andersson, Birgitta (1998): Comparative evaluation of Science & technology policies in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Chapter 21, pp. 515-593 in Industrial Restructuring and Economic Recovery in the Baltic Countries Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Infrastructure Policies for Sustained Growth in the Baltic Countries. Final Report, Phare ACE Programme, Contract no: P95-2111 R, ACE-Diffibalt Research Network. DIW German Institute for Economic Research, Dept. of International Economics. Berlin, April 1998. 9) Berg-Andersson, Birgitta (1998): Future Prospects of the Estonian Industry (in swedish). The Journal of the Economic Society in Finland, 1/1998, pp. 15-26. Helsinki. 10) Berg-Andersson, Birgitta (2000): Future Prospects of the Finnish LEL Sectors (in finnish, LEL-alojen kehitysnäkymät). The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, ETLA Series B 164, Helsinki. 11) Berg-Andersson, Birgitta (2003): Har övergången till euro påverkat Finlands varuexport? Finland levererar Nr. 2/2003, s. 44-45. 12) Berg-Andersson, Birgitta Rantala, Olavi (2010): Konkurrenstryckets och konkurrenskraftens inverkan på livsmedelskedjans prisbildning Sverige i internationell jämförelse. Näringslivets Forskningsinstitut, Finland. 13) Hernesniemi, Hannu Berg-Andersson, Birgitta Rantala, Olavi Suni, Paavo (2011): From rock to gold, from hill to cluster The Finnish Minerals Cluster Report (in finnish). The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, ETLA Series B252, Helsinki. 14) Berg, Birgitta Kaseva, Hannu Kotilainen, Markku Suni, Paavo (2013): AIECE General Report, 2.5.2013.
In addition: 4 / 5 The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Suhdanne (in finnish), Nr 2/1994 forecast texts: foreign trade, Nr 3/1994 forecast texts: production Nr 4/1994 special subject: Labour force and the unemployment rate by branches in the year 1994. Nr 1/2000 forecast texts: exports, imports, production, balance of payments Nr 4/2001 special subject: The electronics and the electrotechnical industry. Numbers 1-4/2002, 1-4/2003, 1-4/2004, 1-4/2005, forecast texts: exports, imports, production Nr 1/2006 forecast texts: exports, imports, production, special subject: Exports are growing, production is not Nr 2/2006 forecast texts: exports, imports, production Nr 1/2007, forecast texts: exports, imports, production, special subject: Has re-exports come to an end? Numbers 2/2007, 1-2/2008, 1-2/2009 forecast texts: exports, imports, production Nr 1/2010 forecast texts: exports, imports, production, special subject: Finnish exports to Russia Numbers 2/2010, 1-2/2011, 1-2/2012, 1-2/2013 forecast texts: exports, imports, production, balance of payments The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA): Toimialakatsaus (Industrial Survey, in finnish) 1-2/2007 1-2/2013: Technology Industry, Forest Industry, Other Industries The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), International Economic Outlook (editor-in-chief Paavo Suni): Berg-Andersson, Birgitta, Nr 4/2006: forecast texts for Sweden, Denmark and Norway, Nr 1/2007: forecast text for Sweden, Numbers 2/2007, 3/2007, 4/2007, 1/2008, 2/2008, 2/2009, 4/2009: forecast texts for Sweden, Denmark and Norway The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA): Suhdannenäkymät (Economic Outlook, in finnish) 1-12/2002-1-12/2013: Foreign trade, Production, Industrial production by branches EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS 1) Research project Technology Policy for Improving Competitiveness of Estonian Industries carried out in close co-operation with the Estonian Institute of Economics. The research project was formally led by a Steering Group consisting of officials from the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Finland and from the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs. In the years 1995-1996. 2) Research project Estonian Economy and European Integration carried out in close co-operation with the Estonian Institute of Economics. The research project was formally led by a Steering Group consisting of officials from the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Finland and from the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs. In the years 1995-1997.
5 / 5 3) Phare ACE research programme Infrastructure Policies for Sustained Growth in the Baltic Countries An analysis of physical and institutional infrastructure development in the Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Project Co-ordinator German Institute for Economic Research DIW, Department for Central and Eastern Europe, Berlin, Germany. In the year 1997. 4) Study on the Compilation of SME policy measures and assessment of the SBA implementation within the SME performance Review 2010 (ECORYS). 5) Study on the Compilation of SME policy measures and assessment of the SBA implementation within the SME performance Review 2011 (ECORYS). 6) Project Support Services for SMEs in International Business 2012 (ECORYS).