Selaus nimekkeen mukaan kokoelmassa Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT

Viitteet 1006-1025 / 1559

    • Reduction in the Long-Term Unemployment of the Elderly: A Success Story from Finland Revised 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Wilke, Ralf A.
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 396 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 28.06.2006)
      In several European countries the elderly unemployed are allowed to collect unemployment benefits up to a certain age limit, after which they can retire via some early retirement scheme. In Finland the eligibility age of ...

    • Regional and institutional influences on the determinants of long-term economic growth in the OECD. 

      Hiddink, Christian
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 127 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)
      This paper examines regional and institutional influences on the determinants of long-term economic growth in the OECD. We construct a growth equation based on the new growth model of Barro with a catch-up variable, total ...

    • Regional competitiveness and high growth firms in the EU: the creativity premium 

      Sleuwaegen, Leo; Ramboer, Sander
      Applied Economics : 22 (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
      The finding that the economic performance of regions is driven by a small set of productive firms calls for a granular analysis of regional growth and competitiveness. Among the productive firms, a significant contribution ...

    • Regional Economic Repercussions of an Economic Crisis: A Sectoral Analysis 

      Kangasharju, Aki; Pekkala, Sari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 248 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 12.03.2001)
      This paper investigates the evolution of regional disparities in Finland between 1988 and 1997. The analysis focuses on per capita GDP and its subcomponents, particularly labour productivity, jobs and population. The results ...

    • Regional effects or none? Firms' profitability during the Great Recession in Finland 

      Tamminen, Saara
      Papers in Regional Science : 1 (Wiley, 2017)
      We analyse the effects of the Great Recession (GR) on the profitability of firms located in the main cities versus in the rest of Finland. Based on earlier literature, various regional factors could affect firms' profitability ...

    • Regional Income Differences in Finland, 1966-96 

      Sullström, Risto; Loikkanen, Heikki A.; Rantala, Anssi
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 181 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)
      Household Survey data is used to study income differences between and within regions in Finland during 1966-1996. We have five major (NUTS2) regions and apply four income concepts: factor income, gross income, disposable ...

    • Regional Labour Market Dynamics, Housing and Migration 

      Hämäläinen, Kari; Böckerman, Petri
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 284 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 28.10.2002)
      The aim of this study is to explore the dynamics of regional labour markets in terms of migration flows. In particular, the study explores the impact of labour markets and housing markets on migration. The internal and the ...

    • Regional Matching Frictions and Aggregate Unemployment 

      Kangasharju, Aki; Hynninen, Sanna-Mari; Pehkonen, Jaakko
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 383 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 03.03.2006)
      This study demonstrates that a stochastic frontier approach applied to regional level data offers a convenient and interesting method to examine how regional differences in matching efficiency and structural factors ...

    • Regional variation in potentially inappropriate medicine use in older adults. - A national register-based cross-sectional study on economic, health system-related and patient-related characteristics 

      Saastamoinen, Leena; Verho, Jouko
      Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy : Available online : 6 (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background: Potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM), i.e. medicines in which the potential harms may outweigh the benefits, use may be associated with e.g. hospitalization, outpatient visits and health care costs. As ...

    • Regionalization and its effects in Finland – a regional AGE modelling analysis 

      Honkatukia, Juha; Kinnunen, Jouko; Ahokas, Jussi; Simola, Antti; Tamminen, Saara
      VATT Working Papers : 45 (VATT Institute for Economic ResearchValtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 10.04.2013)
      Regional structural change is currently among the greatest challenges facing the public sector in many EU countries. In countries like Finland, where the public sectors have a large role in providing educational, health ...

    • Regulation as an enabler of demand response in electricity markets and power systems 

      Annala, Salla; Lukkarinen, Jani; Primmer, Eeva; Honkapuro, Samuli; Ollikka, Kimmo; Sunila, Kanerva; Ahonen, Tero
      Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier, 2018)
      The reduction of environmental impacts of electricity use and the transition to renewable power generation crucially depend on demand response (DR). This article takes the political commitment to DR as a starting point and ...

    • Regulation by Price or by Command 

      Göazer, Amihai
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 102 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1995)

    • Regulation of short-term consumer credits 

      Takalo, Tuomas
      Journal of Banking Regulation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
      The regulation of short-term consumer credit markets is heatedly debated around the world. This article uses economic research as a basis for a qualitative assessment of the regulation of the short-term consumer credit ...

    • Rekrytointiongelmat ja työvoimapotentiaali lääkärien, lastentarhanopettajien, farmaseuttien ja proviisorien ammateissa 

      Räisänen, Heikki
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 299 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 14.03.2003)
      Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan rekrytointiongelmia ja koulutetun työvoiman tarjontapotentiaalia lääkärien, lastentarhanopettajien ja farmaseuttien sekä proviisorien ammateissa TE-keskuksittain vuonna 2000. Farmaseuttien ja ...

    • Rekrytointisyrjintä ja sen vastaiset keinot 

      Kanninen, Ohto; Virkola, Tuomo
      Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja : 27 (Valtioneuvoston kanslia, 14.05.2021)
      Rekrytointisyrjintä on Suomessa ja monessa muussa maassa kielletty lailla. Kielloista huolimatta sitä esiintyy laajasti työmarkkinoilla. Tässä katsauksessa käymme läpi joukon tutkimuksia, joissa tämä on osoitettu ...

    • Relabeling, retirement and regret 

      Gruber, Jonathan; Kanninen, Ohto; Ravaska, Terhi
      Journal of Public Economics : Open Access (Elsevier, 2022)
      Can simply changing the public definition of a normal retirement age impact retirement, without any associated financial incentive changes? We study a reformulation of the retirement system in Finland that relabeled ...

    • Relative age effects in political selection 

      Tukiainen, Janne; Takalo, Tuomas; Hulkkonen, Topi
      European Journal of Political Economy (Elsevier, 2019)
      We exploit a regression discontinuity design to provide causal evidence of the relative age effect (RAE) on a long-run adult age outcome: Political selection. We find strong evidence of the RAE in politics in Finland. ...

    • Removing Welfare Traps: Employment Responses in the Finnish Basic Income Experiment 

      Verho, Jouko; Hämäläinen, Kari; Kanninen, Ohto
      AEJ: Economic Policy : 1 (American Economic Association, 2022)
      This paper provides evidence that replacing minimum unemployment benefits with a basic income of equal size has minor employment effects at best. We examine an experiment in Finland in which 2,000 benefit recipients were ...

    • Removing Welfare Traps: Employment Responses in the Finnish Basic Income Experiment 

      Verho, Jouko; Hämäläinen, Kari; Kanninen, Ohto
      VATT Working Papers : 142 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 17.03.2021)
      This paper provides evidence that replacing minimum unemployment benefits with a basic income of equal size has minor employment effects at best. We examine an experiment in Finland in which 2,000 benefit recipients were ...

    • Rent Control and Tenants' Welfare: The Effects of Deregulating Rental Markets in Finland 

      Lyytikäinen, Teemu
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 385 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.03.2006)
      Private rental markets in Finland were subject to rent control from 1967 until the beginning of the 1990s when the rent control system was gradually abolished. This study estimates the costs and benefits of rent control ...