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Reconciling the evidence of Card and Krueger (1994) and Neumark and Wascher (2000)
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2011-04-29)
We employ the original Card and Krueger (1994) and Neumark and Wascher (2000) data together with the changes-in-changes (CIC) estimator to re-examine the evidence of the effect of minimum wages on employment. Our study ...
Local Representation and Strategic Voting: Evidence from Electoral Boundary Reforms
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-09-11)
We analyze whether voters value local political representation by exploiting municipal mergers, which increase the number of candidates available to voters and intensify political competition. In the Finnish open-list ...
Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2014-12-05)
By international comparison, Finnish pupil achievement is high and school achievement differences small. The Finnish education system is unusual also because there are no national testing programs and information on school ...
Primary Effect in Open-List Elections
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2016-09-07)
We study how political parties select political leaders. Using regression discontinuity design and data from Finnish local elections, we find that parties use vote ranks to decide upon promotions. Moreover, we show that ...
Does Regression Discontinuity Design Work? Evidence from Random Election Outcomes
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-09-21)
We use elections data in which a large number of ties in vote counts between
candidates are resolved via lottery. We benchmark non-experimental RDD estimates
of personal incumbency advantage against the estimate produced ...
The labour market impacts of a youth guarantee: lessons for Europe?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2014-12-18)
This paper examines the youth guarantee programme introduced in Finland 2005. The reform consisted of early intervention, monitoring and individualized job search plans that guarantee activation measures for unemployed ...
A Note on the Robustness of Card and Krueger (1994) and Neumark and Wascher (2000)
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2011-06-14)
This note adds to the discussion originating from David Card and Alan B. Krueger (1994; CK) and David Neumark and William Wascher (2000; NW). It re-evaluates their results by using the semiparametric difference-in-differences ...
Industry Wage Differentials in Finland, 1989
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1994-01-01)