Selaus syöttöajan mukaan kokoelmassa Vertaisarvioidut artikkelit (Peer-reviewed articles)

    • Does sending letters increase the take-up of social benefits? Evidence from a new benefit program 

      Matikka, Tuomas; Paukkeri, Tuuli
      Empirical Economics : Available online (Springer, 2022)
      The effectiveness of transfer programs in reducing poverty and inequality can be significantly reduced if eligible individuals fail to apply for them. This paper shows that benefit take-up can be influenced by sending ...
    • Promoting education under distortionary taxation: equality of opportunity versus welfarism 

      Haaparanta, Pertti; Kanbur, Ravi; Paukkeri, Tuuli; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tuomala, Matti
      The Journal of Economic Inequality : Open Access (Springer, 2022)
      A common claim in the policy discourse is that a government wishing to achieve equality of opportunity should use public provision of education for equalisation of opportunities rather than income taxation, which only ...
    • On the relationship between possibilistic and standard moments of fuzzy numbers 

      Stoklasa, Jan; Luukka, Pasi; Collan, Mikael
      Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics : Open Access (Elsevier, 2022)
      In this paper we introduce a transformation of the center of gravity, variance and higher moments of fuzzy numbers into their possibilistic counterparts. We show that this transformation applied to the standard formulae ...
    • The indirect effect of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination on healthcare workers’ unvaccinated household members 

      Salo, Jussipekka; Hägg, Milla; Kortelainen, Mika; Leino, Tuija; Saxell, Tanja; Siikanen, Markku; Sääksvuori, Lauri
      Nature Communications : 13, Open Access (Nature Research, 03 / 2022)
      Mass vaccination is effective in reducing SARS-CoV-2 infections among vaccinated individuals. However, it remains unclear how effectively COVID-19 vaccines prevent people from spreading the virus to their close contacts. ...
    • Ex-Ante Study of Biofuel Policies–Analyzing Policy-Induced Flexibility 

      Ruponen, Inka; Kozlova, Mariia; Collan, Mikael
      Sustainability : 1, Open Access (MDPI, 2022)
      A variety of policy types are available to foster the transition to a low-carbon economy. In every sector, including transportation, heat and power production, policymakers face the choice of what type of policy to adopt. ...
    • Effects of rehabilitative psychotherapy on labour market success: Evaluation of a nationwide programme 

      Peutere, Laura; Ravaska, Terhi; Böckerman, Petri; Väänänen, Ari; Virtanen, Pekka
      Scandinavian Journal of Public Health : Open Access (SAGE Publications, 2022)
      Aims: Psychotherapy is a widely used treatment for mental disorders, but whether it also improves employment and other labour market outcomes remains inconclusive. This study examined the effectiveness of a nationwide ...
    • Mortality Inequality in Finland 

      Huttunen, Kristiina; Lombardi, Stefano
      Fiscal Studies : 1 (Wiley, 2021)
      We study inequality in mortality in Finland using registry data that cover the whole population for years 1990–2018. We create municipality-level indices of regional deprivation (poverty rate), and show how age-specific ...
    • Inequality in mortality between Black and White Americans by age, place, and cause and in comparison to Europe, 1990 to 2018 

      Schwandt, Hannes; Currie, Janet; Bär, Marlies; Banks, James; Bertoli, Paola; Bütikofer, Aline; Cattan, Sarah; Zong-Ying Chao, Beatrice; Costa, Claudia; Gonzalez, Libertad; Grembi, Veronica; Huttunen, Kristiina; Karadakic, René; Kraftman, Lucy; Krutikova, Sonya; Lombardi, Stefano; Redler, Peter; Riumallo-Herl, Carlos; Rodríguez-González, Ana; Salvanes, Kjell; Santana, Paula; Thuilliez, Josselin; van Doorslaer, Eddy; Van Ourti, Tom; Winter, Joachim; Wouterse, Bram; Wuppermann, Amelie
      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) : 40, Open Access (National Academy of Sciences, 2021)
      Although there is a large gap between Black and White American life expectancies, the gap fell 48.9% between 1990 and 2018, mainly due to mortality declines among Black Americans. We examine age-specific mortality trends ...
    • The heterogeneous incidence of fuel carbon taxes: Evidence from station-level data 

      Harju, Jarkko; Kosonen, Tuomas; Laukkanen, Marita; Palanne, Kimmo
      Journal of Environmental Economics and Management : Open Access (Elsevier, 2022)
      We use station-level price data and a significant diesel-fuel carbon tax reform to study who bears the economic burden of fuel carbon taxes. We use a difference-in-differences strategy to estimate the pass-through of the ...
    • Effectiveness of clinical exome sequencing in adult patients with difficult-to-diagnose neurological disorders 

      Sainio, Markus T.; Aaltio, Juho; Hyttinen, Virva; Kortelainen, Mika; Ojanen, Simo; Paetau, Anders; Tienari, Pentti; Ylikallio, Eemil; Auranen, Mari; Tyynismaa, Henna
      Acta Neurologica Scandinavica : 1, Open Access (Wiley, 2021)
      Objectives: Clinical diagnostics in adults with hereditary neurological diseases is complicated by clinical and genetic heterogeneity, as well as lifestyle effects. Here, we evaluate the effectiveness of exome sequencing ...
    • Cost-effectiveness of whole-exome sequencing in progressive neurological disorders of children 

      Aaltio, Juho; Hyttinen, Virva; Kortelainen, Mika; Frederix, Gerardus W.J.; Lönnqvist, Tuula; Suomalainen, Anu; Isohanni, Pirjo
      European Journal of Paediatric Neurology : Open Access (Elsevier, 2022)
      Objectives: To clarify the diagnostic utility and the cost-effectiveness of whole-exome sequencing (WES) as a routine early-diagnostic tool in children with progressive neurological disorders. Methods: Patients with ...
    • Changing Manufacturing Landscape: From a Factory to a Network 

      Michelsen, Karl-Erik; Collan, Mikael; Savolainen, Jyrki; Ritala, Paavo
      Handbook of Smart Materials, Technologies, and Devices (Springer, Cham, 2021)
      This chapter focuses on the technological, the managerial, and the societal transformation from the old manufacturing system into the new, discussing the drivers, the challenges, and the opportunities connected to the ...
    • Profitability Determinants of Unlisted Renewable Energy Companies in Germany—A Longitudinal Analysis of Financial Accounts 

      Luts, Maria-Kristiine; Savolainen, Jyrki; Collan, Mikael
      Sustainability : 24, Open Access (MDPI, 2021)
      The fight against a climate crisis has urged nations and the global community to cut emissions and to define ambitious environmental goals. This has highlighted the importance of the renewable energy (RE) industry. Germany ...
    • New Credibilistic Real Option Model Based on the Pessimism-Optimism Character of a Decision-Maker 

      Georgescu, Irina; Kinnunen, Jani; Collan, Mikael
      Data Management, Analytics and Innovation. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies : Available online (Springer Singapore, 2021)
      Fuzzy real options analysis has gained increasing attention among investment practitioners as well as investment theory-focused academics. The strength of the real option valuation (ROV) models, when compared to the more ...
    • The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections 

      Costa-Ramón, Ana; Kortelainen, Mika; Rodríguez-González, Ana; Sääksvuori, Lauri
      The Journal of Human Resources : Forthcoming, Open Access (University of Wisconsin Press, 2020)
      This paper analyzes the long-term effects of potentially avoidable cesarean sections on children’s health. Using Finnish administrative data, we document that physicians perform more unplanned C-sections during their regular ...
    • Digital Coaching System for Real Options Analysis with Multi-expert and Machine Learning Support 

      Kinnunen, Jari; Collan, Mikael; Georgescu, Irina; Hosseini, Zahra
      HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Papers: Multimodality, eXtended Reality, and Artificial Intelligence. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer Cham, 2021)
      Digitalization and artificial intelligence are growing in importance as parts of decision-support tools in various application domains. One of the important developments in this vein has been the creation of interactive ...
    • Analyzing the returns and rate of return regulation of Finnish electricity distribution system operators 2015–2019 

      Collan, Mikael; Savolainen, Jyrki; Lilja, Emma
      Energy Policy : Open access (Elsevier, 2021)
      Electricity distribution prices have steeply increased in Finland since 2015. This research investigates the returns from the Finnish low-voltage electricity distribution business and compares them to returns from three ...
    • The impact of wind power and electricity demand on the relevance of different short-term electricity markets: The Nordic case 

      Spodniak, Petr; Ollikka, Kimmo; Honkapuro, Samuli
      Applied Energy : Open Access (Elsevier, 2021)
      Electricity wholesale markets are undergoing rapid transformation due to the increasing shares of variable renewable energy sources. We therefore asked whether trading activity is shifting from the traditionally dominant ...
    • Digitalisation in wind and solar power technologies 

      Kangas, H.L.; Ollikka, Kimmo; Ahola, J.; Kim, Y.
      Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews : Open Access (Elsevier, 2021)
      Smart energy transition includes a widespread deployment of clean energy technologies and intelligent energy management with information and communication technologies (ICTs). In this paper, the smart energy transition is ...
    • Revisiting the effects of housing transfer taxes 

      Eerola, Essi; Harjunen, Oskari; Lyytikäinen, Teemu; Saarimaa, Tuukka
      Journal of Urban Economics : Open Access (Elsevier, 2021)
      Housing transfer taxes are fiscally important in many countries despite evidence of substantial welfare costs. We argue that the welfare costs are larger than previously thought because previous studies ignore spillovers ...