Selaus tekijän mukaan kokoelmassa Vertaisarvioidut artikkelit (Peer-reviewed articles)
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Does Experience Rating Reduce Sickness and Disability Claims? Evidence from Policy Kinks
Kyyrä, Tomi; Paukkeri, Tuuli
Journal of Health Economics (Elsevier, 2018)We study whether the experience rating of employers’ disability insurance premiums affects the inflow to disability benefits in Finland. To identify the causal effect of experience rating, we exploit kinks in the rule that ... -
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 ... -
Examining inequalities: from labour markets to social outcomes in Finland
Paukkeri, Tuuli; Ravaska, Terhi; Riihelä, Marja
Fiscal Studies : 2 Open Access (Wiley, 28.06.2024)Finland is known for low income inequality by international comparison. In this paper we provide a long-run perspective on inequalities in Finland, and show that inequality is higher in the 21st century compared with many ... -
Optimal taxation and public provision for poverty reduction
Kanbur, Ravi; Paukkeri, Tuuli; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tuomala, Matti
International Tax and Public Finance : 1 (Springer Verlag, 2018)The existing literature on optimal taxation typically assumes there exists a capacity to implement complex tax schemes, which is not necessarily the case for many developing countries. We examine the determinants of optimal ... -
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 ...