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Do reduced working hours for older workers have health consequences and prolong work careers?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2023-02-08)
I examine the effects of reduced working hours on various health outcomes. I focus on individuals close to retirement and exploit a reform in part-time pension rules. Using detailed register data on health and job spells ...
The Incidence of Housing Allowances: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2022-10-13)
This paper studies the effects of housing allowances on rents. Our research design is based on a reform that made the allowance more generous for small housing units as a quasi-experimental setting. We find that large ...
Housing allowance and rents: Evidence from a stepwise subsidy scheme
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2017-05-31)
This paper studies the effect of housing allowance on rents using discontinuities in the Finnish housing allowance system as a quasi-experimental setting. The stepwise dependence of housing allowance on the floor area of ...
The impact of mortgage regulation on homeownership and household leverage: Evidence from Finland's LTV reform
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2022-10-12)
This paper examines the impact of a limit on loan-to-value (LTV) ratios implemented in Finland in 2016. Focusing on households that buy an apartment for the first time, we evaluate how the regulation influenced household ...
How do small firms respond to tax schedule discontinuities? Evidence from South African tax registers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2017-04-28)
We study the responsiveness of small and medium-sized firms to corporate income taxes using population-wide administrative data from South Africa. We find sizable bunching of firms at the corporate income thresholds where ...
Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2017-05-31)
This paper examines the long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits that older unemployed can collect until retirement in Finland. We consider a reform that increased the age threshold of this scheme from 55 to 57 ...
The spike at benefit exhaustion in the Finnish labor market
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2017-05-31)
Many studies have found that the exit rate from unemployment increases in the vicinity of the exhaustion day of unemployment insurance benefits. The extent to which this spike is driven by job search behavior is important ...
Screening through Activation? Differential Effects of a Youth Activation Programme
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2017-12-19)
We study the dual role of active labour market policies: First, ALMP may perform a screening role by increasing the incentives for job search especially among individuals with good labour market prospects, already prior ...
The effects of UI benefits on unemployment and subsequent outcomes: Evidence from a kinked benefit rule
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2016-12-12)
This paper analyzes the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment exits and subsequent labor market outcomes. We exploit a piecewise linear relationship between the previous wage and UI benefits in ...
Does information increase the take-up of social benefits? Evidence from a new benefit program
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2016-12-28)
The effectiveness of transfer programs can be significantly reduced if eligible individuals fail to apply for them. In this paper we study the impact of information provision on the take-up of social benefits. We exploit ...