Selaus asiasanan mukaan kokoelmassa VATT Discussion Papers (1990-2008)

Viitteet 1-20 / 20

    • Adjustment to Regional Labour Market Shocks 

      Kangasharju, Aki; Pekkala, Sari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 274 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 22.05.2002)
      This paper analyses regional labour market adjustment in the Finnish provinces during 1976-2000. It investigates the inter-relations of employment, unemployment, labour force participation and migration to see how a change ...

    • Business Subsidies and Employment of Firms: Overall Evaluation and Regional Extension 

      Venetoklis, Takis; Kangasharju, Aki
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 268 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 11.03.2002)
      This paper investigates the effects of business subsidies on the employment of firms in Finland, and explores possible regional differences in the effects. Employment of some 26,000 firms is followed annually between ...

    • Demographic Factors and the Demand for Housing in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area 

      Kuismanen, Mika; Laakso, Seppo; Loikkanen, Heikki A.
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 191 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      We examine the role of demographics on the housing market in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) using the Mankiw and Weil (1989) approach. First, we estimate housing demand for each age group in HMA using cross section ...

    • Employment and Wage Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut-Evidence from a Regional Experiment 

      Korkeamäki, Ossi; Uusitalo, Roope
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 443 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 07.04.2008)
      In this paper we evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll-taxes by 3–6 percentage points for three years in Northern Finland. We match each firm in the target region with a similar firm in a ...

    • Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment 

      Korkeamäki, Ossi; Uusitalo, Roope
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 407 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.11.2006)
      In this paper we evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll taxes by 3-6 percentage points in Northern Finland for three years. We match each firm in the target region with a similar firm in the ...

    • Evaluation and Monitoring of Business Aid in Finland. Applicant Enterprises Projects and Distributors of Aid in Industrially Declining Regions. A Quantitative Approach 

      Venetoklis, Takis
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 169 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)
      The study examines comprehensively the three entities involved when state aid is distributed to enterprises in Finland, namely the applicant enterprises, the projects financed and the distributors of funds. It demonstrates ...

    • Finland's First 10 Years in the European Union - Economic Consequences 

      Kiander, Jaakko; Romppanen, Antti
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 377 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 13.01.2006)
      This paper summarizes the economic performance of Finland in 1995–2004 and compares the actual developments to the projections made prior to the EU membership. The paper also assesses the impacts of the structural changes ...

    • Finnish Homes - Through Passages or Traps? Residential mobility and housing choice in Helsinki 

      Laakso, Seppo; Loikkanen, Heikki A.
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 47 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1993)

    • Housing Demand and Tenure Choice: Evidence from Finland 

      Loikkanen, Heikki A.
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 11 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1991)

    • Internal Migration and Labour Market Transitions of Unemployment Workers 

      Haapanen, Mika
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 179 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)
      This study examines two questions: how does internal migration affect labour market transitions of unemployed workers in 1994 and what are the determinants of migration in 1990 - 95. In both cases multinomial logit model ...

    • Land Prices in Finland - Information System and Price Developments 

      Loikkanen, Heikki A.; Kurri, Samu; Laakso, Seppo
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 161 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)
      This study describes the land information systems, their evolution, and the market for land information in Finland. We describe the availability and quality of price information both in urban (residential, office and ...

    • 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 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 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Revealing Agglomeration Economies with Stochastic Frontier Modelling in the Finnish ICT Industry 

      Berghäll, Elina
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 435 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 14.01.2008)
      Agglomeration economies are sought with stochastic frontier methodology to analyse their role in the extraordinary productivity growth of the knowledge-intensive information and communication technology (ICT) equipment ...

    • What Draws People to Urban Growth Centers: Jobs vs. Pay? 

      Pekkala, Sari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 310 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 25.06.2003)
      The present study analyses migration patterns in Finland to test if microeconomic evidence for the Harris-Todaro model can be found. The Harris-Todaro hypothesis states that rural-urban migration stems from regional ...

    • Workshop on Studies for Northern Dimension Kalastajatorppa 30 - 31 May, 2002 

      Siivonen, Erkki; Huikuri, Satu
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 290 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.01.2003)
      This report describes the economical and institutional aspects and processes of the policy on Northern Dimension. By studying these issues the papers presented in workshop enlightened many problems which are faced up to ...