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

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    • Access to Computer, Internet and Mobile Phone at Home in Finland, Ireland, Netherlands and Sweden 

      Tukiainen, Janne
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 324 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 06.02.2004)
      The purpose of this study is to analyse statistically factors that affect individual access to and household ownership of new technology. This paper reviews the literature on the diffusion of new innovations, the use of ...

    • Demography, Pensions and Welfare: Fertility Shocks and the Finnish Economy 

      Kenc, Turalay; Perraudin, William
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 131 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)
      The economic effects of an ageing population are preoccupying policy-makers in most industrial countries. In this paper, we study the economic impact of the demographic shock in Finland, a country for which the post-war ...

    • 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)

    • Finnish Household Consumption in Monetary and Physical Terms - Trends and Clarifications 

      Perrels, Adriaan; Sullström, Risto
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 351 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 09.12.2004)
      The present report provides an overview of the development of household consumption in Finland in the 20th century. The study has been carried out in the framework of the AESOPUS study funded by the Academy of Finland. The ...

    • Homo Entreprenaurus? 

      Uusitalo, Roope
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 205 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      This paper examines the determinants of self-employment and transitions from wage work to self-employment using two sets of Finnish data from the 1990?s. The results show that capital constraints have only a minor effect ...

    • Modelling Impacts of Lifestyle on Energy Demand and Related Emissions 

      Perrels, Adriaan; Weber, Christoph
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 228 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 29.12.2000)
      An approach to analyse and quantify the impact of lifestyle factors on current and future energy demand is developed. Thereby not only directly environmentally relevant consumer activities such as car use or heating have ...

    • Nonparametric Estimates of Age Profiles of Household Income, Consumption, Direct Taxes and Public Transfers 

      Koev, Eugen
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 126 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1996)
      The report studies the distribution of income, expenditure, direct taxes and public transfers with respect to the age of household?s head. The data tonsist of five household budget surveys from the period 1971-1990 collected ...

    • Taxation and Debt Financing of Home Acquisition: Evidence from the Finnish 1993 Tax Reform 

      Saarimaa, Tuukka
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 366 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 06.04.2005)
      The 1993 Finnish tax reform reduced the incentives to use debt financing in home acquisition for high-income households. Before the reform mortgage interest was deductible according to a progressive schedule creating a ...

    • Testing the "Natural Rate of Suicide" Hypothesis 

      Virén, Matti
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 185 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)
      This paper analyses the economic determinants of suicide. More specifically, we test the hypothesis that suicide is related to shocks or news concerning income growth. Testing is based on an error correction model of suicide ...

    • Which Consumers Benefit from Congestion Tolls? 

      Glazer, Amihai; Niskanen, Esko
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 216 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 17.03.2000)
      A large literature demonstrates that congestion tolls can increase aggregate welfare. Nevertheless, congestion tolls are rarely observed. And though road tolls are imposed to raise revenue (as on bridges, tunnels, and some ...