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Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-11-21)
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 ...
Assimilation to a Welfare State: Labor Market Performance and Use of Social Benefits by Immigrants to Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-10-14)
Abstract: I study the assimilation of immigrants to the Finnish labor market and welfare system. The initial immigrant-native earnings gaps are large. While longterm immigrants experience a rapid earnings growth, only men ...
Regional Labour Market Dynamics, Housing and Migration
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-10-28)
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 ...
Education and Unemployment: State Dependence in Unemployment Among Young People in the 1990s
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-08-21)
This study examines the labour market careers of young people who finished their studies or left compulsory schooling in 1988. The main issue of interest is the impact of past unemployment on current unemployment. The ...
Employment and Wage Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut-Evidence from a Regional Experiment
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-04-07)
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 ...
Partial Unemployment Insurance Benefits and the Transition Rate to Regular Work
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-03-19)
In Finland, unemployed workers who are looking for a full-time job but take up a part-time or very short full-time job may qualify for partial unemployment benefits. In exchange for partial benefits, these applicants must ...
Labour Migration Policies and Economic Integration
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1992-01-01)
The Gender Wage Gap and Sex Segregation in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-01-15)
This paper investigates how the segregation of women and men into certain occupations, industries, firms and jobs within the firms is reflected in the gender wage gap in the Finnish manufacturing sector. Using matched ...
Technical Change, Efficiency, Firm Size and Age in an RD Intensive Sector
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-05-04)
The relationship between firm size and age relative to technical change and efficiency is examined in a highly innovative and dynamic sector, the Finnish ICT equipment manufacturing industry. A stochastic frontier model ...
RD and Productivity Growth in Finnish ICT Manufacturing
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-05-04)
A stochastic frontier model is applied to firm level panel data from the Finnish ICT manufacturing sector to explore the role of R&D and technological progress in the outstanding productivity growth Finland demonstrated ...