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Adjustment to Regional Labour Market Shocks
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-05-22)
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 ...
Is Little Brother Nothing but Trouble?: Educational Attainment, Returns to Schooling and Sibling Structure
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-04-15)
Family effects on an individual's labor market success have been studied by economists and sociologists. The consensus is that background matters to educational and labor market performance, but it is not clear how and ...
What Draws People to Urban Growth Centers: Jobs vs. Pay?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-06-25)
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 ...
Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2005-03-07)
This survey presents findings from recent empirical studies on economic impacts of immigration with particular emphasis on European and Nordic countries. The survey consists of three parts. First, we look at the extent of ...
Unemployment and Migration: Does Moving Help?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-07-04)
This paper studies the migration behaviour of the unemployed in Finland, and analyses the causal effect of moving on individual employment status. In 1994 17 per cent of the labour force was unemployed and the unemployment ...
Regional Economic Repercussions of an Economic Crisis: A Sectoral Analysis
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2001-03-12)
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 ...