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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 ...
The Determinants of Unemployment Duration by Gender in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-11-24)
This paper models unemployment durations for men and women in Finland using a nationally representative data set from 1997. We begin with a baseline model where durations are modelled using a single risk discrete time ...
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)
Comparative Analysis on the Job-Broking Market in Japan and Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2005-11-30)
This study compares the job-broking market of Japan and Finland. The study is based on statistical and literature analysis and interviews at the Public Employment Service. The Japanese labour market can be divided into a ...
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 ...
Business Subsidies and Employment of Firms: Overall Evaluation and Regional Extension
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-03-11)
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 ...
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 ...
Do Wages Subsidies Increase Employment in Subsidised Firms?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2005-12-30)
The present paper examines whether subsidised jobs have contributed to the employment in subsidised firms or merely substituted for non-subsidised ones. The data set is an unbalanced panel of some 31,000 firms that are ...