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Finnish Experiences in Measuring and Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1997-01-01)
This paper presents a survey of the studies that have investigated productivity and efficiency in the Finnish public sector. The paper outlines methods that have been used in these studies and presents summaries of main ...
School Resources and Student Achievement Revisited: New Evidence Using Panel Data
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-08-22)
In this study we analyse the effects of the changes in the school spending on the matriculation examination results. We use a large sample of Finnish senior secondary school students from the years 1990-1998. Teaching ...
Nonparametric Estimates of Age Profiles of Household Income, Consumption, Direct Taxes and Public Transfers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1996-01-01)
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 ...
Housing Allowance and the Rent of Low-income Households
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-11-07)
This paper analyses the effect of a housing allowance programme on the rent paid by assisted low-income households. The data consist of some 12,000 rental households in the free market and municipal sectors during 1994–2003. ...
Finland as a Member of European Union - First Experiences
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
In 1992 we published estimations about the probable effects of the EU membership on the Finnish economy. The profound economic shock of the early 1990s has made the assessment of the economic impact of Finland?s EU membership ...
Optimal Public Procurement Contracts Under a Soft Budget Constraint
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-12-31)
This paper presents a model where the central government cannot ensure that regional governments manage risks prudentially, due to soft budget constraint. Competition for project funding induces the regional governments ...
Internal Migration and Labour Market Transitions of Unemployment Workers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
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 ...
Progressive Taxation Under Centralised Wage Setting
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-12-01)
The study reconsiders the effects of tax progression in imperfectly competitive labour markets. Allowing for the individual supply of working hours, we show that the results derived in the standard model of decentralised ...
Tagging and Taxing: The Optimal Use of Categorial and Income Information in Designing Tax / Transfer Schemes
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1996-01-01)
It is widely recognised that optimal tax/transfer schemes will generally involve elements of both 'tagging' (the use of categorical benefits) and 'means-testing' (Income-relation of benefits). This paper explores the optimal ...
Assessing the Double Dividend Hypothesis in General Equilibrium Framework - Is there a Chance After All?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1996-01-01)
The paper presents small scale CGE models designed to analyze the double dividend problem i.e. the simultaneous improvement of efficiency and environment through a revenue neutral tax reform. We show that in a one factor ...