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Navigating through the Finnish Pension System
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-07-06)
The paper constructs a competing risks duration model, explaining the probability of retirement due to old-age, ill health or long-term unemployment. It also attempts to measure the degree of substitution between the various ...
A Publication Activity Model for Finnish Universities
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-09-02)
This paper presents a publication activity model that calculates a research aggregate for the study fields of Finnish universities. The aggregate is expressed in terms of full-time equivalent research years conditional to ...
Is There an Election Cycle in Public Employment? Separating Time Effects from Election Year Effects
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-05-05)
Do governments increase public employment in election years? This paper investigates this question by using data from Sweden and Finland, two countries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are ...
Does the Composition of Wage and Payroll Taxes Matter Under Nash Bargaining?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
Using the Nash bargaining approach to wage negotiations this paper shows that conventional wisdom, according to which the total tax wedge is the sum of wage and payroll taxes, is valid for equal tax bases, e.g., when the ...
Access to Computer, Internet and Mobile Phone at Home in Finland, Ireland, Netherlands and Sweden
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-02-06)
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 ...
Non-Parametric Estimation of Lorenz Curves Using Locally Weighted Regression
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1994-01-01)
Unemployment Insurance with Limited Duration and Variable Replacement Ratio - Effects on Optimal Search
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2001-04-30)
This paper analyses the effects of an unemployment insurance with limited potential duration in a job search model with endogenous effort. Both constant and declining time sequence of benefits are considered. The model ...
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 ...
Understanding Efficiency Differences of Schools: Practitioners' Views on Students, Staff Relations, School Management and the Curriculum
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-09-02)
This study analyses the views of the staff members of nine upper secondary schools in Finland that were in the upper or lower tails of the efficiency distribution measured with stochastic frontier analysis. Teachers and ...
Labour Tax Reforms and Labour Demand in Finland 1997-2001
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-05-06)
The report describes the development of labour taxation in Finland since the launching of the Employment Guidelines (EG) in 1997. The taxes considered include state and municipal taxes on earned income as well as social ...