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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 ...
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 ...
Explaining Gender Wage Differentials: Findings from a Random Effects Model
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-12-18)
In this paper we evaluate the extent to which the gender wage gap in the Finnish manufacturing sector is attributable to within-job wage differentials, sex differences in individual qualifications, and disproportionate ...
Estimating Equilibrium Search Models from Finnish Data
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2001-05-31)
Empirical equilibrium search models have attracted a growing interest in recent years. Estimation of such models has not been completely successful, however. This has led researchers to develop more sophisticated versions ...
A Distributional Analysis of Displacement Costs in an Economic Depression and Recovery
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-12-31)
We study the earnings losses of Finnish private sector workers who lost their jobs at two very different points in the business cycle. The first group was displaced in 1992 (depression period) and the second one in 1997 ...
Business Cycle, unemployment Trap and Effects of Economic Incentives on Job Finding Probability
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
This paper considers the sensitivity of the household's disposable income with respect to the labour market states and the labour market transitions of unemployed workers. The paper analyses the following questions: (i) ...
Integrated Panel of Finnish Companies and Workers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-08-21)
In this paper we describe the compiling of the integrated data which comprises longitudinal information on Finnish companies and workers. The company panel of the data is dynamically representative over time and covers a ...
The Micro-Level Dynamics of Declining Labour Share: Lessons from the Finnish Great Leap
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-11-21)
In contrast with the experiences of the UK and the US, the distribution of labour and capital income has changed sharply in favour of capital in most Continental European and Nordic countries during the past two decades. ...
Reduction in the Long-Term Unemployment of the Elderly: A Success Story from Finland Revised
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-06-28)
In several European countries the elderly unemployed are allowed to collect unemployment benefits up to a certain age limit, after which they can retire via some early retirement scheme. In Finland the eligibility age of ...
Reduction in the Long-Term Unemployment of the Elderly: A Success Story from Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-10-15)
In Finland the elderly unemployed are allowed to collect unemployment benefits up to the age of 60, when they can retire via a particular unemployment pension. In 1997 the eligibility age of persons benefiting from this ...