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The Factors Affecting the Use of Elderly Care and the Need for Resources by 2030 in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-06-18)
A nation-wide interview survey data is used to analyse by means of ordered logit models the impacts of age, dependency and other factors on probabilities to use home and community care for the elderly. With these models ...
Legal and Institutional Framework for Marginal Cost Pricing in Urban Transport in Europe
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2001-10-31)
Technology Policy and Knowledge-based Growth in Small Countries
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-05-25)
The rapid diffusion of technology is a prerequisite for small countries to catch-up or remain at the fore-front of the technology race. The critical issue is how innovation policies can be framed so that they encourage the ...
Studies on Wage Differentials and Labour Market Transitions
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2007-04-10)
This thesis consists of four studies. The first study examines wage differentials between women and men in the Finnish manufacturing sector. A matched employer-employee data set is used to decompose the overall gender wage ...
Welfare Differentials and Inequality in the Finnish Labour Market over the 1990s Recession
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-11-03)
Using a large panel of Finnish males, we study how the recession of the early 1990s hit different worker groups and affected inequality in the labour market. Despite large employment losses the cross-section dispersion of ...
Operationalisation of Marginal Cost Pricing within Urban Transport
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-12-31)
Charges and taxes for transport have traditionally had little connection to costs, instead being part of broader fiscal policies of raising revenue or directly promoting other goals, industrial, social and environmental. ...
Selecting Instruments for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-12-31)
This report discusses the pro's and con's of different types of policy instruments for climate policy in Finland in relation to a systematic selection and evaluation of these instruments given the dual objectives of effective ...
Recent Labour Market Developments in Europe
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2005-11-30)
This study analyses the labour market developments of selected 22 European countries during the last ten years. The developments in employment and unemployment as well as the most essential distributive effects are presented. ...
The Role of Science and Technology Policy in Small Economies
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-08-22)
KNOGG, an EU financed thematic network, studies the role ST&I policies play in driving economic growth in six small European economies. It aims to develop guidelines at the EU level for improving knowledge-based growth in ...
An Evaluation of Wage Subsidy Programs to SMEs Utilising Propensity Score Matching
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-02-05)
We evaluate direct wage subsidy programs to Finnish SMEs utilising as the unit of interest the firm and its characteristics. In estimating Average Treatment effects on the Treated firms (ATT) we apply recent techniques of ...