Haku
Viitteet 1-10 / 138
Towards Higher Employment. The Role of Labour Market Institutions
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-04-03)
This book is based on the papers and comments presented at the conference on "Labour Market Institutions and Employment", in Helsinki, November 24-25, 2000. The goal of the conference was to evaluate the potential role of ...
Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2006-11-21)
In this paper we evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll taxes by 3-6 percentage points in Northern Finland for three years. We match each firm in the target region with a similar firm in the ...
Assimilation to a Welfare State: Labor Market Performance and Use of Social Benefits by Immigrants to Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2008-10-14)
Abstract: I study the assimilation of immigrants to the Finnish labor market and welfare system. The initial immigrant-native earnings gaps are large. While longterm immigrants experience a rapid earnings growth, only men ...
Adjustment to Regional Labour Market Shocks
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-05-22)
This paper analyses regional labour market adjustment in the Finnish provinces during 1976-2000. It investigates the inter-relations of employment, unemployment, labour force participation and migration to see how a change ...
Labour Taxation, Tax Progression and Job Matching - Comparative Alternative Models of Wage Setting
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-11-21)
In this paper we consider the effects of labour taxation on wages, unemployment and efficiency in a job matching framework. We derive labour market equilibrium with taxes in a model of endogenous job creation and job ...
Evaluating tax and benefit reforms in 1996-2001
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-07-02)
This report evaluates the tax-benefit reforms in 1996?2001. The Government appointed a working group in 1995 to plan the tax-benefit reforms. The proposals of the group were first implemented in 1997 and all the measures ...
Regional Labour Market Dynamics, Housing and Migration
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-10-28)
The aim of this study is to explore the dynamics of regional labour markets in terms of migration flows. In particular, the study explores the impact of labour markets and housing markets on migration. The internal and the ...
Is Little Brother Nothing but Trouble?: Educational Attainment, Returns to Schooling and Sibling Structure
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-04-15)
Family effects on an individual's labor market success have been studied by economists and sociologists. The consensus is that background matters to educational and labor market performance, but it is not clear how and ...
Rakenteellinen työttömyys. Tutkimusinventaari ja politiikkajohtopäätökset
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2002-09-23)
Tutkimus käsittelee rakenteellista työttömyyttä ja siihen vaikuttavia politiikkatoimenpiteitä. Tutkimuksen keskeinen aineisto on 44 tutkimuksen inventaari 1) tulonjakoon, 2) verotukseen ja työn kysyntään, 3) sosiaaliturvaan, ...
Laskelmia miesten ja naisten välisen palkkaeron kaventamisesta julkisella sektorilla
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2007-04-20)
Tutkimuksessa esitetään arvioita julkisen sektorin kuukausipalkkaisten miesten ja naisten välisen palkkaeron kaventamisen kustannuksista. Valtion ja kuntien osalta arvioidaan tämän noin kahdenkymmenen prosentin palkkaeron ...