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RD, investment and structural change in Finland: Is low investment a problem?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-06-10)
Low aggregate investment in Finland has been argued to merely reflect structural change to an innovation economy, with high R&D levels adequately compensating for reduced physical investment. This paper briefly reviews the ...
Distributional effects of Finland's climate policy package - Calculations with the new income distribution module of the VATTAGE model
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-11-13)
In this report we present a new version of the VATTAGE AGE (Applied General Equilibrium) model, which enables distributional analysis of policy changes. We also report estimation results of LES consumption function for ...
Voluntary pension savings: the effects of the Finnish tax reform on savers' behaviour
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-06-17)
Many countries tax voluntary pension savings using the so-called EET model, based on tax-deductible savings and taxable withdrawals. In Finland the tax reform of 2005 changed the tax rate schedule from progressive to ...
The effect of receiving supplementary UI benefits on unemployment duration
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-02-23)
We consider the consequences of working part-time on supplementary unemployment insurance benefits in the Danish labour market. Following the 'timing-of-events' approach we estimate causal effects of subsidized part-time ...
Modelling state dependence and feedback effects between poverty, employment and parental home emancipation among European youth
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-10-30)
Youth is one of the phases in the life-cycle when some of the most decisive life transitions take place. Entering the labour market or leaving parental home are events with important consequences for the economic well-being ...
Multinational firms and job tasks
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-07-22)
We analyze the impact of multinational and foreign ownership on the demand for job tasks and educational skills. By using Swedish matched employer-employee data, we find that both foreign and domestic multinational firms ...
Matching inefficiencies, regional disparities and unemployment
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-05-28)
In this paper we apply a stochastic frontier approach to examine how matching efficiency and regional differences in structural factors contribute to regional and aggregate unemployment. Our results suggest that there would ...
Technological changes, wage inequality and skill premiums: Evidence over three centuries
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-06-10)
This study analyses the evolution of wages and occupational composition of labour over three centuries, from 1755 to 1914, using worker-workplace data. The data from one industry offers a unique view on long-term trends ...
School tracking and development of cognitive skills
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-03-30)
The Finnish comprehensive school reform replaced the old two-track school system with a uniform nine-year comprehensive school and significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish primary and secondary ...
The optimal tax treatment of housing capital in the neoclassical growth model
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-03-30)
In a dynamic setting, housing capital is both an asset and a consumption good. But should it be taxed like other forms of consumption or like other forms of capital? We analyze this question by considering the taxation of ...