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    • Digital Waste? Unintended Consequences of Health Information Technology 

      Böckerman, Petri; Kortelainen, Mika; Laine, Liisa T.; Nurminen, Mikko; Saxell, Tanja
      VATT Working Papers : 117 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 04.04.2019)
      We exploit a large-scale natural experiment - the rollout of a nationwide electronic prescribing system in Finland - to study how digitization of prescriptions affects pharmaceutical use and health outcomes. We use ...

    • Mortality Inequality in Finland 

      Huttunen, Kristiina; Lombardi, Stefano
      VATT Working Papers : 140 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 26.02.2021)
      We study inequality in mortality in Finland using registry data that covers the whole population for years 1990-2018. We create municipality-level indexes of regional deprivation (poverty rate), and show how age-specifc ...

    • Promoting active transport through health information: evidence from a randomized controlled trial 

      Ahlvik, Lassi; Sahari, Anna
      FIT Working Paper : 16 (Tampereen yliopisto, 18.12.2023)
      The negative health impacts of passive transport can be substantial both from the individual point of view and with respect to public spending on health. We run a field experiment to study the effectiveness of information ...

    • The effect of compulsory face mask policies on community mobility in Germany 

      Kovacs, Roxanne; Dunaiski, Maurice; Tukiainen, Janne
      The Scandinavian Journal of Economics : 4 (Open access) (Wiley, 11.10.2023)
      There is an ongoing debate about face masks being made compulsory in public spaces to contain COVID-19. A key concern is that such policies could undermine efforts to maintain social distancing and reduce mobility. We ...

    • The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections 

      Costa-Ramón, Ana; Kortelainen, Mika; Rodríguez-González, Ana; Sääksvuori, Lauri
      VATT Working Papers : 125 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 17.10.2019)
      This paper analyzes the long-term effects of potentially avoidable C-sections on children's health. Using Finnish administrative data, we document that physicians perform more unplanned C-sections during their regular ...