Selaus asiasanan mukaan kokoelmassa Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT

    • Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland 

      Saarimaa, Tuukka; Harjunen, Oskari; Kortelainen, Mika
      VATT Working Papers : 58 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 05.12.2014)
      By international comparison, Finnish pupil achievement is high and school achievement differences small. The Finnish education system is unusual also because there are no national testing programs and information on school ...
    • Demographic Factors and the Demand for Housing in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area 

      Kuismanen, Mika; Laakso, Seppo; Loikkanen, Heikki A.
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 191 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      We examine the role of demographics on the housing market in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) using the Mankiw and Weil (1989) approach. First, we estimate housing demand for each age group in HMA using cross section ...
    • Do homeowners benefit urban neighborhoods? Evidence from housing prices 

      Saarimaa, Tuukka; Kortelainen, Mika
      VATT Working Papers : 36 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 03.09.2012)
      Homeownership is heavily subsidized in many countries mainly through the tax code. The adverse effects of lenient tax treatment of owner-occupied housing on economic efficiency and growth are large and well documented in ...
    • Housing Demand and Tenure Choice: Evidence from Finland 

      Loikkanen, Heikki A.
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 11 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1991)
    • Housing transfer taxes and household mobility: Distortion on the housing or labour market? 

      Lyytikäinen, Teemu; Hilber, Christian A. L.
      VATT Working Papers : 47 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 09.08.2013)
      We estimate the effect of the UK Stamp Duty Land Tax on household mobility using micro data. Exploiting a discontinuity in the tax schedule as a quasiexperimental setting, we isolate the impact of the stamp duty from other ...
    • Rent Control and Tenants' Welfare: The Effects of Deregulating Rental Markets in Finland 

      Lyytikäinen, Teemu
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 385 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.03.2006)
      Private rental markets in Finland were subject to rent control from 1967 until the beginning of the 1990s when the rent control system was gradually abolished. This study estimates the costs and benefits of rent control ...
    • The Structure of Household Consumption in Finland, 1966-1990 

      Sullström, Risto; Suoniemi, Ilpo
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 27 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1995)
      The structure of household consumption is examined in nine component categories using data from six Household Budget Surveys, in 1966-1990. The study discusses and presents econometric methods (EQML) to estimate demand ...
    • Vuokrataso Helsingin ARA-asuntokannassa 

      Eerola, Essi; Saarimaa, Tuukka
      VATT Tutkimukset : 175 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 16.12.2013)
      ARA-asuntotuotannon keskeinen tavoite on pienituloisten kotitalouksien asumiskustannusten alentaminen. Lisäksi erityisesti Helsingissä ARA-asuntoja pidetään tärkeänä keinona asuinalueiden eriytymisen ehkäisyssä. Tämänkin ...
    • Who Benefits from Public Housing? 

      Eerola, Essi; Saarimaa, Tuukka
      VATT Working Papers : 68 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 17.12.2015)
      This paper studies how much public housing generates rent savings for the tenants, how these savings are distributed among the tenants, and whether the tenants reside in better quality neighborhoods than similar low-income ...