Selaus asiasanan mukaan kokoelmassa Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT

    • Adjustment to Regional Labour Market Shocks 

      Kangasharju, Aki; Pekkala, Sari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 274 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 22.05.2002)
      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 ...
    • A Distributional Analysis of Displacement Costs in an Economic Depression and Recovery 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Korkeamäki, Ossi
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 465 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.12.2008)
      We study the earnings losses of Finnish private sector workers who lost their jobs at two very different points in the business cycle. The first group was displaced in 1992 (depression period) and the second one in 1997 ...
    • Early retirement policy in the presence of competing exit pathways: Evidence from policy reforms in Finland 

      Kyyrä, Tomi
      VATT Working Papers : 17 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 12.11.2010)
      A majority of older Finns withdraw from employment via early retirement schemes years before the statutory retirement age. Over the past 15 years, a series of policy reforms have been introduced to reduce the widespread ...
    • Economic crises and unemployment persistence: Analysis of job losses during the Finnish 1990s recession 

      Verho, Jouko
      VATT Working Papers : 99 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 20.11.2017)
      This study estimates the effect of job loss for Finnish workers displaced during a severe recession in the early 1990s. The setting provides a sample of workers of which over 90% experienced unemployment after losing a job ...
    • Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey 

      Pekkala, Sari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 362 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 07.03.2005)
      This survey presents findings from recent empirical studies on economic impacts of immigration with particular emphasis on European and Nordic countries. The survey consists of three parts. First, we look at the extent of ...
    • Economic Incentives and Labour Market Transitions of the Aged Finnish Workforce 

      Hakola, Tuulia
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 89 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 20.06.2002)
      This PhD thesis is a collection of studies on retirement in Finland. The main purpose is to assess labour market transitions of the aged and focus on the e.ect of the economic incentives. All of the studies are empirical ...
    • Education and Unemployment: State Dependence in Unemployment Among Young People in the 1990s 

      Hämäläinen, Kari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 312 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.08.2003)
      This study examines the labour market careers of young people who finished their studies or left compulsory schooling in 1988. The main issue of interest is the impact of past unemployment on current unemployment. The ...
    • Estimating the effects of potential benefit duration without variation in the maximum duration of unemployment benefits 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      VATT Working Papers : 87 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 31.05.2017)
      This paper examines the effects of unemployment benefit duration in Finland. To overcome the problem that the maximum duration of benefits is the same for all unemployed we exploit two observations. First, despite the ...
    • Inequality in Finland: 1987–2021 

      Paukkeri, Tuuli; Ravaska, Terhi; Riihelä, Marja
      IFS Report (Institute for Fiscal Studies, 29.11.2023)
      The Deaton Review Country Studies explore the development of inequality in Europe and North America across several decades, using a broad set of measures that are comparable across all countries. The report for Finland ...
    • Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workers 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      VATT Working Papers : 89 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 31.05.2017)
      This paper examines the long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits that older unemployed can collect until retirement in Finland. We consider a reform that increased the age threshold of this scheme from 55 to 57 ...
    • On the reliability of retrospective unemployment information in European household panel data 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Wilke, Ralf A.
      VATT Working Papers : 21 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.01.2011)
      The retrospectively recalled calendar of activities in the European Community Household Panel is a prime resource for cross country analysis of unemployment experience. We investigate the reliability of these data and find ...
    • Proceedings of the Symposium on Unemployment 

      Eriksson, Tor; Leppänen, Seppo; Tossavainen, Pekka
      VATT-julkaisuja : 14 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1994)
      In Finland, it is forecasted that mass unemployment will persist for the whole of the 1990s. How can unemployment be brought down and the trend towards long-term unemployment be broken? Are flexibility and structural reforms ...
    • Screening through Activation? Differential Effects of a Youth Activation Programme 

      Hall, Caroline; Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Liljeberg, Linus; Pirttilä, Jukka
      VATT Working Papers : 101 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 19.12.2017)
      We study the dual role of active labour market policies: First, ALMP may perform a screening role by increasing the incentives for job search especially among individuals with good labour market prospects, already prior ...
    • Sosiaaliturvan byrokratialoukut: Suunnitelma satunnaistetusta kenttäkokeesta 

      Harju, Jarkko; Kanninen, Ohto; Karhunen, Hannu; Kosonen, Tuomas; Matikka, Tuomas; Verho, Jouko
      Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja : 25/2019 (Valtioneuvoston kanslia, 25.02.2019)
      Suomessa on laaja yhteisymmärrys tarpeesta uudistaa nykyistä sosiaaliturvajärjestelmää, jotta se tukisi entistä paremmin yksilöiden hyvinvointia ja mahdollistaisi entistä korkeamman työllisyysasteen. Uudistustyön onnistumisen ...
    • Taxation, Employment and the Environment - General Equilibrium Analysis with Unionised Labour Markets 

      Sinko, Pekka
      VATT-tutkimuksia : 54 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      We evaluate the effects of labour and environmental taxes in a general equilibrium model with unionised labour markets and involuntary unemployment. Environmental externality is related to the consumption of a polluting ...
    • The Corona Crisis and Household Income: The Case of a Generous Welfare State 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pirttilä, Jukka; Ravaska, Terhi
      VATT Mimeo : 61 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 04.02.2021)
      Using a microsimulation approach, this paper evaluates the distributional consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in Finland. We use up-to-date administrative data on incomes and employment developments in 2020 at the entire ...
    • The effects of UI benefits on unemployment and subsequent outcomes: Evidence from a kinked benefit rule 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      VATT Working Papers : 82 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 12.12.2016)
      This paper analyzes the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment exits and subsequent labor market outcomes. We exploit a piecewise linear relationship between the previous wage and UI benefits in ...
    • The labor market in Finland, 2000–2018 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      IZA World of Labor (IZA Institute of Labor Economics, 2020)
      Finland's population is aging rapidly by international comparison. The shrinking working-age population means that the burden of increasing pension and health care expenditures is placed on a smaller group of employed ...
    • The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Graduating During a Recession: Evidence from Finland 

      Päällysaho, Miika Matias
      VATT Working Papers : 96 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 05.10.2017)
      This paper uses matched employer-employee panel data on university graduates who obtained a Master’s degree in 1988–2004 to study how facing adverse economic conditions upon graduation affects short- and long-term labor ...
    • Unemployment Insurance in Finland: A Review of Recent Changes and Empirical Evidence on Behavioral Responses 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna; Rissanen, Aarne
      VATT Research Reports : 184 (VATT Institute for Economic Research, 20.02.2017)
      The goal of this report is twofold. The first is to provide an overview of the Finnish unemployment insurance (UI) system. We describe all major changes in eligibility criteria, benefit levels and benefit durations since ...