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Changes in job stability - evidence from lifetime job histories
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-02-18)
We use lifetime job histories from the pension records to evaluate changes in job stability in Finland between 1963 and 2004. We specify a duration model and estimate the effects of elapsed duration, age, and calendar time ...
The threat effect of mandatory programme participation in Finland - A study of activation reform of the labour market support system
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-02-03)
This study focuses on the threat effect of the activation reform of the Finnish labour market support system in 2006. In practice, participation in the labour market programmes became mandatory for the long-term recipients ...
What was actually cut in the barbers' VAT cut?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-11-23)
The tax incidence of consumption taxes across various sectors of the economy is a key aspect when designing a tax structure. However, there are very few empirical findings on this subject. This paper studies the tax incidence ...
Granting public or private consumption? Effects of grants on local public spending and income taxes
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-09-27)
While the literature on how intergovernmental grants affect the budget of receiving jurisdictions is numerous, the very few studies that explicitly deal with likely endogeneity problems focus on grants targeted towards ...
Fiscal policies in Europe and the United States during the Great Depression
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-02-11)
Abstract: This paper discusses the fiscal policy reactions and economic policies of European countries and the United States during the Great Depression. Economic as well as economic history literature has tended to overlook ...
The effect of church tax on church membership
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-12-30)
Abstract
In this study we examine the effect of church tax on the church membership decision using Finnish data. We present both descriptive statistics from an opting-out website and econometric evidence exploiting the ...
Institutional rules, labour demand and retirement through disability programme participation
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-09-27)
We use matched employer-employee data from Finland to model transitions out of work into sick leave and disability retirement. To identify the role of institutional factors we exploit reforms that changed medical requirements ...
Early retirement policy in the presence of competing exit pathways: Evidence from policy reforms in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-11-12)
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 ...
Coalition formation and political decision making: Evidence from Finnish municipal mergers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-12-20)
This paper analyzes empirically the coalition formation of local governments. We introduce a novel econometric strategy involving choice based sampling from a spatial network to allow for multi-partner mergers in our ...