Selaus nimekkeen mukaan kokoelmassa VATT Discussion Papers (1990-2008)

    • Internal Migration and Labour Market Transitions of Unemployment Workers 

      Haapanen, Mika
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 179 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)
      This study examines two questions: how does internal migration affect labour market transitions of unemployed workers in 1994 and what are the determinants of migration in 1990 - 95. In both cases multinomial logit model ...
    • Intraindustry Trade, Competitiveness, and Price Rigidities in the Finnish Manufacturing Industries 

      Honkatukia, Juha
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 90 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1995)
    • Investment Incentives in Closely Held Corporations and Finland's 2005 Tax Reform 

      Kari, Seppo; Hietala, Harri
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 392 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 04.05.2006)
      This paper analyses the effects of the recent Finnish income tax reform on the behaviour of a closely held corporation (CHC) and its owners. The main elements of the reform are cuts in corporate and capital income tax rates ...
    • Is Fiscal Policy Sustainable in Developing Economies? 

      Ghatak, Subrata; Sánchez-Fung, José R.
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 384 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.03.2006)
      This paper investigates fiscal policy sustainability in Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, and Venezuela using competing methodologies. Standard unit roots and cointegration analyses do not endorse the validity ...
    • Is Little Brother Nothing but Trouble?: Educational Attainment, Returns to Schooling and Sibling Structure 

      Pekkala, Sari
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 302 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 15.04.2003)
      Family effects on an individual's labor market success have been studied by economists and sociologists. The consensus is that background matters to educational and labor market performance, but it is not clear how and ...
    • Is There a Laffer Curve Between Output and Public Sector Employment? 

      Koskela, Erkki; Virén, Matti
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 194 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      This paper develops a model of the relationship between public sector employment, total output and aggregate real demand in market prices, where public employment has a positive productivity effect on private output and ...
    • Is There an Election Cycle in Public Employment? Separating Time Effects from Election Year Effects 

      Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 444 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 05.05.2008)
      Do governments increase public employment in election years? This paper investigates this question by using data from Sweden and Finland, two countries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are ...
    • Labour Market Policy and Unemployment - A Job Flow Model of Finland 

      Sinko, Pekka; Holm, Pasi; Tossavainen, Pekka
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 210 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1999)
      In this study a numerical search equilibrium model of labour markets is applied to the Finnish data in order to analyse the factors behind the record high unemployment of the early 90?s. Job creation and job destruction ...
    • Labour Migration Policies and Economic Integration 

      Fischer, Peter A.
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 26 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1992)
    • Labour Supply, Unemployment and Income Taxation: An Empirical Application for Finnish Females 

      Kuismanen, Mika
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 145 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)
      Työn tarjontafunktion estimointi on useimmissa tapauksissa perustunut olettamukseen, että yksilöt voivat valita haluamansa työtuntimäärän. Toisen vahvan olettamuksen mukaan yksilöt, jotka eivät ole työskennelleet, eivät ...
    • Labour Tax Reforms and Labour Demand in Finland 1997-2001 

      Sinko, Pekka
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 273 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 06.05.2002)
      The report describes the development of labour taxation in Finland since the launching of the Employment Guidelines (EG) in 1997. The taxes considered include state and municipal taxes on earned income as well as social ...
    • Labour Taxation and the Degree of Centralisation in a Trade Union Model with Endogenous Labour Supply 

      Sinko, Pekka; Kilponen, Juha
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 250 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 30.03.2001)
      This paper considers the effect of labour taxation on wages and employment in a trade union model with endogenous working hours. In the model, individuals choose working hours with a given wage rate, competitive firms ...
    • Labour Taxation, Tax Progression and Job Matching - Comparative Alternative Models of Wage Setting 

      Sinko, Pekka
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 285 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.11.2002)
      In this paper we consider the effects of labour taxation on wages, unemployment and efficiency in a job matching framework. We derive labour market equilibrium with taxes in a model of endogenous job creation and job ...
    • Land Prices in Finland - Information System and Price Developments 

      Loikkanen, Heikki A.; Kurri, Samu; Laakso, Seppo
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 161 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1998)
      This study describes the land information systems, their evolution, and the market for land information in Finland. We describe the availability and quality of price information both in urban (residential, office and ...
    • Let's Make a Deal - the Impact of Social Security Provisions and Firm Liabilities on Early Retirement 

      Hakola, Tuulia; Uusitalo, Roope
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 260 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 09.11.2001)
      Literature on early retirement has generally ignored firms' role in the labour market withdrawals. Yet, as it is shown in this paper, employee incentives alone cannot explain the increase in unemployment at the end of the ...
    • Liberalisation of Agricultural Trade - Global Implications and what it Means for the EU 

      Vaittinen, Risto
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 303 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 19.05.2003)
      The liberalisation of agricultural trade is expected to become a key element of the agreement resulting from the WTO's Doha Round. The economic impacts of agricultural trade liberalisation are evaluated in this study using ...
    • Life-cycle Profiles of Consumption and Income. An analysis of the Finnish household budget surveys in 1966-1990 

      Sullström, Risto; Riihelä, Marja
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 50 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1993)
    • Lomé Convention 

      Santos, Sandra
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 139 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 01.01.1997)
      This paper examines the EU development cooperation policy and the Lomé convention system. Development cooperation policy aims to achieve a socially and economically sustainable development in the poorest countries. In 1975 ...
    • The Micro-Level Dynamics of Declining Labour Share: Lessons from the Finnish Great Leap 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Maliranta, Mika
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 406 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 21.11.2006)
      In contrast with the experiences of the UK and the US, the distribution of labour and capital income has changed sharply in favour of capital in most Continental European and Nordic countries during the past two decades. ...
    • Modelling Crime and Punishment 

      Virén, Matti
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 244 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 31.12.2000)
      This paper provides an extended supply of labour model which allows for different intensities of legal and illegal (criminal) activities and in which criminal activities may be considered both as work and leisure. Heterogeneity ...