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The Nature of the Finnish Competitiveness Problem

Maliranta, Mika; Vihriälä, Vesa - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

We assess Finland’s competitiveness in the light of various, mainly short-term indicators. It turns out that the weak export market performance over the last few years is linked to the deterioration of profitability of production in Finland. A better export and employment performance requires...

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The Micro-level Dynamics of Declining Labour Share: Lessons from Finnish Great Leap

Kyyrä, Tomi; Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

/plants in the Finnish business sector. Using a decomposition method applied in labour economics and productivity analysis, we …

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Globalization, Creative Destruction, and Labor Share Change: Evidence on the Determinants and Mechanism from Longitudinal Plant-level Data

Maliranta, Mika; Böckerman, Petri - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009

-level dynamics of the labor share change with that of productivity and wage growth. Using a useful variant of the decomposition … increasing productivity in 12 manufacturing industries of four regions, and that increased international trade is a factor …

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ICT and occupation-based measures of organisational change: Firm and employee outcomes

Böckerman, Petri; Kauhanen, Antti; Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012

Abstract: To examine the productivity, employment and wage effects of ICT, we apply novel occupation based measures of … changes. Our results support the view that organisational change complements ICT investments in a productivity …-enhancing manner. In particular, the ICT-driven productivity gains are associated with the destruction of routine and non …

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Productivity: An International Comparison

Hyvärinen, Jari - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012

This study conducts an international comparison of productivity and profitability. First, the level and growth of … productivity are compared in OECD countries for the period from 1975 to 2009. According to this comparison, productivity growth has … productivity, prices and labour compensation. The results show that profitability in Finnish manufacturing is competitive because …

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Development of Competition and the Micro-Level

Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

The use of traditional industry-level profitability indicators for assessing the state of competition is problematic for two reasons. First, short-term variation reflects business cycles more than it does the impact of competition policy. Second, rough industry-level indicators hide different...

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Essays on the Gender Wage Gap in Finland

Napari, Sami - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This dissertation is an empirical study of the gender wage gap in Finland. Much of the dissertation focuses explicitly on the early career as it is found that the first years after labour market entry are of great importance with respect to the overall gender wage gap. The dissertation consists...

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Asevelvollisuus ja työmarkkinat: Varusmiespalveluksen vaikutus koulutukseen, työllisyyteen ja palkkaan

Alho, Kari E.O.; Nikula, Nuutti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012

We study the effects of compulsory military service in Finland on the conscripts future labour market behaviour. This is measured in three ways : first, the time it takes to complete civil education and the level of education acquired; second, how the conscripts will find employment; and third,...

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Gender Wage Differences in Finland. The Structure and Trend of Private-Sector Male and Female Wages and Wage Gaps

Asplund, Rita - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA)

This report analyses the trends in private-sector male and female wage dispersions and wage gaps up to 2005. The focus is on three central wage and salary earner groups : white-collar and blue-collar male and female workers in manufacturing industries and services sector male and female...

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Knowledge and Innovation Subsidies as Engines for Growth. The Competitiveness of Finnish Regions

Piekkola, Hannu - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

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