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Inflation and GDP Dynamics in Production Networks : A Sufficient Statistics Approach

Afrouzi, Hassan; Bhattarai, Saroj - 2023

We derive closed-form solutions and sufficient statistics for inflation and GDP dynamics in multi-sector New Keynesian economies with arbitrary input-output linkages. Analytically, we decompose how production linkages (1) amplify the persistence of inflation and GDP responses to monetary and...

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School Tracking and Mental Health

Bockerman, Petri - 2019

We examine the effects of a comprehensive school reform on mental health. The reform postponed the tracking of students into vocational and academic schools from age 11 to age 16. The reform was implemented gradually across Finnish municipalities between 1972 and 1977. We use...

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Service Imports, Workforce Composition, and Firm Performance : Evidence from Finnish Microdata

Ariu, Andrea - 2019

This paper uses unique Finnish firm-level micro data on service imports, work-force composition, and firm characteristics to examine changes in employment composition and performance of Finnish service importers during a period of a significant increase in services imports (2002-2012). We use...

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Voice at Work

Harju, Jarkko; Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021

We estimate the effects of worker voice on job quality and separations. We leverage the 1991 introduction of worker representation on boards of Finnish firms with at least 150 employees. In contrast to exit-voice theory, our difference-in-differences design reveals no effects on voluntary job...

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Leaky Bucket in the Real World : Estimating Inequality Aversion Using Survey Data

Pirttila, Jukka; Uusitalo, Roope - 2021

Existing evidence of inequality aversion relies on data from class-room experiments where subjects face hypothetical questions. This paper estimates the magnitude of inequality aversion using representative survey data, with questions related to the real-economy situations the respondents face....

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The Looks of a Winner : Beauty, Gender, and Electoral Success

Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2007

We study the role of beauty in politics using candidate photos that figured prominently in electoral campaigns. Our investigation is based on visual assessments of 1,929 Finnish political candidates from 10,011 respondents (of which 3,708 were Finnish). An increase in beauty by one standard...

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Gallup Democracy in Exercising the NATO Membership Option : The Cases of Finland and Sweden

Kanniainen, Vesa - 2022

The paper asks whether the exercising of the NATO membership option is justified for Finland and Sweden in the light of … towards the membership. In both countries, the majority of people turned to favor the membership within 2-3 months. Finland …. The Turkish intervention in the membership process after the membership applications of Finland and Sweden were delivered …

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Comparative Advantage in (Non-)Routine Production

Archanskaia, Liza - 2020

We illustrate a new source of comparative advantage that is generated by countries' different ability to adjust to technological change. Our model introduces substitution of workers in codifiable (routine) tasks with more efficient machines, a process extensively documented in the labor...

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Import Competition, Heterogeneous Preferences of Managers, and Productivity

Chen, Cheng - 2020

When managers have objectives beyond maximizing monetary profits, inefficiencies may arise. An increase in competition may then force managers to improve the productivity of the firm in order to ensure survival. While this hypothesis has received ample theoretical attention, empirical evidence...

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Measuring the Competitiveness of Elections

Cox, Gary W. - 2019

The concept of electoral competition plays a central role in many subfields of political science, but no consensus exists on how to measure it. One key challenge is how to conceptualize and measure electoral competitiveness at the district level across alternative electoral systems. Recent...

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