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The Efficiency of Educational Production : A Comparison of the Nordic Countries with Other OECD Countries
Bogetoft, Peter - 2015
indicator of output quality, Finland is the most efficient Nordic country (often fully efficient), whereas Sweden and especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013696
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Aggregate Multi-Factor Productivity : Measurement Issues in OECD Countries
Égert, Balázs - 2018
This paper analyses for 34 OECD countries the extent to which the calculation of aggregate multi-factor productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920760
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Optimal Higher Education Enrollment and Productivity Externalities in a Two-Sector Model
Meier, Volker; Schiopu, Ioana C. - 2021
acquiring human capital. Both sectors exhibit productivity externalities in the size of the skill-specific labor and in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315884
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Ageing and Productivity Growth : Are There Macro-Level Cohort Effects of Human Capital?
Werding, Martin - 2021
demographics and the productivity of those who will still be active during the up-coming period of demographic ageing. As … productivity is difficult to investigate at a micro level, the paper builds on a large macro-data panel covering developed as well … output per worker as well as on total factor productivity (TFP). The results confirm earlier findings by Feyrer (2007 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316605
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The Right Look : Conservative Politicians Look Better and Their Voters Reward it
Berggren, Niclas - 2011
Previous research has established that good-looking political candidates win more votes. We extend this line of research by examining differences between parties on the left and on the right of the political spectrum. Our study combines data on personal votes in real elections with a web survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131348
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Pay for Politicians and Candidate Selection : An Empirical Analysis
Kotakorpi, Kaisa - 2010
A growing theoretical literature on the effect of politicians' salaries on the average level of skills of political candidates yields ambiguous predictions. In this paper, we estimate the effect of pay for politicians on the level of education of parliamentary candidates. We take advantage of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141083
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Dividend Taxes and Decisions of MNEs : Evidence from a Finnish Tax Reform
Harju, Jarkko - 2015
of a multinational enterprise (MNE). We examine this by using evidence from a recent tax reform in Finland. The so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009884
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Business Owners and Income-Shifting between Tax Bases : Empirical Evidence from a Finnish Tax Reform
Harju, Jarkko - 2014
dual income tax system in Finland offers noticeable incentives for income-shifting between wages and dividends for business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040489
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Public Provision, Commodity Demand and Hours of Work : An Empirical Analysis
Pirttila, Jukka - 2010
taxation. This paper examines the empirical validity of this claim using consumption data from Finland. The data have extensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013145299
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The Impact of Tax Incentives on the Economic Activity of Entrepreneurs
Harju, Jarkko - 2013
This paper studies the effect of Finnish tax reforms in the mid 1990s on the economic activity and tax avoidance decisions of the owners of small businesses. The reforms reduced income tax rates and increased tax planning incentives for small business owners. They applied only to unincorporated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080734