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On the political economy of social security and public education

Poutvaara, Panu - 2001

This paper proposes and analyzes a model of a European economy with three overlapping generations, redistributive social security, and public universities without tuition. Individuals differ ex ante. The effect of wage tax rate on occupational choice and the voting equilibrium of wage tax rate...

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Social security incentives and human capital investment

Igel Lau, Morten; Poutvaara, Panu - 2001

While the effect of social security systems on retirement decisions has received much attention, the impact of these systems on individuals incentives to invest in their human capital has not been analyzed. We integrate human capital investment and retirement decisions in a simple analytical...

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Gerontocracy revisited : unilateral transfer to the young may benefit the middle-aged

Poutvaara, Panu - 2001

-aged owning land may gain by providing public education even when they cannot tax the young. This requires that labor is not … mobile. Furthermore, establishing public education may benefit only the generation which pays for education twice, first for …

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International migration of couples

Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014

We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....

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Decomposing migrant self-selection : education, occupation, and unobserved abilities

Kauppinen, Ilpo; Poutvaara, Panu - 2023

Statistics Finland. We analyze emigration events lasting at least five years and decompose migrant self-selection into education … positively self-selected in terms of education and earnings. We also find strong evidence of sorting: men who emigrate outside …

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International applicability of education and migration aspirations

Kulka, Amrita; Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu; … - 2023

We analyze perceptions of international applicability of one's education and migration aspirations and intentions among … education least internationally applicable. Perceived international applicability strongly predicts migration aspirations and … those not studying law, hours spent studying are increasing with perceived international applicability of one's education …

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Firms' ethics, consumer boycotts, and signalling

Glazer, Amihai (contributor); Kanniainen, Vesa (contributor) - 2008

This paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers....

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