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Capital accumulation and unemployment : new insights on the Nordic experience
Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2007
impact in Finland than in its twin economy, Sweden. -- Unemployment dynamics ; chain reaction theory ; capital accumulation … fundamental role in shaping unemployment movements. This role has generally been examined by considering indirect transmission … single-equation unemployment rate models. Here we advocate a different approach. We directly estimate the effects of capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608449
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The effect of weight on labor market outcomes : an application of genetic instrumental variables
Böckerman, Petri; Cawley, John H.; Viinikainen, Jutta; … - 2016
The increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide has led to great interest in the economic consequences of obesity, but valid and powerful instruments for obesity, which are needed to estimate its causal effects, are rare. This paper contributes to the literature by using a novel instrument:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458875
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Technology, labour market institutions and early retirement: evidence from Finland
Yashiro, Naomitsu; Kyyrä, Tomi; Hwang, Hyunjeong; … - 2020
criteria for unemployment and disability benefits applied to older individuals. We present evidence that these two factors … extension of unemployment benefits until the earliest age for drawing old age pension. Furthermore, our findings imply that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390461
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Performance pay and earnings : evidence from personnel records
Pekkarinen, Tuomas (contributor); Riddell, Chris (contributor) - 2006
This paper examines the effects of performance pay on earnings using linked employee-employer panel data from Finland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355649
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Education policy and intergenerational income mobility : evidence from the Finnish comprehensive school reform
Pekkarinen, Tuomas (contributor);  … - 2006
reform on the intergenerational income mobility in Finland. The Finnish comprehensive school reform of 1972 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003344613
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335455
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Long-term effects of forced migration
Sarvimäki, Matti; Uusitalo, Roope; Jäntti, Markus - 2009
comparable non-migrants. After World War II, Finland ceded a tenth of its territory to the Soviet Union and resettled the entire …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809650
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Labour market effects of the polytechnic education reform : the Finnish experience
Böckerman, Petri; Hämäläinen, Ulla; Uusitalo, Roope - 2009
This paper evaluates the labour market effects of the introduction of the polytechnic education system in Finland. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003810332
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School tracking and development of cognitive skills
Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; Kerr, Sari - 2009
The Finnish comprehensive school reform replaced the old two-track school system with a uniform nine-year comprehensive school and significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish primary and secondary education. We estimate the effect of this reform on the test scores in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824867
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The looks of a winner : beauty, gender and electoral success
Berggren, Niclas (contributor); Jordahl, Henrik (contributor) - 2006
"We study the role of beauty in politics. For the first time, focus is put on differences in how women and men evaluate female and male candidates and how different candidate traits relate to success in real and hypothetical elections. We have collected 16,218 assessments by 2,772 respondents of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373407