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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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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 … derive from the temporary (albeit prolonged) negative shocks to capital stock growth in Denmark and Sweden, and the permanent … downturn of capital stock growth in Finland. We are thus able to explain why the crisis of the early 1990s had a more acute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608449
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Cross-border health and productivity effects of alcohol policies
Johansson, Per-Olov; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Verho, Jouko - 2012
cut in the Finnish alcohol tax on mortality, alcohol related illnesses and work absenteeism in Sweden. This tax cut led to … the Finnish border are compared to changes in other parts of northern Sweden. We use register data where micro level data … outcomes. Our results on the effect of the Finnish tax cut on mortality and alcohol-related hospitalisations in Sweden are very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533380
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Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States
Björklund, Anders; Eriksson, Tor; Jäntti, Markus; … - 2000
between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) on the other. Our base …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335242
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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325999
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Voluntary public unemployment insurance
Parsons, Donald O.; Tranæs, Torben; Lilleør, Helene Bie - 2015
Denmark has drawn much attention for its active labor market policies, but is almost unique in offering a voluntary public unemployment insurance program requiring a significant premium payment. A safety net program - a less generous, means-tested social assistance plan - completes the system....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470404
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Child care and parental leave in the Nordic countries : a model to aspire to?
Gupta, Nabanita Datta (contributor); Smith, Nina (contributor) - 2006
The Nordic countries have remarkably high participation rates of mothers and a moderate decrease of fertility rates compared to other western countries. This has been attributed to the fact that the welfare state model and, especially, the family friendly policies chosen in the Nordic countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003292056
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Ethnic minority youths in the labour markets in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
Niknami, Susan; Schröder, Lena; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2019
This paper uses administrative data to in detail document how the share of youths not in employment, education or training has evolved over time in the Scandinavian countries. We study both first- and second-generation immigrant youths as well as natives to explore whether the pattern differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998496
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Immigration history, entry jobs, and the labor market integration of immigrants
Ansala, Laura; Åslund, Olof; Sarvimäki, Matti - 2020
enter the labor market. We focus on two countries - Finland and Sweden - that have similar formal institutions but starkly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194993
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When the market drives you crazy : stock market returns and fatal car accidents
Guilietti, Corrado; Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2018
The stock market influences some of the most fundamental economic decisions of investors, such as consumption, saving, and labor supply, through the financial wealth channel. This paper provides evidence that daily fluctuations in the stock market have important - and hitherto neglected -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011893801