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Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 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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Public-sector outsourcing

Poutvaara, Panu - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10

innovation in education, but the picture is ambiguous for health care. Natural monopolies are unsuitable for outsourcing. Network …

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International Migration of Couples

Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

. College education of either partner makes couples more, and having children makes couples less mobile. Power couples are most …

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What Is Left to Residual Claimants? The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers

Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs … have lower incomes. We also analyze those who changed careers. Those with higher level of education are more likely to …

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To Draft or Not to Draft? Efficiency, Generational Incidence, and Political Economy of Military Conscription

Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We study the efficiency and distributional consequences of establishing and abolishing the draft in a dynamic model with overlapping generations, taking into account endogenous human capital formation as well as government budget constraints. The introduction of the draft initially benefits the...

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Efficiency and Equity Aspects of Alternative Social Security Rules

Jensen, Svend E. Hougaard; Lau, Morten I.; Poutvaara, Panu - In: FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis 60 (2004) 3, pp. 325-325

This paper studies human-capital formation, labor-supply, and retirement decisions associated with four alternative regimes of social security. We implement a theoretical model with overlapping generations of households and two different ability types within each generation. We find that with a...

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Social Security Incentives, Human Capital Investment and Mobility of Labor

Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

country with flat-rate benefits may reduce their investment in education. With suitably planned transfers between the two …

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Pareto-improving bequest taxation

Grossmann, Volker; Poutvaara, Panu - In: International Tax and Public Finance 16 (2009) 5, pp. 647-669

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Student Flows and Migration: An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Poutvaara, Panu - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2006

Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...

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International Migration of Couples

Poutvaara, Panu; Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D. - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013

depend on partners’ education and earnings, and the number of children. We use register data on full Danish population from …

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