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Poutvaara, Panu - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

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

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

Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - 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 - 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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Social security incentives, human capital investment and mobility of labor

Poutvaara, Panu - 2005

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

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Student flows and migration: an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Poutvaara, Panu - 2005

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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Self-selection and earnings of emigrants from a welfare state

Poutvaara, Panu; Munk, Martin D.; Junge, Martin - 2009

Following a seminal contribution by Borjas (1987), a large literature has analyzed how income distribution and redistribution are related to immigration to various rich countries. In this paper, we take a look at the other side of the coin. We analyze emigration from Denmark, which is one of the...

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Public sector outsourcing

Poutvaara, Panu; Jordahl, Henrik - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)

care, though consumer choice has stimulated innovation and quality in both education and health care. Natural monopolies …

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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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International Migration of Couples

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

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

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