This report describes how Finland succeeds in international comparisons of investments into and outcomes from education. OECD publications (Education at a Glance, PISA, IALS) are the main sources of this report. All levels of the education system, from pre-primary education to the second stage...

This literature review starts with a general discussion of young people and their various activities with special emphasis on youth unemployment and the outcome of alternative ways of measuring the prevalence of unemployment among young people. Thereafter the focus turns to measures targeted at...

This report describes how Finland succeeds in international comparisons of investments into and outcomes from education. OECD publications (Education at a Glance, PISA, IALS) are the main sources of this report. All levels of the education system, from pre-primary education to the second stage...

In this study we focus on differences in careers and wage development between white-collar workers. We are interested in the questions of which factors contribute to these differences and at what stage of the career they occur. Furthermore, we investigate the wage effects of the different types...

This study analyses those country characteristics, which lead those regions to become as productive operation and innovation environments for firms and research centres. This study shows that those countries who invest wisely to develop their innovation environment will be successful in high...

We analyse foreign-owned companies operating in Finland and compare them with domestic non-multinational firms while controlling separately for domestic multinational firms. The statistical and micro-econometric analysis is done using Statistics Finland data that contain all firms with at least...

This study examines structures and challenges in the Finnish well-being sector from the innovation activity perspective. Firstly, it compares the quality and productivity based on international statistics and research reports, and R&D&I activities in the well-being sector. It investigates also...

Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan naisten ja miesten välisiä ammatillisia eroja Suomen yksityisellä sektorilla vuosina 1995–2004 käyttäen Tilastokeskuksen palkkarakennetilastoa. Tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että sukupuolten ammatilliset erot ovat Suomessa suuret. Segregaation aste on...

Naisten miehiä suurempi vastuu perhevelvoitteiden osalta mainitaan usein yhtenä tärkeänä tekijänä sukupuolten palkkaerojen taustalla. Tästä huolimatta taloustieteellistä tutkimusta, jossa oltaisiin perehdytty niihin mekanismeihin, joiden välityksellä perheasema mahdollisesti...

Perhevapaiden vaikutuksesta miesten ja naisten välisiin palkkaeroihin tiedetään hyvin vähän. Tässä katsauksessa pureudutaan empiiriseen kirjallisuuteen koskien perhevapaiden vaikutusta naisten ura- ja palkkakehitykseen. Suomalaisen empiirisen tutkimustiedon puuttuessa, tässä...