, education, being out of the labour force and annual earnings. A non-parametric propensity score matching approach adapted for …

This paper investigates occupational segregation by gender in the Finnish private sector during the period 1995 … genders have decreased during the investigation period occupational segregation by gender is still high in the Finnish labour … industry. Segregation is much higher in the male-dominated industries than in the female-dominated or in the gender …

the international comparisons, the price formation of the food chain, degree of concentration, competition, and the …, competition works in Finland just as well in agriculture, the foodstuffs industry and the wholesale and retail trade as it does in … from the standpoint of competition and consumer choice; the position of small producers can best be improved by fostering …

The use of traditional industry-level profitability indicators for assessing the state of competition is problematic … for two reasons. First, short-term variation reflects business cycles more than it does the impact of competition policy …. Second, rough industry-level indicators hide different mechanisms that are dependent on competition but may affect …