The aim of this paper is to describe divergences in employers’ and employees’ opinions on the proper share of local bargaining in contract wage gains, and explain when these divergences are particularly large or small. The paper shows that employers want the locally bargained wage share to...

This paper examines the regional distribution of the observable and hidden professional competence of engineers and graduates of economics and business administration in Finland. The objective is to determine where the “cutting edge” of Finnish human capital is located. The estimation...

Tutkimuksen tärkeimpänä tavoitteena on palkanasetannan teorioihin pohjautuen tutkia erilaisten yritysten tarvetta paikalliseen joustonvaraan palkankorotuksissa. Tutkimuksen toisena tavoitteena on muodostaa kokonaiskuva palkkaneuvottelujen etenemisestä suomalaisessa...

Empirical evidence from several countries has shown that full income including the value of household production is more equally distributed than income earned from market work and unearned income. Trends in income distributions during 1988-2000 indicate an increase in economic inequality in...