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Job security and employee well-being: Evidence from matched survey and register data

Labour Institute for Economic Research. Discussion Papers no. 262 We examine the effects of establishment- and industry-level labor market turnover on employees’ well-being. The linked employer-employee panel data contain both survey information on employees’ subjective well-being and comprehensive register-based information on job and worker flows. Labor market turbulence decreases well-being as experienced job satisfaction and

Wage Growth and Mobility Between Firms by Gender and Education

Labour Institute for Economic Research. Discussion Papers no. 260 Using propensity score matching combined with the differences-in-differences method this paper investigates gender differences in the wage effects of job mobility among young white-collar workers in the Finnish manufacturing sector over the period 1997-2006. A novel feature of our paper is that besides distinguishing between intrafirm

Policies for Knowledge Societies at Global Frontier

Japan Spotlight (January/February 2010).Japan Economic Foundation. Publication year: 2010 Pages: 3 Language: English Other articles 513

New product development and firm value in mobile handset production

Information Economics and Policy Vol. 22:1, March 2010, pp. 42-50 Publication year: 2010 Pages: 9 Language: English Other articles 511

Is There a Motherhood Wage Penalty in the Finnish Private Sector?

Labor. Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. 2010, Vol. 24:1, pp. 55 – 73 This paper investigates the effects of children on women\’s wages in the Finnish private sector. The paper finds evidence of the motherhood wage penalty, the penalty varying with the length of the child-related career break. Mothers staying at home no

Structural change in Finnish manufacturing: The theory of the aggregation of production functions and an empirical analysis with a plant-level panel

Labour Institute for Economic Research. Discussion Papers no. 258 In the paper, structural change in the Finnish manufacturing industries is studied by means of the theory of the aggregation of production functions and longitudinal plant-level data for the period from 1980 until 2005. The nature of structural change in twelve industries is characterised by examination