Mika Maliranta

Suhdanne- ja rakennekriisi yhtä aikaa? Toimiala- ja yritysrakenteen muutokset taantumassa

Maliranta, Mika - Mankinen, Reijo - Suni, Paavo - Ylä-Anttila, Pekka

The study shows that the exceptional drop in volume of Finland’s GDP in 2009 – as much as 8 per cent –was to a large extent due to huge decline in exports and production of one industry, ICT. The contribution of ICT (or electronics and electro-technical industry) to GDP decline was close to two percentage

Globalization, Creative Destruction, and Labor Share Change: Evidence on the Determinants and Mechanism from Longitudinal Plant-level Data

Maliranta, Mika - Böckerman, Petri

We examine the sources and micro-level mechanisms of the changes in the labor share of value added. We link the micro-level dynamics of the labor share change with that of productivity and wage growth. Using a useful variant of the decomposition method we make a distinction between the change in the average plant and the

Measuring Productivity – Finland in an International Comparison

Kaitila, Ville - Nevalainen, Anni - Maliranta, Mika - Mankinen, Reijo

We compare the levels and development of labour productivity in different countries, especially in the private sectors of the economies. We use several data sources, including the Eurostat Structural Business Statistics and Labour Costs Survey databases as well as the data available from the EU KLEMS project. This combination of data allows for a comparison

Training and Hiring Strategies to Improve Firm Performance

Maliranta, Mika - Asplund, Rita

We study how upgrading the skills of the personnel affects a firm’s performance. Two different strategies are examined : 1) providing formal training and 2) strategic recruitment and separation policy. The use of register-based longitudinal employer-employee data supplemented with a survey on vocational training provides an opportunity to shed fresh light on the issue and

Aging, Labor Turnover and Firm Performance

Ilmakunnas, Pekka - Maliranta, Mika

We study whether older workers are costly to firms. Our estimation equations are derived from a variant of the decomposition methods frequently used for measuring micro-level sources of industry productivity growth. By using comprehensive linked employer-employee data from the Finnish business sector, we study the productivity and wage effects, and hence the profitability effects, of

Tax incentives for R&D and firm dynamics (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)

Määttänen, Niku - Maliranta, Mika

We compare different tax incentive schemes for private R&D investments using a numerical model of R&D-investments and firm dynamics. We find that tax incentives that are based on the incremental annual spending increase firms’ R&D spending much more than tax incentives that are based on the level of R&D spending. However, incremental incentives also distort