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5.12.2019 Columns Latest

The hype has eclipsed the limitations of third-wave artificial intelligence

Nitzberg MarkSeppälä TimoZysman John

The near-term potential of “artificial intelligence” is often overestimated.¹ The potential may be exaggerated in discourse and company strategy,

04.12.2019 Publications Reports 97

Business Angel Investment, Public Innovation Funding and Firm Growth

Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiPajarinen MikaYlhäinen Ilkka

In recent years, business angels have invested in a few hundred Finnish firms annually. The target firms are mainly

02.12.2019 Publications Reports 96

Investment Expensing, Investment and Public Finances

Määttänen Niku

At present, businesses in Finland can deduct the cost of many investment goods from taxable income only gradually over

19.11.2019 Publications Working Papers 72

Data Markets in Making: The Role of Technology Giants

Koski HeliPantzar Mika

This paper focuses on the role of large technology companies’ entry and expansion to the data-intensive market areas via

30.10.2019 Publications Working Papers 71

Emerging Trade Battlefield with China: Export Competition and Firm’s Coping Strategies

Nilsson Hakkala KatariinaPan Yao

This paper analyzes how intensified Chinese export competition affects the exports and product ranges of firms from Finland. Using

30.10.2019 Publications Working Papers 70

Service Imports, Workforce Composition, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Finnish Microdata

Ariu AndreaNilsson Hakkala KatariinaJensen J. BradfordTamminen Saara

This paper uses unique Finnish firm-level micro data on service imports, workforce composition, and firm characteristics to examine changes

17.10.2019 Publications Reports 94

Workers in Declining Occupations: Modest Participation in Adult Education

Asplund RitaKauhanen AnttiVanhala Pekka

Occupational restructuring means that worker skills need to be updated, broadened or totally renewed. This report focuses on persons

23.09.2019 Publications Working Papers 69

Management Practises in Finnish Manufacturing Establishments: Evidence from FMOP

Ohlsbom RoopeMaliranta Mika

Data collected by the recently conducted Finnish Management and Organizational Practices Survey (FMOP) by Statistics Finland is used to

19.09.2019 Publications Reports 93

What Are the Benefits of Data Sharing? Uniting Supply Chain and Platform Economy Perspectives

Huttunen HenriSeppälä TimoLähteenmäki IlkkaMattila Juri

Data as a resource and data sharing enable competitive supply chains and present-day digital platform business models. The recipe

16.9.2019 Latest News and press releases

Etla forecast: Finland’s growth slowing down while public finance balance weakens

Finnish economy Finland's economic growth will slow down markedly this year and next. We expect GDP to grow by

30.08.2019 Briefs Publications 82

Deregulation of the Finnish Long-distance Bus Market

Valmari Nelli

A new law on public transport came into effect in Finland in December 2009. According to the new law,

20.08.2019 Publications Working Papers 68

Artificial Intelligence Applications & Venture Funding in Healthcare

Halminen OlliTenhunen HenniHeliste AnttiSeppälä Timo

Venture Capital (VC) funding raised by companies producing Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions is on the rise. In healthcare, VC

12.08.2019 Publications Reports 92

Working Time, Employment and Competitiveness

Kauhanen AnttiLehmus Markku

This report studies working time and competitiveness. The first part of the report compares working time in Finland to

06.08.2019 Briefs Publications 81

Vocational or General Education? The Effect Upper Secondary Education Track Choice

Virtanen Hanna

In response to recent technological changes and the worsening outcomes of non-college educated workers, governments around the world are

9.7.2019 Latest News and press releases

Unlocking housing wealth to foster the silver economy

Many elderly households could improve their living standards markedly by releasing part of their housing equity. However, that would

12.06.2019 Briefs Publications 80

Is the Digital Future Sustainable?

Seppälä TimoMattila JuriRajala Risto

It is predicted that in 2030, the energy consumption of the ICT sector will be 21% of the world’s

6.6.2019 Latest News and press releases

EtlaTalks: What is nowcasting?

In the last episode of the EtlaTalks spring season the topic of discussion is nowcasting and how does it

14.05.2019 Publications Reports 91

Immigrant-owned, Local and Global Firms in the Finnish Job and Production Restructuring

Maliranta MikaNurmi Satu

We examine the growth of real value added, labour input and labour productivity of immigrant-owned firms in Finland in

11.05.2019 Briefs Publications 79

Government’s Employment Challenge: 75 Percent Employment Rate Target Requires Both Structural Reforms and Better Competitiveness

Kangasharju AkiKauhanen Antti

In the 2019 electoral campaigns, basically all election platforms set a 75 percent employment rate target by the end

18.04.2019 Publications Working Papers 67

The Influence of Old-age Retirement on Health: Causal Evidence from the Finnish Register Data

Kuusi TeroMartikainen PekkaValkonen Tarmo

We quantify the impact of old-age retirement on health using longitudinal Finnish register data for the period 2000–2012, which

12.4.2019 Columns Latest

Special Theme: Uncertainty of Forecasts

Anttonen JetroLehmus Markku

Uncertainty of Forecasts and Estimation of Uncertainty In the case of economic forecasts, we often talk about, for example,

02.04.2019 Publications Working Papers 66

Top 3: Pension Systems in Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands

Hougaard Jensen Svend E.Lassila JukkaMäättänen NikuValkonen TarmoWesterhout Ed

According to the 2018 Mercer Global Pension index, the pension systems of Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands are the

22.03.2019 Briefs Publications 77

Challenge: To Raise the Employment Rate

Asplund RitaVanhala Pekka

The government reached its 2019 goal of 72% for the employment rate. Yet, the policymaking arena has already rushed

19.3.2019 Latest News and press releases

Etla forecast: Finland’s growth slowing down, increased economic risks

Finnish economy Finland's economic rate of growth will slow down clearly this year and remain modest also next year.