Määttänen, Niku Research director Ph.D. niku.maattanen@etla.fi +358 41 545 6721 Pension systems, housing markets, taxation, fiscal policy http://staff.etla.onnikoodi.fi/maattanen Download CV Download HiRes Image
03.04.2018 Other publications Publications Common or own goals: Reforming the financing of the European Union Kari SeppoMäättänen NikuRopponen OlliTamminen SaaraValkonen Tarmo This study evaluates the Monti report and the suggested new own resources from the point of the view of
16.02.2018 Academic Publications Publications Borrowing constraints and housing market liquidity Eerola EssiMäättänen Niku We study how changes in household borrowing constraints influence housing market liquidity. To this end, we develop a housing
31.03.2017 Briefs Publications Three measures to safeguard funding for research and education Määttänen NikuVihriälä Vesa Funding for research and education needs to be increased relative to the existing plans. This is difficult, given the
21.02.2017 Publications Working Papers Informal vs. Formal Care in Finland: Monetary Incentives and Fiscal Implications Määttänen NikuSalminen Tomi We consider the private economic incentives and the fiscal consequences related to informal long-term care by e.g. family members
21.12.2016 Briefs Latest Publications Earnings-related unemployment security, employment and lifetime income Määttänen NikuValkonen Tarmo Earnings-related unemployment benefits weaken markedly the economic incentives for searching and accepting a job. This study estimates that the
08.12.2016 Briefs Publications Switching to full wage indexing of earnings related pension benefits would be costly Lassila JukkaMäättänen NikuValkonen Tarmo A recent citizens’ initiative calls for a switch from indexing pension benefits to consumer prices (80%) and wages (20%)
13.10.2016 Publications Reports Firm Subsidies, Wages and Labor Mobility Maliranta MikaMäättänen NikuPajarinen Mika The bulk of innovation subsidies in Finland are allocated to firms in industries where the employment share of “innovators,”
10.10.2016 Publications Reports Reforming student financial aid – estimates from a structural model Karhunen HannuMäättänen NikuUusitalo Roope We analyse how alternative reforms of the student financial aid would influence average study duration, government expenditures, and tax
26.08.2016 Publications Reports Dividend taxation of non-listed companies, resource allocation and productivity Määttänen NikuRopponen Olli Abstract We consider the taxation of non-listed companies and their owners in Finland. We analyse how the current highly
13.01.2016 Publications Reports Innovator Mobility in Finland and Denmark Bagger JesperMaliranta MikaMäättänen NikuPajarinen Mika Abstract Workers have different abilities in research, development and innovation (R&D&I) activities. Firms have different “prospects for innovation”. Innovation
21.04.2015 Publications Working Papers Unemployment Accounts – A Finnish Application Määttänen NikuSalminen Tomi We consider a reform that would replace the current Finnish unemployment insurance (UI) scheme with individual unemployment accounts. The
09.12.2014 Publications Reports Taxation, Profit Distribution and Investment of Non-listed Companies in Finland Määttänen NikuRopponen Olli This paper studies the taxation of non-listed companies and their owners in Finland. We first describe the main features
