Määttänen, Niku Research director Ph.D. niku.maattanen@etla.fi +358 41 545 6721 Pension systems, housing markets, taxation, fiscal policy http://staff.etla.fi/maattanen Download CV Download HiRes Image
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
17.12.2018 Briefs Publications Profitability of Industries, Labour Market Flows, and Creative Destruction in Finnish Manufacturing Maliranta MikaMäättänen Niku An often-expressed concern is that new technologies related to e.g. automation and robotization accelerate job destruction and increase the
23.08.2018 Briefs Publications Finland Needs New Ways of Financing Transport Infrastructure Hyytinen AriMäättänen NikuVihriälä Vesa Motor fuel tax revenue is likely to decrease in the coming years because of the shift to electric cars.
30.04.2018 Other publications Publications Summary report of the FIRSTRUN project Määttänen NikuAlcidi Cinzia Introduction This report provides a brief overview of the project and summarises its most policy-relevant results. It also describes
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 49 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 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 60 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 59 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
