30.08.2019 Briefs Publications Deregulation of the Finnish Long-distance Bus Market 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 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
02.08.2019 Academic Publications Publications What Company Characteristics Are Associated With the Adoption of Social Media? Koski HeliPajarinen MikaRouvinen Petri In just one decade, social media have moved from being marginal phenomena to having three billion active monthly users
08.07.2019 Academic Publications Publications Factors Affecting Venture Funding of Healthcare AI Companies Halminen OlliTenhunen HenniHeliste AnttiSeppälä Timo Venture Capital (VC) funding raised by companies producing Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) solutions is on the
12.06.2019 Briefs Publications 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
11.06.2019 Other publications Publications Digibarometer 2019 Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiMattila JuriPajarinen MikaSeppälä Timo Executive Summary Finland ranks third in Digibarometer 2019, which compares 22 countries with a composite index consisting of 36
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 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
07.05.2019 Publications Reports 90 Pension Funds and Risk-sharing in the Finnish Earnings-related Pension System Lassila JukkaValkonen Tarmo We study the use of pension funds in the Finnish earnings-related pension system with the aim of smoothing contributions
29.04.2019 Other publications Publications Business Subsidies and Competitiveness Laukkanen MaritaMaliranta Mika We evaluate the competitiveness effects of business subsidies in the light of economic theory, previous empirical research, and new
29.04.2019 Other publications Publications Environmental Policy, Green Innovation and Market Developments Koski HeliOllikka KimmoYlhäinen Ilkka This report explores the implementation of various R&D subsidies and other environmental policy instruments among the OECD countries from
26.04.2019 Other publications Publications Structural Changes and the Future of Taxation Kalin SallaKari SeppoKauppinen IlpoKotakorpi KaisaMäättänen NikuRopponen OlliValkonen Tarmo The structure of the Finnish economy is being shaped by the rise of digital business models and platform economy,
24.04.2019 Other publications Publications The Applicability on Blockchain Technology to Salary Income Taxation Mattila JuriSeppälä TimoHukkinen TaneliLaikari ArtoMarkkanen KalleKoulu RiikkaJia Kai This study examined whether blockchain-based smart contracts can be used to automate the process of taxing wage income. The
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
12.04.2019 Academic Publications Latest Publications Internal and External Hiring DeVaro JedKauhanen AnttiValmari Nelli Using large-scale, linked, employer–employee, Finnish panel data, the authors examine firms’ internal versus external hiring decisions more comprehensively than
12.04.2019 Academic Publications Publications Platforms and Industrial Change Kenney MartinRouvinen PetriSeppälä TimoZysman John Digital platforms are reorganising markets, restructuring the labour force, and redefining the scope of competition. These new intermediaries are
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
27.03.2019 Briefs Publications Analyzing the Transformation of Work and Its Effects on Productivity in the Age of Automatization? Kuusi TeroKulvik MarttiLaiho MaaritRopponen AnninaVähämäki Maija In this policy brief, we discuss the challenges of measuring productivity effects of automatization in a governmental payment service
27.03.2019 Academic Publications Publications Bonuses and Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence Emre EkinciKauhanen AnttiWaldman Michael Standard models of promotion tournaments do not distinguish between wages and bonuses and thus cannot explain variation in the
27.03.2019 Academic Publications Publications Does Job Design Make Workers Happy? Böckerman PetriBryson AlexKauhanen AnttiKangasniemi Mari Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design, employee well-being and job-related stress. Three key
26.03.2019 Books Publications Suomen kasvu (Finnish Economic Growth) Holmström BengtHonkapohja SeppoHuhtala AnniHyytinen AriKauhanen AnttiKoski HeliKuusi TeroMaliranta MikaNilsson Hakkala KatariinaPoutvaara PanuRouvinen PetriToivanen OttoVihriälä Vesa The book attempts to shed light on the preconditions for Finnish economic growth in the next 10–15 years. Based
22.03.2019 Briefs Publications 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
