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The Incidence and Effects of Decentralized Wage Bargaining in Finland

Kauhanen AnttiMaczulskij TerhiRiukula Krista
There was a strong push from employers to decentralize wage setting in Finland in the early 2000s. We analyze
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Privatization in Competitive Environment: Evidence from Finland’s Manufacturing Sector

Lähdemäki Sakari
This paper studies the effects of privatization on establishments/plants operating in Finland's manufacturing sector during 1988–2012, concentrating on operational
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Cross-country Convergence: To Be or Not to Be, That Is the Question

Lähdemäki Sakari
Can we associate globalization with converging productivity levels of different countries? Are developing countries catching up? This paper provides
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Going green while getting lean: Decomposing carbon and green total factor productivity?

Kuosmanen NataliaMaczulskij Terhi
While research on carbon productivity is growing rapidly, the role of structural change in green transition remains unexplored due
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Personality and public sector employment in Finland

Maczulskij TerhiViinikainen Jutta
Using long-term Finnish register data on labor market outcomes, we examine how personality traits predict the sorting of individuals
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The Effects of the Decentralization of Collective Bargaining on Wages and Wage Dispersion: Evidence from the Finnish Forest and IT Industries

Kauhanen Antti
Recently, Finnish forest industries shifted from sectoral collective bargaining to firm-level bargaining, and the IT services industry shifted to
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Inter-industry and Intra-industry Switching as Sources of Productivity Growth: Structural Change of Finland’s ICT Industries

Kuosmanen NataliaKuosmanen Timo
Structural change is an important driver of productivity growth at the aggregate level. While previous productivity decompositions account for
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Impacts of the Small-Tract Forestland (STF) Tax Program on Forestland Use in Oregon

Rossi DavidRushakoff BenKuusela Olli-Pekka
Preferential tax programs for forest landowners are used to achieve land use–related environmental and social objectives. Nonindustrial landowners are
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Mind the Gap – Assessing the Size and Determinants of the Life Insurance Gap

Ropponen OlliKuusi TeroValkonen Tarmo
Preparing for the monetary loss associated with premature death of the breadwinner has become more relevant during the COVID-19
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Gender Differences in Multiple-choice Questions And the Risk of Losing Points

Riukula Krista
I study the gender differences in performance in multiple-choice questions (MCQ) in a setting where wrong answers are penalized
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The Effects of Screening for Gestational Diabetes

Riukula Krista
I estimate the effects of screening “low-risk” women for gestational diabetes using a regression discontinuity design and exploiting exogenous
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Does previous sickness absence affect work participation after vocational labour market training? A difference-in-differences propensity score matching approach

Salonen LauraSolovieva SvetlanaKauhanen AnttiHartikainen ElliViikari-Juntura EiraLeinonen Taina
Reduced work ability is relatively common among job seekers and it can hinder future labour market attachment. A commonly
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Losing a job and (dis)incentives to move: Interregional migration in Finland

Maczulskij TerhiBöckerman Petri
Traditional theories of migration frequently fail to fully explain the real-world patterns of interregional mobility. Empirical studies indicate that
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Self-confidence Predicts Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Success

Maczulskij TerhiViinikainen Jutta
Introduction Entrepreneurship promotes employment, productivity growth, innovation activity, and the commercialization of innovations (e.g., Van Praag and Versloot, 2007).
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Carbon and Timber Management in Western Oregon under Tax-Financed Investments in Wildfire Risk Mitigation

Rossi DavidKuusela Olli-Pekka
We examine how forest taxation should be designed when tax revenues are used to finance expenditures on wildfire risk
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An Econometric Study of Oregon’s Log and Lumber Markets: Estimation of Price Elasticities Using Two Approaches

Zhai JunKuusela Olli-Pekka
Estimation of price elasticities for regional and state-level timber and lumber markets is essential for conducting market-level analyses of
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Assessing Components of Uncertainty in Demographic Forecasts with an Application to Fiscal Sustainability

Alho JuhaLassila Jukka
When the future evolution of demographic processes is described in a stochastic setting, the challenge is to communicate the
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Ex Ante Predictability of Rapid Growth: A Design Science Approach

Hyytinen AriRouvinen PetriPajarinen MikaVirtanen Joosua
Abstract We develop a machine learning (ML) procedure that enables a venture capitalist to optimize deal sourcing and to
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Incidence of Domestic Subsidies vs. Export Taxes: An Equilibrium Displacement Model of Log and Lumber Markets in Oregon

Zhai JunKuusela Olli-Pekka
Governments have used policies such as taxes on the exports of unprocessed wood products and subsidies to domestic manufacturers
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A Microeconometric Analysis of Wildfire Suppression Decisions in the Western United States

Rossi DavidKuusela Olli-PekkaDunn Christopher
Full suppression strategies remain the dominant option in wildfire management, despite a large body of research demonstrating the ecological
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A Method for Technology Diffusion Monitoring: AI Diffusion among S&P 500 Companies

Mucha TomaszSeppälä Timo
Technology monitoring is fundamental to R&D planning, technology management, and strategic decision-making. Despite its importance, monitoring the diffusion of
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How Many Online Workers Are There in the World? A Data-driven Assessment

Kässi OttoLehdonvirta ViliStephany Fabian
An unknown number of people around the world are earning income by working through online labour platforms such as
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Online Labour Index 2020: New Ways to Measure the World’s Remote Freelancing Market

Stephany FabianKässi OttoRani UmaLehdonvirta Vili
The Online Labour Index (OLI) was launched in 2016 to measure the global utilisation of online freelance work at
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From Cradle to Grave? On Optimal Nuclear Waste Disposal

Lappi PauliLintunen Jussi
This paper analyses socially optimal nuclear plant operation and nuclear waste management. Two waiting rules are derived: the first

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