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02.10.2024
Working Papers
120
Estimating the Labour Market Impacts of Transport Projects in Finland
Riukula Krista
Väänänen Touko
Effects on labour market outcomes are often referred to when discussing the wider economic benefits of transport projects.
However,
09.09.2024
Working Papers
119
Intangibles in Light of Industry-level CompNet Dataset
Pikka Aleksi
This paper studies the productivity effects of intangible assets using 9th vintage of the CompNet dataset. Descriptive work
shows
07.09.2024
Working Papers
118
The Effects of the Decentralization of Collective Bargaining on Wage Differences Among Employee Groups
Kauhanen Antti
Recently, Finnish forest industries shifted from sectoral collective bargaining to firm-level bargaining, and the IT services industry shifted
to
11.06.2024
Working Papers
117
An Analysis of Digitalization and Firm Performance in Finland’s Private Service Industries
Kuosmanen Natalia
Pajarinen Mika
Heshmati Almas
The service sector is undergoing rapid changes attributed to digitalization. This study examines the relationship between digitalization and
the
06.02.2024
Working Papers
116
Education, Gender, and Family Formation
Virtanen Hanna
Silliman Mikko
Kuuppelomäki Tiina
Huttunen Kristiina
In response to the wide-ranging consequences of falling fertility rates, governments across high-income countries are considering how to
increase
01.02.2024
Working Papers
115
Debt Burden of Job Loss in a Nordic Welfare State
Maczulskij Terhi
Kanninen Ohto
Karhunen Hannu
Tahvonen Ossi
The paper investigates the impact of involuntary job loss on severe debt problems in Finland, where up to
50%
19.01.2024
Working Papers
114
Least-cost Decarbonization Pathways for Electricity Generation in Finland: A Convex Quantile Regression Approach
Kuosmanen Natalia
Kuosmanen Timo
Maczulskij Terhi
Zhou Xun
This study investigates the least-cost decarbonization pathways in the Finnish electricity generation industry in order to achieve the
national
16.01.2024
Working Papers
113
Digitalization and Resilience: Data Assets and Firm Productivity Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Koski Heli
Fornaro Paolo
This study investigates the impact of firm-level investments in data assets on productivity growth during the COVID-19 pandemic,
utilizing
09.01.2024
Working Papers
112
Childhood Shocks and Fertility: Evidence from Parental Job Loss
Riukula Krista
Do economic shocks experienced in childhood carry on to the fertility outcomes in adulthood and if they do,
how?
14.12.2023
Working Papers
111
Jobs, Workers, and Firms: Dissecting the Labour Market Effects of Finland’s COVID-19 Subsidy Program
Hirvonen Johannes
Kässi Otto
Ropponen Olli
This paper examines the labour market impacts of Finland’s initial COVID-19 subsidy program, designed to mitigate the economic
fallout
12.12.2023
Working Papers
110
Effective Fiscal Policy in an Aging Economy: Evidence from a BVAR Analysis
Puonti Päivi
As people age, their consumption and saving behavior tends to change. At the same time, the share of
age-related
06.11.2023
Working Papers
109
Shock Infections through Global Value Chains
Kuusi Tero
Ali-Yrkkö Jyrki
We examine how the Covid-19 shock was transmitted from the foreign, upstream parts of value chains to domestic
(downstream)
16.10.2023
Working Papers
108
Firm-Level Consequences of Export Demand Shocks: Swedish and Finnish Exporters
El-Sahli Zouheir
Maczulskij Terhi
Nilsson Hakkala Katariina
This paper analyzes how firms with different financial strength levels respond to demand shocks in their export markets.
We
19.09.2023
Working Papers
107
The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on (New) Life Insurances
Ropponen Olli
Kuusi Tero
Valkonen Tarmo
This paper studies the life insurance demand responses to Covid-19 pandemic. It employs the unique individual-level daily data
on
28.04.2023
Working Papers
106
Beyond AI, Blockchain Systems, and Digital Platforms: Digitalization Unlocks Mass Hyper-Personalization and Mass Servitization
Seppälä Timo
Mucha Tomasz
Mattila Juri
The ever-progressing digitalization of the economy and society is unlocking new opportunities for organizations engaging in services. We
are
25.04.2023
Working Papers
105
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
21.04.2023
Publications
Working Papers
104
Renewal of Companies Through Product Switching
Kuosmanen Natalia
Valmari Nelli
The past few decades have witnessed a slowdown in productivity growth in many advanced economies, including
Finland.
18.04.2023
Publications
Working Papers
103
Do Grocery Feedback Systems Enabling Access to Past Consumption Impact Individual Food Purchase Behavior?
Koski Heli
Kuikkaniemi Kai
Pantzar Mika
This article empirically explores whether and how providing consumers with detailed access to their past food purchase data
at
11.04.2023
Working Papers
102
Five Countries, Five Models – A Comparison of Fiscal Frameworks and Lessons for Finland
Begg Iain
Kuusi Tero
Kylliäinen Olavi
In recent years, many countries have sought to transform their fiscal frameworks, with the aim of rendering their
public
31.03.2023
Working Papers
101
Breakthrough Innovations and Productivity: An International Perspective
Kuusi Tero
Nevavuo Jenni
In this paper, we shed new light on the productivity impact of breakthrough patents, as well as their
role
27.02.2023
Working Papers
100
Inter-industry and Intra-industry Switching as Sources of Productivity Growth: Structural Change of Finland’s ICT Industries
Kuosmanen Natalia
Kuosmanen Timo
Structural change is an important driver of productivity growth at the aggregate level. While previous productivity decompositions account
for
13.12.2022
Working Papers
99
The Role of Firm Dynamics in the Green Transition: Carbon Productivity Decomposition in Finnish Manufacturing
Kuosmanen Natalia
Maczulskij Terhi
This paper investigates the importance of firm dynamics, including entry and exit and the allocation of carbon emissions
across
28.11.2022
Working Papers
98
R&D and Productivity in Finnish Firms
Valmari Nelli
Productivity of the Finnish private sector decreased during the financial crisis of 2008–2009 and, since then, productivity growth
has
28.10.2022
Working Papers
97
The Labor-market Effects of Service Offshoring: A Synthetic Control Approach with High-dimensional Microdata
Kässi Otto
I use novel high-quality survey data on firms’ international sourcing activities combined with firm-level financial and linked employer–employee
data
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