21.02.2017 Julkaisut 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
06.02.2017 Julkaisut Working Papers 48 Digital Music Industry – Background Synthesis Sellin DerekSeppälä Timo After 15 years of decline, music industry revenues appear finally to have turned a corner with the growth of
10.01.2017 Julkaisut Working Papers 47 Small and Medium Firms, Aggregate Productivity and the Role of Dependencies Fornaro PaoloLuomaranta Henri We analyze the productivity contribution of firms in the Finnish business sector, using data from 2002 until 2014, and
10.01.2017 Julkaisut Working Papers 46 Nowcasting Finnish Turnover Indexes Using Firm-Level Data Fornaro PaoloLuomaranta HenriSaarinen Lauri We adopt a series of shrinkage and factor analytic methodologies to compute nowcasts of the main Finnish turnover indexes,
22.12.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 45 Technology Disruptions as Enablers of Organizational and Social Innovation in Digitalized Environment Koski HeliMelkas HelinäMäntylä MarttiPieters RoelSvento RauliSärkikoski TuomoTalja HeliHyyppä JuhaKaartinen HarriHyyppä HannuMatikainen Leena This paper illustrates how disruptive technologies primarily shaking the functioning of service sector are spreading to the manufacturing industries,
13.10.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 44 Job Creation and the Role of Dependencies Fornaro PaoloLuomaranta Henri We contribute to the extensive literature on the relationship between firm size and job creation, by examining the effects
11.10.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 43 Industrial Blockchain Platforms: An Exercise in Use Case Development in the Energy Industry Mattila JuriSeppälä TimoNaucler CatarinaStahl RiittaTikkanen MarianneBådenlid AlexandraSeppälä Jane To encourage public discourse on blockchain use case development, this paper provides a pragmatic view on how to develop
06.10.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 42 Business Owners, Employees and Firm Performance Maliranta MikaNurmi Satu Abstract The novel Finnish Longitudinal OWNer-Employer-Employee (FLOWN) database was used to analyze how the characteristics of owners and employees
03.10.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 41 Within and Between Firm Trends in Job Polarization: Role of Globalization and Technology Pekkala Kerr SariMaczulskij TerhiMaliranta Mika This paper analyzes occupational polarization within and across firms using comprehensive matched employer-employee panel data from Finland. The occupational
20.09.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 40 Descriptive Findings on the Convergence of Female and Male Mortality in Europe Alho Juha Female life expectancy has almost universally been higher than male life expectancy. But, both have increased rapidly during the
03.06.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 39 Trade and Innovation: Matched Worker-Firm-Level Evidence Tuhkuri Joonas This paper examines the relationship between globalization and innovation. To do so, it draws from data that match the
10.05.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 38 The Blockchain Phenomenon – The Disruptive Potential of Distributed Consensus Architectures Mattila Juri Blockchain technology is disrupting society by enabling new kinds of disintermediated digital platforms. Furthermore, it is also providing efficiency
08.03.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 37 Estimating Production Functions of Multiproduct Firms Valmari Nelli Abstract Despite the fact that multiproduct firms constitute a considerable share of firms and account for an even greater
11.03.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 36 Global Value Chain Upgrading Ylömäki Tobias Global value chain (GVC) upgrading is a key factor in country-level economic performance. Therefore it is important to study
02.03.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 35 Forecasting Unemployment with Google Searches Tuhkuri Joonas Data on Google searches help predict the unemployment rate in the U.S. But the predictive power of Google searches
15.02.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 34 Network Positioning through Manufacturing Services – Lessons from the Contract Manufacturing Industry Viitamo EsaLuoto SeppoSeppälä Timo Through early adoption of new production technologies and service-based rivalry on the outsourcing customers, contract manufacturers integrate and enhance
26.01.2016 Julkaisut Working Papers 33 The EU’s Fiscal Targets and Their Economic Impact in Finland Keränen HenriKuusi Tero In this paper, we quantify time-varying fiscal multipliers using Finnish economic data and address questions about the design of
23.09.2015 Julkaisut Working Papers 32 The Finnish Great Depression of the 1990s: Soviet Trade or Home-Made? Kuusi Tero This paper reconsiders the reasons for the Finnish Great Depression.The paper argues that during the crisis Finland experienced institutional
24.08.2015 Julkaisut Working Papers 31 Structural Reforms and Stabilization Policies in the Euro Area Alho Kari E.O. Specifying a structurally built NKM model for EMU, and identifying in it the determinants of the potential output and
14.08.2015 Julkaisut Working Papers 30 Commercial success of innovation: the roles of R&D cooperation and firm age Koski Heli Data comprising 1790 Finnish firms and covering the years 2006-2012 suggest that turnover from innovative sales per employee were
21.04.2015 Julkaisut Working Papers 29 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
25.02.2015 Julkaisut Working Papers 28 GDP Growth in Russia: Different Capital Stock Series and the Terms of Trade Kaitila Ville Taloustieteellisessä kirjallisuudessa on erilaisia arvioita siitä, onko Venäjän bkt:n kasvun taustalla kokonaistuottavuuden vai kiinteiden investointien kehitys. Tutkimukset, joissa rakennetaan
05.01.2015 Julkaisut Working Papers 27 Mobility of ideas for innovation: The role of inventor-specific knowledge flows Koski HeliPajarinen Mika Our data from 351 innovating firms for the years 2001–2012 generally suggest that patentable ideas are strongly linked to
04.09.2014 Julkaisut Working Papers 26 Service productivity, technology and organization – Converting theory to praxis Viitamo Esa The growth of services - leveraged by the servitization of manufacturing - stresses the urgency of novel approaches and
