08.09.2020 Noter Publikationer 90 Carbon-Neutral Finland 2035 Is a Tough Objective Kaitila Ville In order to fight the climate change, the European Union and Finland as its member country are seeking carbon
23.06.2020 Noter Publikationer 89 Solving Structural Competition Problems Require Changes in EU Merger Regulation Koski Heli EU competition law does not effectively address or make it possible to resolve some of the structural competition problems
22.04.2020 Noter Publikationer 88 Critical Metals – Competitiveness and Security of Supply Hernesniemi Hannu The USA, the EU and Finland have woken up to the fact that certain metals are critical in crises.
26.03.2020 Noter Publikationer 87 Corona-shock Hits the Economy – To What Extent Finland Is Dependent on Global Value Chains? Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiKuusi Tero The spread of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has caused distortions to global value chains. This report studies how dependent Finnish companies
06.03.2020 Noter Publikationer 86 Weak Economic Conditions and the Objective of the Government Programme Anttonen JetroLehmus MarkkuVihriälä Vesa The key economic objectives of the current Finnish government are valid only in normal international economic conditions. However, weaker
18.02.2020 Noter Publikationer 85 The Labor Market Impacts of the Transport System – A Proposal for an Evaluation Framework Kauhanen AnttiRiukula KristaMetsäranta Heikki The labor market impacts of transport system, as well as other so-called wider economic benefits, are debated widely. The
21.01.2020 Noter Publikationer 84 CO2 Emissions in Finland 2019–2023 and the Carbon Neutrality Objective Kaitila Ville In order to fight the climate change, the European Union and Finland as its member country are seeking carbon
09.01.2020 Noter Publikationer 83 Chinese Export Competition Affects the Exports of Firms from Finland Nilsson Hakkala Katariina China’s export competition has decreased the total export value of Finnish firms’ products, primarily through price cuts. Firm-level analysis
30.08.2019 Noter Publikationer 82 Deregulation of the Finnish Long-distance Bus Market Valmari Nelli A new law on public transport came into effect in Finland in December 2009. According to the new law,
06.08.2019 Noter Publikationer 81 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
12.06.2019 Noter Publikationer 80 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
11.05.2019 Noter Publikationer 79 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
27.03.2019 Noter Publikationer 78 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
22.03.2019 Noter Publikationer 77 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
06.02.2019 Noter Publikationer 76 2013 – The Finnish Divergence Anttonen JetroKuusi TeroLehmus MarkkuOrjasniemi Seppo In this paper, we use the synthetic control method to analyze the Finnish economic performance after the onset of
03.01.2019 Noter Publikationer 75 We Need More Useful Basic Knowledge about the Effectiveness of Public Employment Services Asplund Rita This Brief first discusses why policy decision-making concerning public employment services (PES) needs to rely also on evidence-based knowledge
17.12.2018 Noter Publikationer 74 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
28.11.2018 Noter Publikationer 73 Tariffs and Threats: President Trump’s Trade Policy and Its Consequences to Finland Nilsson Hakkala KatariinaWang MariaKuusi Tero This Brief analyzes president Trump’s trade policy and its implications for Finland. We focus on the import tariffs imposed
25.09.2018 Noter Publikationer 72 Impacts of the Largest Export Guaranteed Operations in Finland Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiKuusi Tero This study focuses on the impacts of the largest export guaranteed operations on employment and value added including effects
29.08.2018 Noter Publikationer 71 Data Ownership and Governance – Finnish Law Perspective Seppälä TimoJuhanko JariMattila Juri As a general rule, information and data cannot be owned. Information and data may belong to various actors, but
23.08.2018 Noter Publikationer 70 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.
11.07.2018 Noter Publikationer 69 Forecasting activity at Etla in 1971–2018 Kotilainen Markku The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (Etla) started its business cycle forecasting activity in 1971. Forecasts have thus
25.06.2018 Noter Publikationer 68 Regional economic disparities in Finland Fornaro Paolo In this note, I study the Finnish regional dispersion of economic indicators such as the GDP per capita, labour
05.06.2018 Noter Publikationer 67 The Role of Individuals, Firms and the Society in Lifelong Learning Kauhanen Antti Labor market restructuring has sparked discussion on lifelong learning. One important question deals with the proper distribution of responsibility
