30.08.2019 Noter Publikationer 82 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,
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
25.05.2018 Noter Publikationer 66 Do Personal Data Related Innovation Boost Firm Value? Koski Heli Personal data is increasingly used in business value creation. Data from the years 2007–2014 suggest that firms’ personal data
09.05.2018 Noter Publikationer 65 Lightweight Suggestion from the Commission to Reform the Financing of the EU Budget Valkonen Tarmo EU budget is currently financed almost fully by Own Resources, which are based on customs, Gross National Income, and
12.04.2018 Noter Publikationer 64 Market Discipline and Liquidity Key Issues in the EMU Reform Vihriälä Vesa The EMU institutions need to be reformed. There is, however, a deep disagreement about the right way to proceed.
07.02.2018 Noter Publikationer 63 Etla’s Forecast Errors in 2014–2017 Berg-Andersson BirgittaKaitila VilleKaseva HannuKotilainen MarkkuLehmus Markku In forecasts for years 2014–2015 the Finnish GDP growth was overestimated, and in forecasts for years 2016–2017 it was
01.02.2018 Noter Publikationer 62 Parental Income and Application Decisions in Post-secondary Education Laukkonen Marja-Lisa In 2018, the higher education institutions should no longer use entrance examinations that require extensive preparation and, instead, evaluate
21.06.2017 Noter Publikationer 60 Export Product Range and Economic Performance – An Emphasis on Small Advanced EU Countries Kaitila Ville We analyse the number of different HS8 products in the EU countries’ exports in 1995–2015. We review what share,
07.06.2017 Noter Publikationer 59 Know the Present to Understand the Future: Nowcasting and Forecasting the Finnish Economy Fornaro Paolo This report concerns the relationship between forecasting and nowcasting (i.e. the production of real-time estimates of key economic indicators),
31.03.2017 Noter Publikationer 58 Three Measures to Safeguard Funding for Research and Education Määttänen NikuVihriälä Vesa Funding for research and education needs to be increased relative to the existing plans. This is difficult, given the
