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Artificial Intelligence Applications & Venture Funding in Healthcare

Halminen OlliTenhunen HenniHeliste AnttiSeppälä Timo

Venture Capital (VC) funding raised by companies producing Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions is on the rise. In healthcare, VC

12.08.2019 Publikationer Rapporter 92

Working Time, Employment and Competitiveness

Kauhanen AnttiLehmus Markku

This report studies working time and competitiveness. The first part of the report compares working time in Finland to

06.08.2019 Promemoria Publikationer

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

02.08.2019 Akademiska publikationer Publikationer

What Company Characteristics Are Associated With the Adoption of Social Media?

Koski HeliPajarinen MikaRouvinen Petri

In just one decade, social media have moved from being marginal phenomena to having three billion active monthly users

08.07.2019 Akademiska publikationer Publikationer

Factors Affecting Venture Funding of Healthcare AI Companies

Halminen OlliTenhunen HenniHeliste AnttiSeppälä Timo

Venture Capital (VC) funding raised by companies producing Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) solutions is on the

12.06.2019 Promemoria Publikationer

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

11.06.2019 Andra publikationer Publikationer

Digibarometer 2019

Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiMattila JuriPajarinen MikaSeppälä Timo

Executive Summary Finland ranks third in Digibarometer 2019, which compares 22 countries with a composite index consisting of 36

14.05.2019 Publikationer Rapporter 91

Immigrant-owned, Local and Global Firms in the Finnish Job and Production Restructuring

Maliranta MikaNurmi Satu

We examine the growth of real value added, labour input and labour productivity of immigrant-owned firms in Finland in

11.05.2019 Promemoria Publikationer

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

07.05.2019 Publikationer Rapporter 90

Pension Funds and Risk-sharing in the Finnish Earnings-related Pension System

Lassila JukkaValkonen Tarmo

We study the use of pension funds in the Finnish earnings-related pension system with the aim of smoothing contributions

30.04.2019 Andra publikationer Publikationer

Controlling for Structural Changes in the Workforce Influenced Occupational Class Differences in Disability Retirement Trends

Solovieva SvetlanaLeinonen TainaHusgafvel-Pursiainen KirstiKauhanen AnttiVanhala PekkaAsplund RitaViikari-Juntura Eira

We explored occupational class differences in disability retirement trends accounting for structural changes in the workforce induced by the

29.04.2019 Andra publikationer Publikationer

Business Subsidies and Competitiveness

Laukkanen MaritaMaliranta Mika

We evaluate the competitiveness effects of business subsidies in the light of economic theory, previous empirical research, and new

29.04.2019 Andra publikationer Publikationer

Environmental Policy, Green Innovation and Market Developments

Koski HeliOllikka KimmoYlhäinen Ilkka

This report explores the implementation of various R&D subsidies and other environmental policy instruments among the OECD countries from

26.04.2019 Andra publikationer Publikationer

Structural Changes and the Future of Taxation

Kalin SallaKari SeppoKauppinen IlpoKotakorpi KaisaMäättänen NikuRopponen OlliValkonen Tarmo

The structure of the Finnish economy is being shaped by the rise of digital business models and platform economy,

24.04.2019 Andra publikationer Publikationer

The Applicability on Blockchain Technology to Salary Income Taxation

Mattila JuriSeppälä TimoHukkinen TaneliLaikari ArtoMarkkanen KalleKoulu RiikkaJia Kai

This study examined whether blockchain-based smart contracts can be used to automate the process of taxing wage income. The

18.04.2019 Publikationer Working Papers 67

The Influence of Old-age Retirement on Health: Causal Evidence from the Finnish Register Data

Kuusi TeroMartikainen PekkaValkonen Tarmo

We quantify the impact of old-age retirement on health using longitudinal Finnish register data for the period 2000–2012, which

12.04.2019 Akademiska publikationer Publikationer

Internal and External Hiring

DeVaro JedKauhanen AnttiValmari Nelli

Using large-scale, linked, employer–employee, Finnish panel data, the authors examine firms’ internal versus external hiring decisions more comprehensively than

12.04.2019 Akademiska publikationer Publikationer

Platforms and Industrial Change

Kenney MartinRouvinen PetriSeppälä TimoZysman John

Digital platforms are reorganising markets, restructuring the labour force, and redefining the scope of competition. These new intermediaries are

02.04.2019 Publikationer Working Papers 66

Top 3: Pension Systems in Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands

Hougaard Jensen Svend E.Lassila JukkaMäättänen NikuValkonen TarmoWesterhout Ed

According to the 2018 Mercer Global Pension index, the pension systems of Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands are the

27.03.2019 Promemoria Publikationer

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

27.03.2019 Akademiska publikationer Publikationer

Bonuses and Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence

Emre EkinciKauhanen AnttiWaldman Michael

Standard models of promotion tournaments do not distinguish between wages and bonuses and thus cannot explain variation in the

27.03.2019 Akademiska publikationer Publikationer

Does Job Design Make Workers Happy?

Böckerman PetriBryson AlexKauhanen AnttiKangasniemi Mari

Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design, employee well-being and job-related stress. Three key

26.03.2019 Böcker Publikationer

Suomen kasvu (Finnish Economic Growth)

Holmström BengtHonkapohja SeppoHuhtala AnniHyytinen AriKauhanen AnttiKoski HeliKuusi TeroMaliranta MikaNilsson Hakkala KatariinaPoutvaara PanuRouvinen PetriToivanen OttoVihriälä Vesa

The book attempts to shed light on the preconditions for Finnish economic growth in the next 10–15 years. Based

22.03.2019 Promemoria Publikationer

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