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Time Use During the Parental Leave and the Return to the Employment

Ruuskanen, Olli-Pekka - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

This study investigates whether or not time use during a parental leave has an independent explanatory power in the subsequent decision to return to employment. In studies of the exit from maternity leave it has been found that it is the mother`s education, age and type of employment contract...

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The Productivity Effects of Stock Option Schemes: Evidence from Finnish Panel Data

Jones, Derek C.; Kalmi, Panu; Mäkinen, Mikko - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

While theorists differ sharply on the expected economic impact of stock options, typically empirical work has found a positive association between option schemes and firm productivity. However, existing data are limited and may not enable reliable investigation of the productivity effects of...

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Domestic R&D Employment Effects of Offshoring R&D Tasks: Some Empirical Evidence from Finland

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Deschryvere, Matthias - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This study empirically explores whether R&D offshoring affects the domestic R&D employment at the firm level. Overall, the Finnish survey data suggest that the impact of R&D internationalization on domestic R&D employment depends on the mode of internationalization (in-house offshoring vs....

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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms … do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However, firm growth is positively associated with the combination of …

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Marginal Intra Industry Trade Expansion and Productivity Growth

Kaitila, Ville - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

productivity growth across 23 EU countries and 94 manufacturing sectors in 1995-2005. The highest MIIT index values are found in … been associated with slower productivity growth. The results indicate that a trade-flow expansion characterised by intra …-industry trade (high MIIT) is associated with faster productivity growth also after we control for the size in trade flow changes …

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Climate Policies and Economic Growth

Alho, Kari - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

growth, so that environmental policies can potentially lead to the introduction of less-polluting energy technologies. The …

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Integration and Conditional Convergence in the Enlarged EU Area

Kaitila, Ville - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2004

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The Impact of Foreign Ownership on Company Growth

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007

This study analyses foreign-owned companies operating in Finland. Between 2001 and 2003 760 foreign companies either established a new site or acquired an existing unit in Finland. The goal of this paper is to study the develop- ment of these units. The results of statistical analyses are...

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Productivity, Hours Worked, and Tax/Benefit Systems in Europe and Beyond

Kaitila, Ville - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

growth. Instead, productivity growth is influenced positively by investment into fixed assets, R&D and ICT, higher levels of …

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Age, Technology and Labour Costs

Daveri, Francesco; Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

Is the process of workforce aging a burden or a blessing for the firm? Our paper seeks to answer this question by providing evidence on the age-productivity and age-earnings profiles for a sample of plants in three manufacturing industries (forest, industrial machinery and electronics) in...

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