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Labor Market Effects of COVID-19 in Sweden and its Neighbors : Evidence from Novel Administrative Data

Juranek, Steffen - 2020

spread of COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic: While Denmark, Finland and Norway imposed strict measures (‘lockdowns …

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The Looks of a Winner : Beauty, Gender, and Electoral Success

Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2007

We study the role of beauty in politics using candidate photos that figured prominently in electoral campaigns. Our investigation is based on visual assessments of 1,929 Finnish political candidates from 10,011 respondents (of which 3,708 were Finnish). An increase in beauty by one standard...

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Gallup Democracy in Exercising the NATO Membership Option : The Cases of Finland and Sweden

Kanniainen, Vesa - 2022

The paper asks whether the exercising of the NATO membership option is justified for Finland and Sweden in the light of … towards the membership. In both countries, the majority of people turned to favor the membership within 2-3 months. Finland …. The Turkish intervention in the membership process after the membership applications of Finland and Sweden were delivered …

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Voice at Work

Harju, Jarkko; Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021

We estimate the effects of worker voice on job quality and separations. We leverage the 1991 introduction of worker representation on boards of Finnish firms with at least 150 employees. In contrast to exit-voice theory, our difference-in-differences design reveals no effects on voluntary job...

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Service Imports, Workforce Composition, and Firm Performance : Evidence from Finnish Microdata

Ariu, Andrea - 2019

This paper uses unique Finnish firm-level micro data on service imports, work-force composition, and firm characteristics to examine changes in employment composition and performance of Finnish service importers during a period of a significant increase in services imports (2002-2012). We use...

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School Tracking and Mental Health

Bockerman, Petri - 2019

We examine the effects of a comprehensive school reform on mental health. The reform postponed the tracking of students into vocational and academic schools from age 11 to age 16. The reform was implemented gradually across Finnish municipalities between 1972 and 1977. We use...

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Leaky Bucket in the Real World : Estimating Inequality Aversion Using Survey Data

Pirttila, Jukka; Uusitalo, Roope - 2021

Existing evidence of inequality aversion relies on data from class-room experiments where subjects face hypothetical questions. This paper estimates the magnitude of inequality aversion using representative survey data, with questions related to the real-economy situations the respondents face....

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Total costs and budgetary effects of adaptation to climate change: An assessment for the European Union

Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2010

adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland and Italy. Furthermore, a systematic overview on fiscal aspects of …

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Climate Change and Migration : The Case of Africa

Conte, Bruno - 2022

This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes. I develop a quantitative spatial model that captures the role of trade networks, migration barriers, and agricultural yields on the geography of the economy. I combine the...

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Philosphers and Economists Can Agree on the Intergenerational Discount Rate and Climate Policy Paths

Nesje, Frikk; Drupp, Moritz A.; Freeman, Mark C.; Groom, Ben - 2022

The estimated values to society from long-term public projects, including climate change mitigation and infrastructure construction, are highly sensitive to the social discount rate (SDR) employed. Governmental guidance on social discounting has predominantly been based on input from expert...

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