Tulopolitiikka on keskeinen osa työmarkkinoiden sopimusjärjestelmää ja talouspolitiikkaa Suomessa. Tästä huolimatta siitä ei ole juuri tehty kvantitatiivisia kokonaistaloudellisia arvioita, minkä laatiminen on tässä tutkimuksessa otettu tavoitteeksi. Aluksi keskustellaan...

The paper aims to shed light on the relationships between labour market institutions with respect to wage formation and the effectiveness of economic and labour market policies in enhancing employment and overall economic performance. We evaluate tax and benefit policies under four alternative...

The paper combines the short-run link between increases in aggregate demand and growth of GDP, which leads to a reduction in unemployment, with a definition of the equilibrium rate of unemployment that is independent of the growth rate. We first present evidence from the EU and the US that...

The report looks at investment activity in Finland by industries and types of investment, and makes international comparisons. Investment rate (fixed investment in relation to GDP) fell in Finland in the early 1990s from an internationally high level to the average West European rate. Among key...

European Union and the United States have decided to start negotiations over a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Among other things, the agreement would include a reduction in trade and investment barriers as well as barriers against participation in public procurement projects. If...

In the report we analyse the reasons for the weakness of Finland’s economic performance over the past decade and assess the growth prospects in the coming 5 years. The weakness of Finland’s performance relative to comparative EU-countries since 2009 can largely be explained by the collapse...