This study explores the relationship between obesity and economic conditions in Finland, using individual microdata from 1978 to 2002. The results reveal that an improvement in regional economic conditions measured by the employment-topopulation ratio produces a decrease in obesity over the...

This paper examines the relationship between relative income inequality and health in Finland, using individual microdata over the period 1993-2005. Our data allows us to analyse a large spectrum of health indicators. Overall, our results suggest that income inequality is not associated with...

Despite a rapidly expanding theoretical and empirical literature emphasising the role of incessant intra-industry restructuring in productivity growth, few studies have gone beyond the framework of the representative firm in examining convergence or divergence in regional productivity. We use...

Useimpien arvioiden mukaan uudella taloudella on merkittäviä palkkaerojen kasvua voimistavia vaikutuksia. Tietokone- ja informaatioteknologian leviämisellä on myös selkeitä vaikutuksia työpaikkarakenteeseen, mutta vaikutukset työttömyyteen ovat epäselviä empiiristen tutkimusten...

Productivity growth of the Finnish regions in 13 manufacturing industries is decomposed into micro-level sources by using plant-level data from 1975 to 1999. There are substantial regional differences in the intensity of productivity-enhancing restructuring. Dynamic competition is more intensive...

Objective : This paper examines the relationship between alcohol consumption and sickness absence. Methods : We use regional panel data from Finland over the period 1993-2005. The data on individuals’ health that we are using originates from Health Behaviour and Health among the Finnish...

This paper explores the connection between alcohol mortality, drinking behaviour and macroeconomic fluctuations in Finland by using both aggregate and micro-level data during the past few decades. The results from the aggregate data reveal that an improvement in regional economic conditions...

The study is about the determination of regional productivity in a Nordic welfare state, more particularly in Finland. Regional labour productivity is related to industry structure, demographic factors and the variables that capture the reorganization of labour markets. The data covers 85...