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Intangibles and the gender wage gap: An analysis of gender wage gaps across occupations in the Finnish private sector

Asplund, Rita; Napari, Sami - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2011

separately for manufacturing and services using Finnish private-sector data. We apply a decomposition method based on …

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A portrait of trading firms in the services sectors Comparable evidence from four EU countries

Haller, Stefanie A.; Damijan, Joe; Kaitila, Ville; … - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012

We establish a set of stylised facts for trade and trading firms in five market services sectors using comparable firm …-level and services data from four EU countries. Our analysis shows that exports account for much lower shares of overall sales … in the services sectors than in manufacturing. In line with this there are also fewer firms engaged in trade in the …

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Outsourcing in Finnish Manufacturing - Does Industry Matter? (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)

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

This study analyses the extent of outsourcing in Finnish manufacturing. We find that in the early 2000s, 60% of companies in the Metal, Engineering and Electronics industries (the Technology industry) on average have outsourced some of their functions. In other manufacturing industries, the...

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Outsourcing of Manufactoring R&D Functions - Motives and Results (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)

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

This study analyses the motives and results of outsourcing. According to the results, companies have pursued outsourcing for a variety of reasons. Cost savings are the major driving force behind the outsourcing of production function. Increased flexibility, focusing and additional capacity are...

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Outsourcing and Offshoring - Overview from Finland in the Early 21st Century (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

This study analyses the extent and motives of outsourcing and offshoring. We find that in early 2000, 10, 000 23, 000 jobs were transferred overseas from Finland. Annually this corresponds to approximately 1.0 2.5% of normal job losses and creations in the Finnish labour market. The majority of...

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