Latest news and press releases
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VATT receives significant funding to study challenges posed by demographic change
News 15.9.2021
The Strategic Research Council granted the project almost 1 million euros for 2021–2024. VATT’s project seeks ways of responding to the economic challenges arising from the ageing of the population.
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Higher payroll tax rates lead to substantial employment responses
Press release 2.7.2021
A new study on the firm-level payroll taxes by Youssef Benzarti and Jarkko Harju was recently published in the Journal of European Economic Association. The study shows that firm-level production and input factor choices are clearly affected by payroll taxes. Employment of workers with lowest edu...
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Research Director Essi Eerola appointed to the Board of the Academy of Finland
News 24.6.2021
On 23 June 2021, the Finnish Government appointed a new board for the Academy of Finland for the period 1 January 2022–31 December 2024.
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The Finnish Basic Income experiment failed to produce any sizable short-term employment effects
Press release 7.6.2021
Finland carried out the first nationwide randomized experiment on basic income. A study by the VATT Institute for Economic Research and the Labour Institute for Economic Research shows that replacing minimum unemployment benefits with a basic income of equal size has minor employment effects at b...
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Covid-19 vaccines also protect unvaccinated family members
Press release 4.6.2021
New findings from Finland show benefits from Covid-19 vaccines extend beyond recipients
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Research group recommends mine tax to be based on profit
Press release 28.5.2021
According to a study, levying taxes on profit from mining operations would be the most effective way to implement a separate mine tax.
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Academy of Finland Awards presented to Teemu Lyytikäinen
News 27.4.2021
Housing market and urban economics researcher Teemu Lyytikäinen wins Award for Scientific Courage.
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Pre-electoral coalitions can prevent absolute majorities from forming in municipal councils
Press release 26.3.2021
A recent study shows that pre-electoral coalitions (PEC) do not seem to have a large impact on coalescing parties’ seat shares. However, PECs can prevent large parties from receiving an absolute majority of seats. Additionally, PECs are common between parties of equal size and similar ideology, a...
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Monitoring study interim report on the student admissions reform published
Press release 17.2.2021
The objective of the student admissions reform is to streamline the transition to higher education and to improve the allocation of student places. In the monitoring study commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture, researchers from the Labour Institute for Economic Research (PT) and t...
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Re-elected representatives secure parties more seats in municipal executives
Press release 16.2.2021
According to a recent study, political parties with more re-elected incumbent representatives fare better in coalitional bargaining. Incumbent representation is particularly useful when a party is in a disadvantaged position or when the bargaining environment is more complex.
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Three decades of research: Social security and employment
News 11.2.2021
To celebrate VATT’s 30th anniversary we are publishing a series of texts presenting our core fields of research. In this fifth part of the series, we are focusing on our research in social security and employment.
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Economic Policy Council: Fiscal space has shown its value during the Covid-19 crisis
Press release 26.1.2021
Automatic stabilization and additional support by the government helped to limit economic losses in 2020. The chosen support measures for 2021, including providing financing to fight the corona crisis, are adequate.
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Political representation matters for the distribution of local public goods across neighbourhoods
Press release 21.1.2021
Poorer neighbourhoods are under-represented in Finnish municipal councils. This inequality in geographic representation also has policy implications as school closures are less likely in districts with better representation in the municipal council. High-income residents react to school closures ...
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Pilot plan to help sole entrepreneurs with recruitment
Press release 19.1.2021
Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government Programme outlines a plan to lower the threshold for companies to recruit employees through an experiment on recruitment subsidy. The aim is to support business growth and promote employment. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment commissioned the ...
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Three decades of research: International corporate taxation
News 23.11.2020
To celebrate VATT’s 30th anniversary we are publishing a series of texts presenting our core fields of research. In this fourth part of the series, we are focusing on our research in international corporate taxation.