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Working Papers

2012

1. Generic substitution policy, prices and market structure: evidence from a quasi-experiment in Finland
   Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (1)
2. Regional growth and unemployment: the validity of Okun's law for the Finnish regions
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (10)
   Also in Serie Research Memoranda, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics (2011)
   See also Journal Article Regional Growth and Unemployment: The Validity of Okun's Law for the Finnish Regions, Spatial Economic Analysis, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (14) (2012)

2011

3. Population Changes and Regional Economic Growth in the Nordic Countries 1994-2006
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2010

4. Self-Reinforcing Shocks: Evidence from a Resettlement Policy
   SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010)

2009

5. Matching inefficiencies, regional disparities and unemployment
   Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Matching Inefficiencies, Regional Disparities, and Unemployment, LABOUR, CEIS (2009) View citations (7) (2009)

2008

6. Housing Allowance and the Rent of Low-income Households
   Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Housing Allowance and the Rent of Low‐income Households, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2010) View citations (26) (2010)

2006

7. Regional Matching Frictions and Aggregate Unemployment
   Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (3)
   Also in ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association (2006) View citations (3)
8. Tax competition among municipalities in Finland
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (8)

2005

9. Do Wages Subsidies Increase Employment in Subsidised Firms?
   Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research
   See also Journal Article Do Wage Subsidies Increase Employment in Subsidized Firms?, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2007) View citations (56) (2007)
10. Employment Assimilation of Immigrants - Evidence from Finland
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
11. Sectoral and Regional disturbances to industrial output in FinlandSome new empirical evidence on economic fluctuations and adjustment mechanisms in Finland
    Post-Print, HAL
12. Sources of regional output variations in Finland
    Post-Print, HAL

2003

13. Do Wage-subsidies Increase Employment in Firms?
    Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (6)
14. Factor Price Equalization in Finland
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
15. Matching in thin labour markets: panel data evidence from Finland, 1991-2002
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2002

16. Adjustment to Regional Labour Market Shocks
    Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research
17. Business Subsidies and Employment of Firms: Overall Evaluation and Regional Extension
    Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (6)
18. Effect of business subsidies on labour demand: overall evaluation with regional extensions
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2001

19. Regional Economic Repercussions of an Economic Crisis: A Sectoral Analysis
    Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (2)
20. Regional Labour Market Adjustment: Are Positive and Negative Shocks Different?
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
    See also Journal Article Regional Labour Market Adjustment: Are Positive and Negative Shocks Different?, LABOUR, CEIS (2002) View citations (4) (2002)
21. The Role of Education in Self-Employment Success
    Studies in Economics, School of Economics, University of Kent View citations (19)

2000

22. REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS IN FINLAND
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (5)
23. THE EFFECT OF AGGREGATE FLUCTUATIONS ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES IN FINLAND
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (3)

1999

24. Employment-output link in Finland: evidence from regional-level data
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (2)

1998

25. Regional variation in firm formation: Panel and cross-sectional data evidence from Finland
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (1)

1997

26. Innovation Dynamics in Space: Local Actors and Local Factors
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Innovation dynamics in space: local actors and local factors, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier (2001) View citations (6) (2001)
27. Local opportunities and innovative behaviour: a meta-analytic study on European cities
    Serie Research Memoranda, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2018

1. Ageing shocks and short-run regional labour market dynamics in a spatial panel VAR approach
   Applied Economics, 2018, 50, (8), 870-890 View citations (7)

2014

2. The impact of aging on regional employment: Linking spatial econometrics and population projections for a scenario analysis of future labor market outcomes in Nordic regions
   Economics and Business Letters, 2014, 3, (4), 232-246 View citations (1)

2012

3. Regional Growth and Unemployment: The Validity of Okun's Law for the Finnish Regions
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2012, 7, (3), 381-395 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Regional growth and unemployment: the validity of Okun's law for the Finnish regions, Post-Print (2012) View citations (10) (2012)

2010

4. Housing Allowance and the Rent of Low‐income Households
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112, (3), 595-617 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper Housing Allowance and the Rent of Low-income Households, Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2009

5. Matching Inefficiencies, Regional Disparities, and Unemployment
   LABOUR, 2009, 23, (3), 481-506 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Matching inefficiencies, regional disparities and unemployment, Working Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)

2007

6. Do Wage Subsidies Increase Employment in Subsidized Firms?
   Economica, 2007, 74, (293), 51-67 View citations (56)
   See also Working Paper Do Wages Subsidies Increase Employment in Subsidised Firms?, Discussion Papers (2005) (2005)

2005

7. Returns to scale in a matching model: evidence from disaggregated panel data
   Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (1), 115-118 View citations (24)

2004

8. Increasing Regional Disparities in the 1990s: The Finnish Experience
   Regional Studies, 2004, 38, (3), 255-267 View citations (13)

2002

9. Regional Labour Market Adjustment: Are Positive and Negative Shocks Different?
   LABOUR, 2002, 16, (2), 267-286 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Regional Labour Market Adjustment: Are Positive and Negative Shocks Different?, ERSA conference papers (2001) (2001)
10. Regional labor markets in Finland: Adjustment to total versus region-specific shocks
    Papers in Regional Science, 2002, 81, (3), 329-342 View citations (9)
11. The Role of Education in Self–Employment Success in Finland
    Growth and Change, 2002, 33, (2), 216-237 View citations (24)

2001

12. Employment-output link in Finland: evidence from regional data
    Finnish Economic Papers, 2001, 14, (1), 41-50 View citations (8)
13. Innovation dynamics in space: local actors and local factors
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2001, 35, (1), 31-56 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Innovation Dynamics in Space: Local Actors and Local Factors, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (1997) View citations (2) (1997)

2000

14. Regional variations in firm formation: Panel and cross-section data evidence from Finland
    Papers in Regional Science, 2000, 79, (4), 355-373 View citations (47)

1999

15. Relative Economic Performance in Finland: Regional Convergence, 1934-1993
    Regional Studies, 1999, 33, (3), 207-217 View citations (6)

1998

16. Births-Deaths Nexus of Firms: Estimating VAR with Panel Data
    Small Business Economics, 1998, 11, (4), 303-13 View citations (7)
17. Growth and convergence in Finland: effects of regional features
    Finnish Economic Papers, 1998, 11, (1), 51-61 View citations (8)
18. beta convergence in Finland: regional differences in speed of convergence
    Applied Economics, 1998, 30, (5), 679-687 View citations (19)

Chapters

2009

1. Local Innovative Activity and Regional Productivity: Implications for the Finnish National Innovation Policy
   A chapter in The Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System, 2009, pp 203-238 View citations (6)