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MEASURING THE HIGHWAY CAPITAL IN FINLAND 1900-2009
(Tampereen yliopisto, 2010)
- workingPaper
In this study, the values of the wealth and productive services capital stocks in Finland between 1900 and 2009 are estimated. Several modifications to the prevailing conventions of measurement are suggested.
First, the ...
Trends in top income shares in Finland in 1966- 2007
(2010)
- workingPaper
This paper provides new evidence about the evolution of top incomes in Finland over
the period 1966-2007. Using micro data we construct estimates of shares of top income
groups. The paper shows how the proportion of ...
CHARITABLE CONSERVATISM, POVERTY RADICALISM AND GOOD OLD FASHIONED INEQUALITY AVERSION
(Tampereen yliopisto, 2010)
- workingPaper
In his Presidential Address to the European Economic Association, Tony Atkinson introduced the idea of a "Charitable Conservatism" position in public policy, which "exhibits degree of concern for the poor, but this is the ...
DOES PHYSICAL CAPACITY EXPLAIN THE HEIGHT PREMIUM?
(Tampereen yliopisto, 2010)
- workingPaper
The paper examines the role of physical capacity in the determination of the height
premium by using the "Health 2000 in Finland" data that contain both self-reported
information on the physical strenuousness of work, ...
TOP INCOME SHARES AND MORTALITY: EVIDENCE FROM ADVANCED COUNTRIES
(Tampereen yliopisto, 2010)
- workingPaper
The paper examines the effect of top income shares on the crude death and infant mortality rates. We use balanced panel data that covers nine advanced countries over the period 1952-1998. Top income shares are measured as ...
Exploring Quadruple Helix Outlining user-oriented innovation models
(Tampereen yliopisto, 2010)
- workingPaper
RELATIVITY, INEQUALITY AND OPTIMAL NONLINEAR INCOME TAXATION
(Tampereen yliopisto, 2010)
- workingPaper
How does concern for consumption relative to others ("relativity") affect the progressivity of the optimal income tax structure? In this paper we revisit this literature and present a more detailed analysis of the solution ...
Public provision, commodity demand and hours of work: An empirical analysis
(Tampereen yliopisto, 2010)
- workingPaper
Atkinson and Stiglitz (Journal of Public Economics 1976) show that when the government has access to non-linear income taxation and consumer preferences are separable between consumption and leisure, there is no need for ...
Potential Determinants of Top Income Inequality
(Tampereen yliopisto, 2010)
- workingPaper
Using the data series produced from the collective research project on the dynamics of income distribution (Atkinson and Piketty 2007, 2010) we have studied the effect of different economic factors on top income inequality ...
INTER-CITY MIGRATION AND POLICY
(2010)
- workingPaper
The seminal Buchanan-Ng club model is used to analyze optimal allocation ofpopulation between non-homogenous cities. Because of externalities (marginal welfareeffects), migration cannot alone ensure efficiency and policy ...