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Comment on Education Returns of Wage Earners and Self-employed Workers

Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

estimate education returns of wage earners and the self-employed in Portugal and in Spain. Our examination reveals several …

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International migration of couples

Junge, Marin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015

We develop a theoretical model regarding the migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases with the income of the primary earner, whereas the income of the secondary earner may...

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The expansion of higher education and time-consistent taxation

Poutvaara, Panu - 2007

This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a … motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a result of increasing own income, the median voter prefers in the … future lower taxes than without higher education. Therefore, the expansion of participation in higher education during the …

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International Migration of Couples

Poutvaara, Panu; Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D. - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013

depend on partners’ education and earnings, and the number of children. We use register data on full Danish population from …

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Student flows and migration: An empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Poutvaara, Panu - 2006

Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...

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On the Political Economy of Social Security and Public Education

Poutvaara, Panu - 2001

This paper proposes and analyzes a model of a "European economy" with three overlapping generations, redistributive social security, and public universities without tuition. Individuals differ ex ante. The effect of wage tax rate on occupational choice and the voting equilibrium of wage tax rate...

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Comment on Education Returns of Wage Earners and Self-employed Workers

Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - 2008

estimate education returns of wage earners and the self-employed in Portugal and in Spain. Our examination reveals several …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320223

Pareto-improving bequest taxation

Grossmann, Volker; Poutvaara, Panu - In: International Tax and Public Finance 16 (2009) 5, pp. 647-669

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Gerontocracy Revisited: Unilateral Transfer to the Young May Benefit the Middle-aged

Poutvaara, Panu - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2002

, the middle-aged owning land may gain by providing public education even when they cannot tax the young and when the young … face no credit market constraints. This requires that labor is not mobile. Furthermore, establishing public education may … benefit only the generation which pays for education twice, first for itself and then for the next generation. …

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What is Left to Residual Claimants? The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers

Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - EconWPA - 2004

Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs … have lower incomes. We also analyze those who changed careers. Those with higher level of education are more likely to …

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