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Pre-analysis plan – Effects of Finland’s 2025 Decree on National Labour-Shortage Sectors

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  • Ohto Kanninen

    (Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE)

  • Hannu Karhunen

    (Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE)

  • Sanni Kiviholma

    (Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE)

  • Jeremias Nieminen

    (Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE)

Abstract

This is a pre-analysis plan for a quasi-experimental study evaluating the effects of Finland’s 2025 “Decree on National Labour-Shortage Sectors.” Typically, recent labor immigrants can only work in the occupation for which their residence permit has been granted. The new shortage list allows immigrant workers to switch their occupation to those listed in a nationwide list of shortage occupations. There are currently 9 occupations (4-digit level ISCO classification) on the list, and the list will be updated annually. We will study the effects on worker flows and average earnings in the affected occupations. We will use a difference-in-differences strategy, comparing occupations listed on the shortage list to those not on the list. We utilize information from regional guidelines about occupations which have already been classified as labor shortage occupations by the regional authorities. In this pre-analysis plan, we show the pre-trends for our main occupation-level analyses, and the estimate for 1 partially treated month, before the data for more post period months becomes available.

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  • Ohto Kanninen & Hannu Karhunen & Sanni Kiviholma & Jeremias Nieminen, 2025. "Pre-analysis plan – Effects of Finland’s 2025 Decree on National Labour-Shortage Sectors," Working Papers 355, Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE.
    • Handle: RePEc:pst:wpaper:355
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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