Knowledge intensity and socio-economic inclusion for promoting sustained development
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institutions
sustainable economic development
efficiency
wellbeing
inimkapital
human capital
individual behaviour
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The research group seeks to investigate variousmicro and macro level forces and behaviouraland institutional incentives, which could speedup the convergence of emerging economies withfrontier knowledge based economies and leadto sustained socio-economic development. Thegroup addresses the obstacles in developingknowledge absorptive capacities and overcomingthe prevailing regional disparities. The expected results will cast light to the possibly latent orunderestimated reasons for development andwellbeing issues and for inefficiencies in humancapital use in European (emerging) economies.In particular, human capital endowment, stimulifor capital allocation into intellectual investments, R&D activities, efficient implementationof modern technologies and work regulation/practices are in focus of the studies, particularlyin an interdisciplinary context.
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- Saia, A., Neshumayev, D., Hazak, A., Sander, P., Järvik, O., Konist, A. Techno-economic assessment of CO2 capture possibilities for oil shale power plants // Renewable and sustainable energy reviews (2022) vol. 169, art. 112938, 11 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112938 - Kukk, M., Meriküll, J., Rõõm, T. The gender wealth gap in Europe: Application of machine learning to predict individual-level wealth // Review of income and wealth (2023) vol. 69, 2, p. 289 - 317.
https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12596 - Kukk, M., van Raaij, W.F. Joint and individual savings within families: evidence from bank accounts // Journal of Family and Economic Issues (2022) Vol. 43, 3, p. 511-533.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-021-09783-3 - Cuestas, J. C., Kukk, M., Levenko, N. Misalignments in house prices and economic growth in Europe // Applied economics (2023) vol. 55, 28, p. 3215-3237.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2110212 - Meriküll, J., Kukk, M., Rõõm, T. What explains the gender gap in wealth? Evidence from administrative data // Review of economics of the household (2021) vol. 19, 2, p. 501–547.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-020-09522-x - Ferraro, S., Agasisti, T., Porcelli, F., Soncin, M. Local governments' efficiency and educational results : empirical evidence from Italian primary schools // Applied economics (2021) vol. 53, 35, p. 4017-4039 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.1896672 - Tapver, T., Laidroo, L., Gurvitš-Suits, N.A. Banks’ CSR reporting – do women have a say? // Corporate governance (2020) vol. 20, 4, p. 639−651.
https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-11-2019-0338 - Kukk, M., Paulus, A., Staehr, K. Cheating in Europe : underreporting of self-employment income in comparative perspective // International tax and public finance (2020) vol. 27, 2, p. 363-390.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-019-09562-9 - Väljataga, T., Poom-Valickis, K., Rumma, K., Aus, K. Transforming higher education learning ecosystem: Teachers’ perspective // Interaction design and architecture(s) (2020) vol. 46, p. 47-69.
"Transforming higher education learning ecosystem: Teachers’ perspective" - Cuestas, J.C., Kukk, M. The interaction between housing prices and housing credit: evidence from a country with rapid credit accumulation // Journal of economic studies (2021) vol. 48, 1, p. 191-209.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-11-2019-0519 - Hazak, A., Kerikmäe, T., Pärn-Lee, E. Efficiency and bid rigging in simultaneous procurement auctions under oligopoly // International Journal of Procurement Management (IJPM) (2020) vol. 13, 2, p. 199–213.
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2020.106512 - Talpsepp, T., Liivamägi, K., Vaarmets, T. Academic abilities, education and performance in the stock market // Journal of Banking & Finance (2020) vol. 117, art. 105848.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2020.105848 - Cuestas, J., Kukk, M. The Spanish housing market : is it fundamentally broken? // Working Papers (2019) vol. 4, 11 p.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2019.1677844 https://ideas.repec.org/p/jau/wpaper/2019-04.html - Talpsepp, T., Tänav, A.-L. Do gender, age and education affect herding in the real estate market? // Journal of behavioral and experimental finance (2021) vol. 32, art. 100571 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100571 - Uibu, M., Siirde, A., Järvik, O., Trikkel, A., Yörük, C.R., Hazak, A., Konist, A. et al. ClimMIT - Climate change mitigation with CCS and CCU technologies // Proceedings of the 15th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference 15-18 March 2021. : SSRN, 2021. 9 p.
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3812288 https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3812288 - Hazak, A., Sõõru, E., Hein, H., Männasoo, K. Effects of work arrangements on the sleep regimen of creative R&D employees // International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics (2020) vol. 26, 4, p. 728-739.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2018.1504854 - Sõõru, E., Hazak, A., Rebane, M. Does chronotype restrict the employment options of creative R&D professionals? // Biological rhythm research (2020) vol. 51, 2, p. 283-293 : tab.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09291016.2018.1528681 - Meriküll, J., Kukk, M., Rõõm, T. Correction: What explains the gender gap in wealth? Evidence from administrative data // Review of economics of the household (2021) vol. 19, p. 549–550.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-021-09564-9 - Hazak, A. Symposium on sustainability of fiscal policy and effects of skill gaps : guest editor's introduction // Eastern European economics (2019) vol. 57, 1, p. 1-2.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00128775.2018.1542602 - Hazak, A. Institutional and individual triggers of innovative mindset in knowledge work : [Online resource] // 2018 Fourth International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (CAMP) : [abstracts]. [S.l.] : IEEE, 2018. p. 229–233.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INFRKM.2018.8464693 - Hazak, A., Virkebau, M., Tuulik, V., Tint, P., Pille, V., Sõõru, E. Employee performance, working time and tiredness in creative R&D jobs : employee survey from Estonia // 8th International Conference The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the Changed World : EBEEC 2016 : Split, Croatia, May 5-8, 2016. Split : Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, 2016. p. 77.
- Hazak, A. Distractors of computerised creative knowledge work // Application of Information and Communication Technologies - AICT2019, 23-25 October 2019, Baku : conference proceedings. Red Hook : IEEE, 2019. p. 280-283 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1109/AICT47866.2019.8981767 - Hazak, A. Creative knowledge employees’ assesment of flexitime utilisability : [Online resource] // 2018 : 10th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology (KST) : Cybernetics in the Next Decades, 31 Jan.-3 Feb. 2018 : [abstracts]. [S.l.] : IEEE, 2018. p. 90-94 : ill.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/KST.2018.8426204 - Fischer, D.-H., Ferraro, S. A proposal for a simple average-based progressive taxation system // Public sector economics (2019) vol. 43, 2, p. 141 - 165.
https://doi.org/10.3326/pse.43.2.2 - Hazak, A. Perceived usability of teleworking options in creative knowledge work : [Online resource] // 2018 : 10th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology (KST) : Cybernetics in the Next Decades, 31 Jan.-3 Feb. 2018 : [abstracts]. [S.l.] : IEEE, 2018. p. 112-116 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1109/KST.2018.8426117 - Männasoo,K., Rungi, M., Hein, H., Tasane, H. Value chain from good to great : multiple-case study of Estonian companies // 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2018) : Bangkok, Thailand, 16-19 December 2018. Red Hook : IEEE, 2018. p. 1274-1278 : ill.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2018.8607437 - Gurvitš, N., Strouhal, J., Saia, A., Sidorova, I. Financial variables influencing the performance of refined crude oil products at North-West European cargo markets // Journal of international studies (2018) vol. 11, 2, p. 250-266 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-8330.2018/11-2/17 - Liivamägi, K., Vaarmets, T., Talpsepp, T. Investor education and IPO participation // Emerging markets finance and trade (2019) vol.55, 3, p. 545-561 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2018.1443806 - Dutt, P., Ferraro, S., Chochia, A., Muljar, R. Using patent development, education policy and research and development expenditure policy to understand differences between countries : the case of Estonia and Finland // Baltic journal of European studies (2018) vol. 8, 1, p. 123-153 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2018-0008 - Ferraro, S., Hänilane, B., Staehr, K. Minimum wages and employment retention : a microeconometric study for Estonia // Baltic journal of economics (2018) vol. 18, 1, p. 51-67 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1406099X.2018.1485422 - Talpsepp, T., Vaarmets, T. The disposition effect, performance, stop loss orders and education // Journal of behavioral and experimental finance (2019) vol. 24, art. 100240, 6 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2019.100240 - Ruubel, R., Hazak, A. Disparities in knowledge employees’ actual, contractual, and desired working schedules : [Online resource] // Knowledge management : an international journal (2018) vol. 18, 1, p. 17-28 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7998/CGP/v18i01/17-30 - Kukk, M. Debt repayment problems: short-term and long-term implications for spending // Review of economics of the household (2019) vol. 17, 2, p. 715–740.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-018-9424-2 - Ferraro, S., Põder, K. School-level policies and the efficiency and equity trade-off in education // Journal of policy modeling (2018) vol. 40, 5, 16 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2017.11.001 - Muhl, S., Talpsepp, T. Faster learning in troubled times : how market conditions affect the disposition effect // The quarterly review of economics and finance (2018) vol. 68, p. 226-236 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2017.08.002 - Vaarmets, T., Liivamägi, K., Talpsepp, T. From academic abilities to occupation : What drives stock market participation? // Emerging markets review (2019) vol. 39, p. 83-100 : tab.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2019.04.004 - Ferraro, S., Meriküll, J., Staehr, K. Minimum wages and the wage distribution in Estonia // Applied economics letters (2018) vol. 50, 49, p. 5253-5268 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1486017 - Männasoo, K., Maripuu, P., Hazak, A. Investments, credit, and corporate financial distress: evidence from Central and Eastern Europe // Emerging markets finance and trade (2018) vol. 54, 3, p. 677-689 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2017.1300092 - Vaarmets, T., Liivamägi, K., Talpsepp, T. How does learning and education help to overcome the disposition effect? // Review of finance (2019) Vol. 23, Issue 4, p. 801-830 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfy006 - Dzielinski, M., Rieger, M. O., Talpsepp, T. Asymmetric attention and volatility asymmetry // Journal of empirical finance (2018) vol. 45, p. 59-67 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2017.09.010 - Ferraro, S. Is information and communication technology satisfying educational needs at school? // Computers & Education (2018) vol. 122, p. 194-204 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.04.002 - Männasoo, K., Rein, H., Ruubel, R. The contributions of human capital, R&D spending and convergence to total factor productivity growth // Regional studies (2018) vol. 52, 12, p. 1598-1611 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1445848 - Meriküll, J., Rõõm, T. Stress tests of the household sector using microdata from survey and administrative sources // International journal of central banking (2020) vol. 16, p. 203-248.
https://www.ijcb.org/journal/ijcb20q1a6.pdf - Saia, A. Digitalization and CO2 emissions : dynamics under R&D and technology innovation regimes // Technology in society (2023) vol. 74, art. 102323.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102323 - Meriküll, J., Rõõm, T. Are survey data underestimating the inequality of wealth? // Empirical economics (2022) vol. 62, 2, p. 339-374.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02030-6 - Hazak, A., Ruubel, R., Virkebau, M. When would creative R&D employees like to work? // International Journal of Organizational Analysis (2019) Vol. 27, 3, p. 596 - 612.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-04-2018-1409 - Männasoo, K., Pareliussen, J. K., Saia, A. Digital capacity and employment outcomes : microdata evidence from pre- and post-COVID-19 Europe // Telematics and informatics (2023) vol. 83, art. 102024.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2023.102024 - Tapver, T. Corporate governance as a corporate social responsibility reporting determinant // Eurasian economic perspectives : proceedings of the 28th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference. Cham : Springer Nature, 2020. p. 113-128. (Eurasian studies in business and economics ; 15/1).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48531-3_8 - Mathä, T. Y., Millard, S., Rõõm, T., Wintr, L., Wyszyński, R. Shocks and labour cost adjustment : evidence from a survey of European firms // Oxford Economic Papers (2021) vol. 73, 3, p. 1008-1033.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpaa041 - Tapver, T. Luck and skill in the performance of global equity funds in Central and Eastern Europe // Managerial finance (2023) vol. 49, 4, p. 597-619 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-01-2022-0051 - Kukk, M. What are the triggers for arrears on debt over a business cycle? Evidence from panel data // International journal of finance and economics (2023) vol. 28, 3, p. 2811-2833.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2565 - Ferraro, S., Männasoo, K., Tasane, H. How the EU Cohesion Policy targeted at R&D and innovation impacts the productivity, employment and exports of SMEs in Estonia // Evaluation and Program Planning (2023) vol. 97, art. 102221, 19 p. : ill, map.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102221 - Hazak, A., Virkebau, M., Tuulik, V., Tint, P., Pille, V., Sõõru, E. Employee performance, working time and tiredness in creative R&D jobs : employee survey from Estonia // Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018. p. 321 - 330.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70377-0_22 - Tasane, H., Srun, S. The institutional environment, human capital development, and productivity-enhancing factors : evidence from ASEAN countries // TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia (2023) vol. 11, 2, p. 159-174 : ill., map.
https://doi.org/10.1017/trn.2022.13 - Tasane, H., Ashyrov, G., Srun, S. Institutions and R&D engagement of SMEs in Laos // Post-communist economies (2023) vol. 35, 4, p. 384-402 : ill.
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