Wage and unemployment data.
Data for regional average wages by quarters (1993-1999) and registered
unemployment (1996-1999).
Estonian population, population in
Estonia, in rural and urban areas and in Tallinn (1881-2000, yearly
1950-2000).
savetable (3kB) -- R package
which allows to save large dataframes in ASCII format. Similar to
write.table() but much faster and memory efficient for large
dataframes.
This package is obsolete since R 2.1.0. That version of R has
similar functionality built-in.
Map of Denmark (11 kB), an add-on
to the package maps by Ray Brownrigg (available at
ftp://ftp.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/pub/statistics/map). It includes a
low-resolution (and pretty imprecise) map of Danish counties.
However, it is well suited for presenting numeric data.
gauss-mode.el (5kB) -- emacs mode
for editing gauss programs. A hack of different hacks, the previous
one by Neel Krishnaswami in 1999. Supports full syntax coloring and
indents the programs pretty well. Indentation of multi-line @..@
comments is not supported.
Non-academic publications (in Estonian)
Visa
muutumine Sirp, 2013-04-04. Slow changes. My
comments on the development strategy for the Tartu inner city.
Briefly, I think the strategy envisions development in a too wide
area for a small city like Tartu, and does not assess the
fractionalization of the inner city, caused by large roads and the river
Toode
koosneb asjast endast ja muinasjutust Äripäev,
2013-02-02. A product consists of the product itself and a
fairy tale. Why stories, brands, and marketing is so important
in the current world
Helkuri
kandmisest ja jalakäijate õigustest Tartu Postimees,
2012-11-06. Retroreflector and the rights of pedestrians
I explain how the compulsory retroreflector means limiting the
pedestrians' rights, and why it still may be useful
Ärihoone
aitab Emajõge ja kesklinna kaubandust Tartu Postimees,
2012-09-21. Commerical building in downtown would help the
river and business I propose a house right in the
middle of a current street. Including visualizations.
Ott
Toomet: tahad tööd? Siis vaheta nime! Postimees, 2012-07-05.
Want a job? Change your name! About an audit study, a
master student of mine, Evelyn Uuedmäe, conducted in Tallinn.
It indicates that Estonian names on CV-s generate about 30%
more invitations to job interview than Russian names
Daniel
Hess: Tartul on pakkuda palju erilist ja nauditavat Tartu
Postimees, 2012-06-27. An interview with Daniel Hess, a professor
of urban planning at Buffalo University, about Tartu city
structure and planning problems (joint with Kadri Leetmaa)
Miljöömaksu
tuleks kompenseerida Tartu Postimees, 2011-11-01.
Muinsuskaitse nõuded on võrreldavad maksuga ajaloolistele
hoonetele/piirkondadele ja seda maksu tuleks kompenseerida.
Teadus või poliitika. Postimees, 20.11.2009. A comment on two
climate-change-sceptical articles in Postimees. I argue that both
scientists and journal were very motivated to publish evidence that
the climate is in fact not warming.
Eestlaste ja venelaste tööpuudus 1989-2007. Vikerkaar nr
4-5/2009 (Artiklid).
Ülikooli palgatasemest
ja konkurentsivõimest Ülikooli palk peaks tulevikus olema
seotud rahvusvahelise tööturu ning mitte Eesti keskmise palgaga.
Universitas Tartuensis, 23/XI 2007.
Sisseränne ei ole
katastroof Vähekvalifitseeritud tööjõu sisserände võimalikust
mõjust. Eesti Päevaleht, 29/X 2007.
Ott Toomet - "Kõige vanemad asjad - mõtteid meist ja asjadest mis meie
ümber väga vanad on". Üsna jutustav kirjeldus tollest, et millal midagi
tekkinud on. Eeskätt on juttu ainete, osakeste, taustkiirguse ja muu sellise
tekkimisest. Akadeemia nr 1, 1999.