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Finland Selected Issues

This Selected Issues paper investigates the possible contribution of activation strategies-in a broad sense-to improve employment rates in Finland. It summarizes recent labor market developments in Finland, and investigates respectively the limitation of current unemployment and disability benefit s...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2007
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Public Finance
Public Finance & Taxation
Aggregate Human Capital
Aggregate Labor Productivity
Labor Economics
Labor Market
Macroeconomics
Labor
Income Economics
Unemployment
Labour
Plant Closings
Unemployment Insurance
Labor Markets
Demand And Supply Of Labor: General
Employment
Unemployment Benefits
Labor Economics: General
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, And Job Search
Severance Pay
Economic Theory
Wages
Expenditure
Intergenerational Income Distribution
Finland
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This Selected Issues paper investigates the possible contribution of activation strategies-in a broad sense-to improve employment rates in Finland. It summarizes recent labor market developments in Finland, and investigates respectively the limitation of current unemployment and disability benefit schemes. The paper identifies possible strategies to activate recipients, and focuses on strategies to boost youth employment rates. The paper also discusses the possibility of using in-work benefit systems to create incentives to work at the low-skilled end of the labor market
Physical Description:37 pages
ISBN:9781451813272

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