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OECD Health Working Paper No. 57. The Impact of Pay Increases on Nurses' Labour Market: A Review of Evidence from Four OECD Countries

31-Aug-2011

James Buchan and Steven Black

This report reviews the impact of pay increases on nurses’ labour market in four countries (UK, New Zealand, Finland and Czech Republic). Pay increases contributed to an increase in potential new entrants to nurse education, but the effect on nurses already in work is more difficult to assess.

Nurses in Advanced Roles: A Description and Evaluation of Experiences in 12 Developed Countries (OECD Health Working Paper No. 54)

12-Jul-2010

Marie-Laure Delamaire and Gaetan Lafortune

This working paper reviews the development of advanced practice nurses in 12 countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Poland, United Kingdom and United States), with a particular focus on their roles in primary care.

Coping with the job crisis and preparing for ageing: The case of Finland

04-Jun-2010

Henrik Braconier

Maintaining high participation and employment in the face of the recent recession and a rapidly ageing population are major challenges for policy makers in Finland.

Activation Policies in Finland (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 98, 2009)

24-Nov-2009

Nicola Duell, David Grubb and Shruti Singh

This report examines the performance of the Public Employment Service (PES) and the effectiveness of activation strategies in Finland. It covers the role of the key actors, the placement function of the PES ...

Trade and Innovation: A Synthesis Paper

06-Aug-2008

Osamu Onodera

This paper, together with five case studies, is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation.

Trade and Innovation Project: Case study 1: Market Openness, Trade Liberalisation and Innovation Capacity in the Finnish Telecom Equipment Industry

29-Jul-2008

Caroline Lesser

This paperexamines how recent trade and investment patterns (including “trade in tasks” resulting from supply chain fragmentation) and Finnish and global policies promoting market openness and free trade have affected the innovation process in Finland’s (mobile) telecom equipment industry.

International Production Networks in the Nordic/Baltic Regions

28-Jan-2008

OCED Trade Policy Working Paper No. 61. This study analyses the relationship between offshoring of intermediate input production and labour demand in Sweden Finland and Norway, distinguishing between workers with different educational attainments.

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

This working paper assesses the most recent evidence on trends in disability among the population aged 65 and over in 12 OECD countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Finland's housing market: reducing risks and improving policies

18-Sep-2006

Laura Vartia

This paper discusses the macroeconomic effects and structural and regional characteristics of housing markets in Finland. Economics Department Working Paper 514.

Wage setting in Finland: increasing flexibility in centralised wage agreements

31-Jul-2006

Åsa Johansson

This paper highlights the benefits from increasing flexibility in centralised wage agreements in Finland. Economics Department Working Paper 503.