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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

Finland's housing market: reducing risks and improving policies

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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

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31-Jul-2006

Åsa Johansson

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

Ageing, welfare services and municipalities in Finland

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10-May-2005

Jens Lundsgaard

Finland is an interesting case of early and forceful population ageing. It needs to reorder its fiscal priorities. That would involve more efficient public services, better control of municipal spending and rebalancing the mix of public and private service provision and funding.

Product market competition and economic performance in Finland

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20-Dec-2004

Jens Høj and Michael Wise

This paper examines the current state of product market competition in Finland and proposes further measures. Economics Department Working Paper 413.

Enhancing the effectiveness of public spending in Finland

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16-Jun-2003

Economics Department Working Paper 358. Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income re-distribution. The heavy tax burden these commitments require is ...