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Finland: Selected Issues
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International Monetary Fund
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Series:
IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2007: Issue 278
Language:
English
Publication Date:
06 Aug 2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451813272.002
ISBN:
9781451813272
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
37
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; allowance scheme; disability benefit; early retirement; job offer; make-work pay strategy; minimum wage; wage subsidy; employment rate; OECD labor market program data set; wage distribution; Labor markets; Unemployment; Employment; Unemployment benefits; Northern Europe
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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.
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ISSN:
1934-7685
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