major challenges for policy makers in Finland. The recession of the early 1990s showed that high unemployment can leave long …, greater flexibility in wage setting, ensuring earlier activation of unemployed and reforming unemployment and social benefits … to better support work incentives. Finland has an unusual combination of elevated unemployment replacement rates and late …

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …

comprehensive reform programme that shifts job loss protection to a broader-based unemployment insurance scheme, supported by well …

sector is perceived by those workers who cannot obtain a job in the formal sector as an alternative to inactivity. This …

the need for unemployment insurance. It is also an opportunity to boost digitalisation and innovate with smart practices …

retirement schemes than their Scandinavian counterparts. To restrict their use, extended unemployment benefit, which is paid to … unemployed persons aged 61 or more after normal unemployment benefit expires until they retire or reach 65, should be phased out …