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We analyze the impact of the Finnish tax-benefit system on the financial incentives to take up a job and to work more … unemployment traps in the population and characterize the population subgroups associated with low work incentives. According to … disposable income when in work increases by at most one third of the wage when employed. On average, the financial incentives to …
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In the report we analyse the reasons for the weakness of Finland’s economic performance over the past decade and assess the growth prospects in the coming 5 years. The weakness of Finland’s performance relative to comparative EU-countries since 2009 can largely be explained by the collapse...
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We analyze the impact of the Finnish tax-benefit system on the financial incentives to take up a job and to work more … unemployment traps in the population and characterize the population subgroups associated with low work incentives. According to … disposable income when in work increases by at most one third of the wage when employed. On average, the financial incentives to …
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In order to shed light on the consequences of the ongoing financial crisis, ETLA conducted two surveys at the end of October 2008. The firm survey targeted firms employing at least 10 persons in Finland (2,017 observations with a response rate of 33%) and the consumer survey targeted...
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In order to shed light on the consequences of the ongoing financial crisis, ETLA conducted two surveys at the end of October 2008. The firm survey targeted firms employing at least 10 persons in Finland (2,017 observations with a response rate of 33%) and the consumer survey targeted...
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This paper discusses the Finnish experiences of Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP) across the economic cycle, especially in economic downturn. Cuts in unemployment spell duration have been the main factors to contribute in decreasing the unemployment in the recent years. Subsidised employment...
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