Labour-market polarization is characterized by increased employment in occupations at the top but also at the bottom of the skills and wage distributions, followed by a relative decline in middling occupations. This paper documents a polarization trend also in the Nordic labour markets and...

EDWIN is a two-and-a-half-year research project supported by DG-Research of the European Commission, bringing together nine research teams from an equal number of European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom. This volume of the...

This paper analyses wage formation in the Nordic countries at the regional level by the use of micro-data. Our results deviate systematically from the main conclusions drawn by Blanchflower and Oswald (1994). We find no stable negative relation between wages and unemployment across regions in...

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Failure to achieve equitable access to university studies has contributed to turning the focus to the funding of higher education systems. This paper aims to review critically the literature assessing the effectiveness of existing financing schemes and changes in them as a means for reducing the...

This paper reviews recent empirical research on economic benefits of company-provided training in search for answers to questions such as: What kinds of training do companies provide? Who is trained? How intensively? For what reason? Do trained employees experience an earnings advantage over...

Rita Asplundin toimittamassa Education and Earnings -tutkimuksessa esitellään uutta eurooppalaista tutkimusta koulutuksen yksilöille tuottamasta taloudellisesta hyödystä. Tutkimuksessa käsitellään mm. koulutuksen ja työttömyyden välistä suhdetta, yritysten halua investoida...

This book explores the impact of public R&D funding on the economic performance of Finnish firms, especially in terms of productivity growth and job creation. Special attention is thereby paid to the potential influence exerted by two crucial characteristics of firms – their size and their...