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Unemployment Flows in Finland, 1969–95: A Time Series Analysis

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  • Tor Eriksson
  • Jaakko Pehkonen

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We adopt a flow approach to analyse Finnish unemployment experience during the last three decades. In addition to data on short‐term and total outflow and inflow rates from a relatively long period beginning in 1969, we also have data on duration‐specific outflow rates for the period 1984 I–96 II which encompasses the spectacular increase in unemployment in the early nineties. The empirical study shows that both the inflow and the outflow is mainly driven by variation in job opportunities. For a given vacancy‐unemployment ratio, the outflow rate has fallen because of changes in unemployment compensation, demographic structure and emigration. The outflow has been only marginally affected by long‐term unemployment. The results indicate that the beneficial effects of labour market policies on long‐term unemployment are to some extent counteracted by substitution effects.

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  • Tor Eriksson & Jaakko Pehkonen, 1998. "Unemployment Flows in Finland, 1969–95: A Time Series Analysis," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 12(3), pages 571-593, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:labour:v:12:y:1998:i:3:p:571-593
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00080
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    1. Jaakko Pehkonen, 1997. "Displacement Effects of Active Labour Market Policy: The Youth Labour Market in Finland," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 24(3), pages 195-208, October.
    2. Xiang, Junyi & Liu, Chenhao & Li, Yiming, 2021. "The impact of household real estate and self-employment: Evidence from China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 873-884.

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