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 …

migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely … disadvantaged backgrounds should be offered a career path through upgrading skills and lifelong learning. Inactivity rates among the …

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 …