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Labour markets in transition : the case of Eastern Europe
Fleisher, Belton M. (contributor) - 2002
Labour markets in transition: the case of Eastern Europe. In 1989 a political revolution in the Soviet Union and its Eastern Europeansatellites led to the dismantling of Communist controls and transition toward freemarkets in goods and services and factors of production
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012672801
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Who bears the burden of wage cuts? Evidence from Finland during the 1990s
Böckerman, Petri; Laaksonen, Seppo; Vainiomäki, Jari - In: International Journal of Manpower 28 (2007) October, pp. 100-100
Purpose – This paper aims to explore the incidence of nominal and real wage cuts in the Finnish private sector during the 1990s. Design/methodology/approach – Estimation of econometric models for the probability of wage cuts using individual-level wage survey data from the payroll records of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815022
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Return migrant status and employment in Finland
Saarela, Jan; Finnäs, Fjalar - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) September, pp. 489-506
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relative employment levels of return migrants in Finland with … Finns who had lived abroad and returned to Finland. These return migrants are compared with non-migrants with regard to … apparently associated with job-finding probability. Practical implications – Considering that Finland at present has no explicit …
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Inter-industry job mobility in the knowledge economy in Finland
Mukkala, Kirsi; Tohmo, Timo - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) November, pp. 918-918
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate inter-industry labor mobility, paying special attention to workers who move into high-tech (HT) sectors or knowledge-intensive business services (KIBSs). This study inquires whether skilled workers are mobile and whether the characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741407
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Job satisfaction and retirement age intentions in Finland: Self-employed versus salary earners
Kautonen, Teemu; Hytti, Ulla; Bögenhold, Dieter; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) March, pp. 424-440
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of job satisfaction on the intended retirement age of self-employed and organisationally-employed white-collar professionals. The analysis also examines potential boundary conditions imposed by other domains of life for the...
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Inter-industry job mobility in the knowledge economy in Finland
Mukkala, Kirsi; Tohmo, Timo - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) November, pp. 918-918
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate inter-industry labor mobility, paying special attention to workers who move into high-tech (HT) sectors or knowledge-intensive business services (KIBSs). This study inquires whether skilled workers are mobile and whether the characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711280
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Antecedents of repatriation adjustment: new evidence from Finnish repatriates
Suutari, Vesa; Välimaa, Katja - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 7, pp. 617-634
Aims to increase our understanding of the antecedents of repatriation adjustment. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey among Finnish repatriates in co‐operation with the Finnish union of qualified economics graduates. In the study four different facets of adjustment appeared...
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The turnover of jobs and workers in a deep recession: evidence from the Finnish business sector
Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Maliranta, Mika - In: International Journal of Manpower 24 (2003) 3, pp. 216-246
Job and worker flows in the Finnish business sector are studied during a deep recession in the early 1990s. The data set covers effectively the whole work force. The gross job and worker flow rates are fairly high. The evidence suggests that the adjustment of labor input has happened through a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783070
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Performance‐related pay and firm performance in Finland
Piekkola, Hannu - In: International Journal of Manpower 26 (2005) 7/8, pp. 619-635
analysis of the productivity effects of the introduction of PRP scheme using linked employer‐employee data from Finland in 1996 … new human resource management. PRP in Finland cannot, however, be directly linked to an increase in participation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783183
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Who bears the burden of wage cuts? Evidence from Finland during the 1990s
Böckerman, Petri; Laaksonen, Seppo; Vainiomäki, Jari - In: International Journal of Manpower 28 (2007) 2, pp. 100-121
Purpose – This paper aims to explore the incidence of nominal and real wage cuts in the Finnish private sector during the 1990s. Design/methodology/approach – Estimation of econometric models for the probability of wage cuts using individual‐level wage survey data from the payroll records...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783236