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...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of adverse working conditions in the determination of individual wages and job satisfaction in the Finnish labour market. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses estimation of econometric models for wages and job satisfaction...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of hiring and exit rates by age at the firm level and firm-level age segregation in hirings and separations in Finland. Design/methodology/approach – The use Finnish linked employer-employee data from 1990 to 2004. The...