Työnhakijat ja avoimet työpaikat kohtaavat työmarkkinoilla. Kohtaantoprosessin tehokkuus määrittää osin tasapainotyöttömyyden epätäydellisen kilpailun työmarkkinamallissa.Kohtaantoprosessin tehokkuuden mittarina käytetään työnvälityksessä avoinna olevien työpaikkojen...

The amount of work done in the economy has been subject to a lot of debate in Finland recently. Unemployment is considered a major problem. On the other hand, extending annual working time receives little support. In fact, a widely held view is that one should reduce the working time of the...

This literature review starts with a general discussion of young people and their various activities with special emphasis on youth unemployment and the outcome of alternative ways of measuring the prevalence of unemployment among young people. Thereafter the focus turns to measures targeted at...

In this report, we follow up the situation of individuals having re-entered the labour market with the help of a so-called job bank. The follow-up period extends over the next two years after their job-bank-mediated transition into the open labour market. We present two different sets of results...

In this report, we re-assess the role of so-called job banks as mediators into the open labour market but also as employers of unemployed job-seekers. The focus is primarily on the unemployed who became job bank clients during 2013. We follow up the labour market situation of these individuals...