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.e., managers, professionals and experts), especially when offshoring involves closer connections to other developed countries. …
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characteristics to examine changes in employment composition and performance of Finnish service importers during a period of a … on their highly specialized service input structure, as an instrument to identify the impact of service offshoring. We … find that firms that increase imports of service inputs reduce employment of low-skill service workers, increase employment …
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This report reviews some of the most recent literature examining the home country employment effects of … conclusion from the literature is that the absolute employment effects are modest, although there are likely to be notable … employment effects of outward foreign direct investment on the home country seem to indicate positive rather than substitution …
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better export and employment performance requires a decline of relative unit labour costs and an improvement of business …
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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...
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first set illustrates the development of their employment situation more generally while the second set reports results …
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growth and employment, and an overlook on the impacts of different policy measures on companies. The role of large companies … employment, especially among young and small companies. Impacts on the productivity are, however, uncertain. Cooperation of …
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People in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden work more than the countries’ high tax rates would lead us to predict. This observation is explained by a shared belief system that emphasises women’s rights to labour market participation.
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research focuses primarily on PhDs in the fields of science and engineering. It provides no synoptic picture of the employment … years indicate that the employment patterns of PhDs might be changing. Further research is needed to answer questions like …
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