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Closer link between employers and employment services speeds up the employment of immigrants 4.9.2024 Press release An experiment based on a new type of agreement model had a positive long-term impact on the employment, confirmed income and the am...https://vatt.fi/en/-/closer-link-between-employers-and-employment-services-speeds-up-the-employment-of-immigrants
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Social security and employment The social security system provides a safety net during illness, disability and unemployment and its purpose is to ensure reasonable income in all situations and to narrow income differences and differences in wellbe...https://vatt.fi/en/social-security-and-employment
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Evaluation of the local government pilots on employment Date of project : 2021 - 2023 The project assesses the impacts of the local government pilots on employment, which were commissioned by the Finnish government, from different perspectives. Th...https://vatt.fi/en/-/assessment-of-local-government-pilot-project-to-boost-employment
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Workshop in Labour Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality 24.8.2023 The Workshop in Labour Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality will be held in Helsinki, Finland on 24 – 25 August 2023. The Workshop in Labour Economics: Wages, Employme...https://vatt.fi/en/-/workshop-in-labour-economics-wages-employment-and-inequality-2
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Study: Subminimum wages for young workers did not boost employment 13.11.2024 Press release Only a small fraction of retail trade companies opted to pay newly hired workers under the age of 25 subminimum wages, after policy change. This finding su...https://vatt.fi/en/-/study-subminimum-wages-for-young-workers-did-not-boost-employment
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Shortening the period of extended unemployment benefits increases employment among older workers 29.1.2020 Press release A reform in 2005 postponed access to extended unemployment benefits by two years for workers born in 1950 or later. Researcher...https://vatt.fi/en/-/shortening-the-period-of-extended-unemployment-benefits-increases-employment-among-older-workers
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Social security and employment The social security system provides a safety net during illness, disability and unemployment and its purpose is to ensure reasonable income in all situations and to narrow income differences and differences in wellbe...https://vatt.fi/en/social-security
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Results of the basic income experiment: small employment effects, better perceived economic security and mental wellbeing 6.5.2020 News The employment effects of the basic income experiment were small and their interpretation is complicated by the...https://vatt.fi/en/-/results-of-the-basic-income-experiment-small-employment-effects-better-perceived-economic-security-and-mental-wellbeing
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Impacts of the tax credit for household expenses on employment and the grey economy Date of project : 2020 - 2023 The aim of the research project is to produce versatile new information on the impacts of the tax credit for household expenses. The ...https://vatt.fi/en/-/impacts-of-the-tax-credit-for-household-expenses-on-employment-and-the-grey-economy
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Workshop in Labour Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality August 24-25, 2023 in Helsinki, Finland Location: Economicum, Arkadiankatu 7 The Workshop in Labour Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality will be held in Helsinki, Finland on 24 ...https://vatt.fi/en/workshop-in-labour-economics-2023
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Doctoral dissertation: Abilities valued in employment explain some of the development in intelligence, also known as the Flynn effect 10.10.2024 Press release New information has been discovered about the long-term development in intelligence, or ...https://vatt.fi/en/-/doctoral-dissertation-abilities-valued-in-employment-explain-some-of-the-development-in-intelligence-also-known-as-the-flynn-effect
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Activation model made evaluating the basic income experiment more complicated – or did it? 25.6.2020 Blog Kari Hämäläinen, Jouko Verho The activation model made interpreting the employment impacts of the basic income experiment more difficult, but...https://vatt.fi/en/-/activation-model-made-evaluating-the-basic-income-experiment-more-complicated-or-did-it-
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Persistence of unemployment increases the costs of the economic crisis 29.4.2020 Blog Jouko Verho The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global economic crisis. Now that the initial shock has passed, public debate has begun on the economic conseque...https://vatt.fi/en/-/persistence-of-unemployment-increases-the-costs-of-the-economic-crisis
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Report offers new data on labour market performance of people who have moved to Finland for different reasons 4.3.2024 Press release According to a report commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the employment rate and ave...https://vatt.fi/en/-/report-offers-new-data-on-labour-market-performance-of-people-who-have-moved-to-finland-for-different-reasons
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Functioning of the service system: part-time work, fixed-term work and transitions to full-time work Date of project : 2021 - 2022 This report has four main objectives. Firstly, it looks at the prevalence of part-time unemployment over time and th...https://vatt.fi/en/-/functioning-of-the-service-system-part-time-work-fixed-term-work-and-transitions-to-full-time-work
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What does Finnish research tell us about the impact of cuts to unemployment insurance benefits? 25.2.2025 Blog Tomi Kyyrä There is recent empirical evidence on the impact of cuts to unemployment insurance. "Both shorter entitlement periods and low...https://vatt.fi/en/-/what-does-finnish-research-tell-us-about-the-impact-of-cuts-to-unemployment-insurance-benefits-
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VATT DAY 2021 Labour market and employment Online seminar on 1 October 2021 at 13.00 Welcome to VATT day 2021 VATT day 2021 will be organized as an online seminar on 1st October 2021 with the theme labour market and employment. The seminar focuses...https://vatt.fi/en/vatt-day-2021
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Pilot plan to help sole entrepreneurs with recruitment 19.1.2021 Press release Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government Programme outlines a plan to lower the threshold for companies to recruit employees through an experiment on recruitment subsidy...https://vatt.fi/en/-/pilot-plan-to-help-sole-entrepreneurs-with-recruitment
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How working while studying impacts higher education students Date of project : 2022 - 2024 Many higher education students work to earn additional wages that often account for a significant share of their total income. In addition, the fixed-term a...https://vatt.fi/en/-/how-working-while-studying-impacts-higher-education-students
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Welcome to VATT day 2021! 30.9.2021 News VATT day 2021 will be organized as an online seminar on 1st October 2021 at 13.00 with the theme labour market and employment. The seminar focuses on measures to increase employment. 30 years of labour mark...https://vatt.fi/en/-/welcome-to-vatt-day-2021-