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Unravelling the Mystery of Regional Unemployment in Finland

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  • Petri Böckerman

    (Labour Institute for Economic Research)

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The high level of restructuring at the establishment level of the economy in terms of excess job reallocation (i.e. simultaneous gross job creation and destruction) and churning (i.e. excess worker turnover) lowers the unemployment rate in the Finnish regions.

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  • Petri Böckerman, 2001. "Unravelling the Mystery of Regional Unemployment in Finland," Working Papers 171, Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE.
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    1. Jaakko Pehkonen, 1999. "Unemployment and home-ownership," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(5), pages 263-265.
    2. Hannu Tervo, 1998. "The development of regional unemployment differentials in Finland in the 1990s," Finnish Economic Papers, Finnish Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 37-49, Spring.
    3. Elhorst, J. Paul, 2000. "The Mystery Of Regional Unemployment Differentialsa Survey Of Theoretical And Empirical Explanations," ERSA conference papers ersa00p60, European Regional Science Association.
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    JEL classification:

    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

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