Young people in the labour market
The study examines young people’s labour market experiences and the start of their working careers in Finland against the backdrop of demographic change.
The ageing of the workforce and the slowing of its renewal mean that structural change increasingly requires greater mobility among those already in the labour market. The role of young people in this is central, but their behaviour differs from that of earlier age cohorts due to, among other things, the interweaving of study and work and the growing prevalence of short-term employment relationships.
The study seeks to examine what young people’s labour market experiences are like at the individual level: how they enter working life, who encounters difficulties, and how discontinuity is reflected in mobility. The data used are Statistics Finland’s individual panel data from the Labour Force Survey for the years 1984 and 1989, which enable both inter-cohort and intra-cohort comparisons.
The study addresses career stability, different forms of mobility, and young people’s wishes and attitudes regarding working hours and work in comparison with older workers. (AI translation)
- ISSN: 0358-5980
- ISBN: 951-9282-63-7
