Atypical employment relationships and career stability in Finland

The study examines labour market flexibility at the firm level.

The significance of flexibility entered international debate in the 1970s with the stagflation crisis — rigid labour markets were seen as one reason for the prolongation of economic problems. Finland’s labour markets have, by international comparison, functioned reasonably well, but changes in business structure, new technology, and intensified competition have created pressures for greater flexibility.

The central concept of the study is firms’ labour flexibility, which is divided into two main types: numerical flexibility (the adjustment of working hours and the number of employees) and functional flexibility (changes in the way labour input is deployed). The study focuses on examining these forms of flexibility at the firm level. (AI translation)

• ISSN: 0358-5980
• ISBN: 951-9282-37-8