Private services: operating conditions and employment

The Labour Institute for Economic Research has published a study by researcher, Lic.Sc. (Econ.) Seija Ilmakunnas titled “Private Services: Operating Conditions and Employment.” The study was carried out as a labour market forecasting project supported by the Ministry of Labour and the European Social Fund.

The research examines the size and structure of the private service sector in Finland, its development over recent decades, and the interaction between private and public services. It also includes an international comparison of differences in service-sector employment across industrialised countries.

In Finland in 1996, private services accounted for 36.3 percent of total employment and 33.5 percent of value added. Public services accounted for 28.5 percent of employment and 21.3 percent of value added. Between 1975 and 1996, the employment share of the entire service sector in Finland increased from approximately 50 percent to about 65 percent. (AI translation)

• ISSN: 1236-7176
• ISBN: 952–5071–23–5
• Press Release in Finnish