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Employers offered wage subsidies to hire young people in Finland
Finland’s youth unemployment exploded last winter and is now nearly level with that of Spain. The government woke up to the fact in late spring and has introduced wage subsidies targeted at young school leavers and those who cannot find a job.
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Youth unemployment: Iceland fights on many fronts
Unemployment used to be a relatively unknown phenomenon in Iceland. But it skyrocketed with the 2008 financial collapse.
8 minutes
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Iceland’s 0utdated benefit system
The Icelandic Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, used her National Day speech to point out that most households were still struggling with the fallout of the 2008 economic collapse.
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Italy’s young hope to work before they’re old
The path from higher education to a steady job is particularly painful in Italy. Many quit their studies or end up in long-term unemployment at the end of their studies. Teacher Francesca Seguela is happy to have a few hours of summer work after spending months unemployed.
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OECD: Urgent measures needed to fight youth unemployment
Youth unemployment is rising dramatically and the trend is set to continue in 2011 according to the OECD. At the G20 meeting of labour ministers Stefano Scarpetta encouraged governments to act immediately. The first thing to do, he said, is to make sure youths have something to live off while they’re unemployed.
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The hidden costs of youth unemployment
Youth unemployment creates scars which follow people for the rest of their lives. One of the hidden costs of being unemployed when you’re young is that decades later you take home less money than those who weren’t unemployed when they were young. There is also the higher risk of becoming unemployed again, and many unemployed…
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State helps attract foreign labour
A state-run web portal and three regional centres bring Danish companies and foreign job seekers together.
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Nordic region balancing the need for labour and risk of dumping
It’s a balance all the Nordic countries need to strike when they want to attract highly competent labour: how do employers gain easier access to necessary manpower, and how should countries protect their labour markets against social dumping?
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Swedish companies decide labour immigration
In December 2008 Sweden introduced new rules for labour immigration making it easier for employers to recruit labour from countries outside of the Nordic region and the EU. In the year following the change the number of people applying for work permits rose by 30 percent on the previous year.
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Swedish work environment tempts Chinese
Oscar Berger is Sweden’s Counsellor of Labour Market Affairs in Beijing. His job is to study the Chinese labour market and employment issues for the future – including Chinese competence and labour immigration.
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