This report was prepared by Stewart Butler, Sofia Dromundo Mokrani and Anne Lauringson in the OECD’s Directorate for Employment Labour and Social Affairs under the supervision of Theodora Xenogiani (team leader). Statistical assistance was provided by Dana Blumin and editorial assistance by Lucy Hulett.
Co‑operation with Sara Flisi and Giulia Santangelo from the European Commission’s Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation of the Joint Research Centre and with Katarina Jaksic and Nora Wukovits from the European’s Commission Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion has been instrumental for the project and the preparation of this report.
The report has also greatly benefited from the information and assessments received from stakeholders in Finland who the OECD team and the European Commission met with during virtual fact-finding missions in November to December 2021. These included representatives from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of Finance, Uusimaa and Varsinais-Suomi TE Offices, the Lappland ELY centre, the Confederation of Finnish Industries, the Finnish Entrepreneurs, the Confederation of Unions for academic professionals (Akava), the Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK); the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (SAK), the Social Insurance Institute (KELA), the YTK unemployment insurance fund, Statistics Finland, ETLA Economic Research, VATT Institute for Economic Research and Pellervo Research Institute. The support from Heikki Räisänen (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment) and Max Ros (Statistics Finland) was invaluable for the success of the project.
Comments on earlier versions of this report – through virtual meetings and in writing – greatly benefited the report. Comments were provided by various stakeholders in Finland, the European Commission’s Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre / Centre for Research on Impact Evaluation, as well as Stefano Scarpetta and Mark Keese at the OECD.
The report was produced as part of the project “Pilot studies on impact evaluation of labour market and social policies through the use of linked administrative and survey data” which is co-funded by the European Union (European’s Commission Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) (VS‑2020‑0368).
The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.