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This project will identify shrinking job tasks in the Finnish private sector, describe the transition pathways into other jobs of those engaged in these shrinking tasks, and explore the potential influence on the observed pathways of a broad set of background factors and mechanisms (linked to the individual, the job, the employer, etc.). Doing so, the project will produce a multifaceted picture of typical trajectories out of different shrinking job tasks, as well as basic information on key underlying factors affecting the probability of following successful or unsuccessful pathways. Hence, the results will also shed light on which pathways are typical for individuals differing in their backgrounds, broadly defined.
Taken together, the results produced within the framework of this project will provide a comprehensive picture of which workers seem to be hardest hit by the intensified change (partly polarisation) of the private-sector job structure – and why. This information should be useful not least for the planning of active labour market policies. Also activities related to labour relations can be expected to gain from the project’s results as they provide neutral information about phenomenon that often arouse strong and conflicting opinions.
The project is financed by The Finnish Work Environment Fund. It will be finalised by the end of 2014.
