Asplund, Rita Research advisor Dr.Pol.Sc. (Economics) rita.asplund@etla.fi +358 50 594 2311 Education, competencies, labour market Download CV Download HiRes Image
03.01.2019 Briefs Publications We Need More Useful Basic Knowledge about the Effectiveness of Public Employment Services Asplund Rita This Brief first discusses why policy decision-making concerning public employment services (PES) needs to rely also on evidence-based knowledge
18.12.2018 Other publications Publications The Impact of Wage Subsidies – An Evaluation of the Wage Subsidy System and Its Reforms Asplund RitaKauhanen AnttiPäällysaho MiikaVanhala Pekka This report presents the most important results emerging from a research project undertaken within the framework of the joint
26.03.2018 Other publications Publications Higher education admissions and the policy of shortening transition and study times Ahola SakariAsplund RitaVanhala Pekka This study analyses the objectives set for the reforms of the Finnish higher education admissions system. The first part,
17.11.2017 Publications Reports 75 Job Banks as Mediators and Employers – A Revised Assessment of the Employment Effect of Job Banks Asplund RitaKauhanen AnttiVanhala Pekka In this report, we re-assess the role of so-called job banks as mediators into the open labour market but
21.12.2016 Briefs Publications Situation of Young NEETs Needs Better Interpretation Asplund RitaVanhala Pekka Over the past months there have been lively discussions about Finnish NEETs, i.e. those young people who are Not
20.12.2016 Latest Publications Reports 64 Employment Mediation Via Job Banks Asplund RitaKauhanen AnttiVanhala Pekka In this report, we follow up the situation of individuals having re-entered the labour market with the help of
08.09.2015 Other publications Publications Youth unemployment and inactivity: A comparison of school-to-work transitions and labour market outcomes in four Nordic countries Albæk KarstenAsplund RitaBarth ErlingLindahl Lena TN2015:548 online i NordPub
22.06.2015 Books Publications Crumbling job structures – Where do employees end up and why? Asplund RitaKauhanen AnttiVanhala Pekka The polarization of job growth is a key development trend in today’s labour markets. This study focuses mainly on
18.09.2014 Publications Reports 32 Youth Employability and Employment from the Perspective of Active Labour Market Policies Asplund RitaKoistinen Pertti This literature review starts with a general discussion of young people and their various activities with special emphasis on
16.06.2014 Academic Publications Other publications Publications Wage formation and gender wage gaps: is there a role for job-task evalution schemes? Asplund RitaLilja Reija International Journal of Manpower (2014), Vol. 35 No 3, pp. 267-290 DOI:10.1108/IJM-04-2014-0091
2012 Other publications Publications Polarization of the Nordic Labour Markets Asplund RitaBarth ErlingLundborg PerMisje Nilsen Kjersti Finnish Economic Papers (2011) Vol 24:2, p. 87-100
2011 Publications Challenges of Nordic labour markets: A polarization of working life? Asplund RitaBarth ErlingLundborg PerMisje Nilsen Kjersti Labour-market polarization is characterized by increased employment in occupations at the top but also at the bottom of the
