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dc.contributor.authorJäntti, Markusen
dc.contributor.authorSaari, Juhoen
dc.contributor.authorVartiainen, Juhanaen
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-14T09:51:13Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-14T09:51:13Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.isbn9291908479en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/53090-
dc.description.abstractThis paper reviews Finnish economic history during the ‘long’ twentieth century with a special emphasis on policies for equity and growth. We argue that Finland developed from a poor, vulnerable, and conflict-prone country to a modern economy in part through policies geared at both growth and equity, such as land reform and compulsory schooling. The state participated in economic activity both indirectly and directly in the post-war period, implementing many social policy reforms that facilitated the functioning of the labour market and led to greater equity. Centralised collective bargaining was just one of the many means through which central government intervened in the economy. Both the long-run growth record and the equality of different kinds of economic outcomes are fairly positive. This suggests that facilitating economic growth through such policies that further more equitable outcomes may at least in the case of Finland have met with some success.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Discussion Paper |x2006/06en
dc.subject.jelJ50en
dc.subject.jelN33en
dc.subject.jelN34en
dc.subject.jelO52en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordeconomic growthen
dc.subject.keywordincome distributionen
dc.subject.keywordlabour unionsen
dc.subject.keywordschoolingen
dc.subject.keywordpublic policyen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftsgeschichteen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftswachstumen
dc.subject.stwEinkommensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwSozialstaaten
dc.subject.stwFinnlanden
dc.titleGrowth and equity in Finland-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn514214864en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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