Matti Hannikainen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4490004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matti Hannikainen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matti |
| FAMILY NAME | Hannikainen |
| SIGNATURE | HANNIKAINEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Finnish Centre for Pensions |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9284-1963 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Social Cohesion and Welfare States
Unemployment and Labour Market Flexibility in the Great Depression
In historical studies of the labour market, one of the most extensively debated subjects has been unemployment during the Great Depression of the 1930s. According to a new panel data, the unemployment rate among construction workers in Helsinki was 45% in spite of extensive relief work. At the same time, real hourly wages dropped 25–35% and piecework rates 40–60%, which was an even more exceptional phenomenon. The main reasons for these phenomena…
Catching up in Europe
Finland is an obvious case of economic convergence in the 20th century. Is this due to the fact that the Finnish industrialisation phase started late compared with Sweden and the EU15 average? In this article the Finnish post-World War II catch up process is traced by analysing the major i.e., primary, secondary and tertiary-industries. First we explore whether the Finnish catch up can be explained only by late industrialisation. Then we delineat…
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Catching up in Europe
Finland is an obvious case of economic convergence in the 20th century. Is this due to the fact that the Finnish industrialisation phase started late compared with Sweden and the EU15 average? In this article the Finnish post-World War II catch up process is traced by analysing the major i.e., primary, secondary and tertiary-industries. First we explore whether the Finnish catch up can be explained only by late industrialisation. Then we delineat…
Unemployment and Labour Market Flexibility in the Great Depression
In historical studies of the labour market, one of the most extensively debated subjects has been unemployment during the Great Depression of the 1930s. According to a new panel data, the unemployment rate among construction workers in Helsinki was 45% in spite of extensive relief work. At the same time, real hourly wages dropped 25–35% and piecework rates 40–60%, which was an even more exceptional phenomenon. The main reasons for these phenomena…
Social Cohesion and Welfare States
Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Macroeconomics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (2 works) · Business & Economics (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Civil society (1 work) · Consensus (Social sciences) (1 work) · Depression (economics (1 work)