Internationalization of Population and Labour Force from the Present to the Future
Elli Heikkilä and Maria Pikkarainen, Institute of Migration, 2008
Väestön ja työvoiman kansainvälistyminen nyt ja tulevaisuudessa
The Finnish population is aging, and this is becoming a serious problem like in other developed countries. It is expected that in the whole country only the age-group of over 65-
years old and the others will diminish during the next decade. The population of working age will also decrease, and it has been estimated to decrease most in the decade 2010, at a pace of almost 30,000 per year. When the baby boomers retire, there will not be enough labour force to replace them. The “Labour 2025” report suggests employing elderly, unemployed, disabled and immigrants. The immigrant labour reserve consists of foreigners living in Finland, naturalized immigrants and new potential immigrants.
This research project presents new information of internationalization of the population and labour in Finland. The development is analyzed for the whole country and all counties from the present day to the year 2015 and immigration is used as a special indicator. The object of the analysis is the employment of immigrants in the Finnish labour market, and
anticipation of the future need for labor. The research was an anticipation project of International migration, need of labour and effects of immigration on education supply,
which was funded by the European Social Fund, the Finnish Ministry of Education and the Institute of Migration.
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The Finnish population is aging, and this is becoming a serious problem like in other developed countries. It is expected that in the whole country only the age-group of over 65-
years old and the others will diminish during the next decade. The population of working age will also decrease, and it has been estimated to decrease most in the decade 2010, at a pace of almost 30,000 per year. When the baby boomers retire, there will not be enough labour force to replace them. The “Labour 2025” report suggests employing elderly, unemployed, disabled and immigrants. The immigrant labour reserve consists of foreigners living in Finland, naturalized immigrants and new potential immigrants.
This research project presents new information of internationalization of the population and labour in Finland. The development is analyzed for the whole country and all counties from the present day to the year 2015 and immigration is used as a special indicator. The object of the analysis is the employment of immigrants in the Finnish labour market, and
anticipation of the future need for labor. The research was an anticipation project of International migration, need of labour and effects of immigration on education supply,
which was funded by the European Social Fund, the Finnish Ministry of Education and the Institute of Migration.
See summary (english)
See publication (finnish)
As the main topic for the presentation at the Annual Meeting of AEMI (29 September-3 October 2010, Bilbao, Spain) “Migration Studies and ICTs” has been proposed for the call of papers. Deadline: May 25, 2010.
The Histories of Home Subject Specialist Network’s Second Annual Conference, Multiple Belongings: Diaspora and Transnational Homes will take place on Friday 21 May at the British Library Conference Centre in London and will bring together academics, museum professionals, librarians and archivists. Booking deadline: Friday 14th May.
