Political Economy of the Finnish Welfare State

Jukka Pekkarinen
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Jukka Pekkarinen: Labour Institute for Economic Research

Chapter 11 in Welfare States and the Future, 2005, pp 161-177 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In its basic outline, the Finnish welfare state meets the broad characteristics of a Nordic type of welfare state: an emphasis on public services and reliance on relatively autonomous local administration for their provision, as well as, in social security, a combination of universal flat rate benefits and earnings-related social insurance. Yet the Finnish case has certain salient features of its own; the system is subject to tight economic constraints, and welfare expenditure has been constrained to the dividend left over by economic growth. Even in a cyclical context, the balanced budget constraint has made welfare expenditure clearly pro-cyclical.

Keywords: Welfare State; Trade Union; Nordic Country; Postwar Period; Social Democrat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230554917_11

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