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The 1st International Week "Building the bridge between

the continents" at Ural Federal University inEkaterinburg, Russia on 2.-6.6.2014

Track 3: Information technologies and Human Being in the Information Society on 4.6.2014 at 15.00–17.00

Does the Information Society help us toprevent the exclusion of unemployed?

Erkki Saari (Dr. Soc. Sc.)Senior lecturer,

Laurea University of AppliedSciences, Hyvinkää campus

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Figure 1. The relationships of reflection, action, development and research (Saari 2013; see also Saari 2009, 32).

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Figure 2. Context of the development of the prevention of the exclusion of unemployed in Finland from the mid-1990s (Saari 2013; see also 2009, 334).

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Source: Statistics Finland 2014a.Figure 3. Employed labour force by level of education.

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

Basic education / Level of education unknownUpper secondary level educationLowest level tertiary ed. / Lower-degree level tertiary ed.Higher-degree level ter-tiary ed. / Doctorate or equivalent level ed.

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Education System in Finland

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Ministry of Education and Culture n.d.a

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Source: Statistics Finland 2014b.

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

100

105

110

115

120

125

Figure 4. Gross domestic product, volume index, 2000=100.

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Source: Työpoliittinen Aikakauskirja 1/2014.

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

¹200

620

0720

0820

0920

1020

1120

12²2

0130

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000

100,000

Professional, technical and related work and sanitary workClerical and related workSales workAgricultural and forestry workTransport equipment operatorsProduction and relatedService workWork not classifiable by occupa-tionLaid off

Figure 5. Unemployed jobseekers at the employment service by occupation.

¹From 2006 including individually laid off.²Includes all fully laid off starting from 1 July 2013, up to that date only those individually laid off.

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Source: Statiscs Finland 2014c.Figure 6. Population with a tertiary degree

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

Labour forceEmployedUnemployedPersons outside the labour force

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Source: Statiscs Finland 2014d.

Figure 7. Gini coefficient and equalising impact of current transfers on income differences.

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

30

35

40

45

50

Gini coefficient, gross income

Equalising impact of current transfers on income differences total, %

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Source: Statiscs Finland 2014e.

Figure 8. Number of prolonged low-income persons in household-dwelling unit population.

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

300,000

400,000

500,000

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Source: Statiscs Finland 2014e.

Figure 9. Risk of low-income earning in household-dwelling unit population (%).

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

6

7

8

9

10

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Figure 10. The education, labour, and well-being market citizens` societal participation (Saari 2013; see also Saari 2009, 336).

labour market labour market citizen

education market education market citizen

SOCIETY life course of a participant

life course of a bare survivor

life course of an excluded

wellbeing market well-being market citizen

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Figure 11. Factors of the agreement of cooperation (Saari 2013; see also Saari 2009, 339).

ACTION

Agreement of cooperation

Researcher’s developmental interests

Developmental needs of action

Developmental interests of participants

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Figure 12. Action, reflection and praxis (Saari 2013; see also Saari 2009, 341).

Reflection

Action

word = work = praxis

At the sacrifice of action = verbalism At the sacrifice of reflection = activism

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Statfin in English. Income and Consumption/Total statistics on income distribution. Table 5: Income differences and equalising impact of current transfers on income differences by sub-regional unit in 1995-2012.) Cited 29.5.2014. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_tjkt_tau_105&ti=5%2E+Income+differences+and+equalising+impact+of+current+transfers+on+income+differences+by+sub%2Dregional+unit+in+1995%2D2012&path=../Database/StatFin/tul/tjkt/&lang=1&multilang=enStatiscs Finland 2014e. Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. PX-Web Statfin in English. Income and Consumption/Total statistics on income distribution. Table 9: Prolonged low-income earning by gender and age in1998-2012. Cited 31.5.2014. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=090_tjkt_tau_109&ti=9%2E+Prolonged+low%2Dincome+earning+by+gender+and+age+in+1998%2D2012&path=../Database/StatFin/tul/tjkt/&lang=1&multilang=enTyöpoliittinen Aikakauskirja 1/2014. Taulukko 15. Unemployed jobseekers at the employment service by occupation. Pages 33*–35. Print 29.5.2014. http://www.tem.fi/files/39042/tak12014.pdf

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