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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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http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=063_tyokay_tau_163&ti=063+%2D+Employed+labour+force+by+area%2C+commuting%2C+level+of+education%2C+age+and+year+1987%2D2011&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/tyokay/&lang=1&multilang=enhttp://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=063_tyokay_tau_163&ti=063+%2D+Employed+labour+force+by+area%2C+commuting%2C+level+of+education%2C+age+and+year+1987%2D2011&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/tyokay/&lang=1&multilang=enStatistics Finland 2014b. Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. PX-Web Statfin in English. National Accounts/Annual national accounts. Table: Key indicators per capita 1975-2013. Cited 29.5.2014. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=030_vtp_tau_030&ti=Key+indicators+per+capita+1975%2D2013&path=../Database/StatFin/kan/vtp/&lang=1&multilang=enStatistics Finland 2014c. Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. PX-Web Statfin in English. Science, Technology and Information Society/Human resources of science and technology. Table: Population with a tertiary degree by the level of education in 2000-2011. Cited 31.5.2014. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=040_tthv_tau_104_en&ti=Population+with+a+tertiary+degree+by+the+level+of+education+in+2000%2D2011&path=../Database/StatFin/ttt/tthv/&lang=1&multilang=enStatiscs Finland 2014d. Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. PX-Web
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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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