Economic Renewal and Demographic Change An evaluation of local labour market performance in the Nordic countries Editor Lars Olof Persson With contributions from Ingi Rúnar Eðvarðsson, University of Akureyri, Iceland Elli Heikkilä, Institute of Migration, Finland Mats Johansson, Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies Sari Korkalainen, Institute of Migration, Finland Torben Dall Schmidt, Institute for Border Studies, Denmark, Lasse Sigbjørn Stamböl, Statistics Norway (SSB) Nordregio 2004 First published in 2004 by Nordregio. PO Box 1658, SE-111 86 Stockholm, Sweden Tel. +46 8 463 54 00, fax: +46 8 463 54 01 e-mail:
[email protected] website: www.nordregio.se Economic Renewal and Demographic Change: An evaluation of local labour market performance in the Nordic countries. Editor Lars Olof Persson .Stockholm: Nordregio 2004 (Nordregio Report 2004:8) ISSN 1403-2503 ISBN 91-89332-46-6 Nordic co-operation takes place among the countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. The Nordic Council is a forum for co-operation between the Nordic parliaments and governments. The Council consists of 87 parliamentarians from the Nordic countries. The Nordic Council takes policy initiatives and monitors Nordic co-operation. Founded in 1952. The Nordic Council of Ministers is a forum for co-operation between the Nordic governments. The Nordic Council of Ministers implements Nordic co-operation. The prime ministers have the overall responsibility. Its activities are co-ordinated by the Nordic ministers for co-operation, the Nordic Committee for co-operation and portfolio ministers. Founded in 1971. Stockholm, Sweden 2004 Preface This report is a comparative study of economic renewal and demographic change on local labour markets in Nordic countries.