Le modèle finlandais d'Etat-Providence - l'exemple des politiques de genre

As all the other Nordic Countries (Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway), Finland is well known for its generous social democracy which follows every citizen from cradle to grave.
To start with an example I would notice that the Finns pay nothing for their education whatever the level of studies or the subject. Their medical system and services give them one of the lower infant mortality rate and one of the highest life expectancy in the world. However this efficiency, this medical system is really cheap for every citizen compared to the prices in the other countries of the European Union. Then, the seniors have a good retirement pension and they are also cared with specific awareness. Finally , the proportion of civil servant among all employed persons is higher than 15 percent in Finland.

But all those achievements have a cost and Finns have to pay high taxes to get those policies : more than half of their national income comes from taxes. Then, the proportion of social expenditure in the gross domestic product is really important ( 30%).However, most of the Finns support strongly the welfare state even if it means so high taxes.