Active Labor Market Policies in Europe

Performance and Perspectives
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-642-08016-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 359 g

Measures of Active Labor Market Policy - such as training, wage subsidies, public employment measures, and job search assistance - are widely used in European countries to combat unemployment. Little, however, is known about what each country can learn from experiences in other countries. This study provides novel insight on this important policy issue by discussing the role of the European Commission's Employment Strategy, reviewing the experiences made in European states, and giving the first ever quantitative assessment of the existing cross-country evidence, answering the question "what labor market program works for what target group under what (economic and institutional) circumstances?". Using an innovative meta-analytical approach, the authors find that rather than contextual factors such as labor market institutions or the business cycle, it is almost exclusively the program type that matters for program effectiveness: While direct employment programs in the public sector appear detrimental, wage subsidies and "Services and Sanctions" can be effective in increasing participants' employment probability.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kluve, Jochen

Schaffner, Sandra

Card, David

Schmidt, Christoph M.

Fertig, Michael

Klaauw, Bas van der

Góra, Marek

Leetmaa, Reelika

Jacobi, Lena

Jensen, Peter

Nima, Leonhard

Patacchini, Eleonora

Weber, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Europäische Union, Europa: Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Executive summary.- and overview.- The European Employment Strategy.- An overview of Active Labor Market Policies.- The methodology of program evaluation.- Reports from selected EU25 member states.- The effectiveness of European ALMPs.- Conclusions and policy recommendations.