Abstract
This chapter explains why active labour market policies (ALMPs) are of increasing relevance in EU countries. It details the policy entry points in a model based on ICF. It describes the spending and different profiles of ALMP in European countries and recent developments toward more focus on activation and motivation and less focus on protection. ALMPs are aiming at both supply and demand of labour and at the matching between workplaces and employee workability. Labour market policies apply several tools to increase motivation, qualification, socialization, and networking. Tools that aim at combining different types of flexibility and security are described including “flexicurity.” The literature on effects of ALMP on employment, income, and health is described shortly. The chapter shows that there might be room for policies to meet both economic and social objectives, but the challenge of ALMP is to enhance individual choice while at the same time maintaining adequate social protection, healthy workplaces, and incentives to work there.
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Diderichsen, F. (2020). Investing in Integrative Active Labour Market Policies. In: Bültmann, U., Siegrist, J. (eds) Handbook of Disability, Work and Health. Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75381-2_34-1
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