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First comparison of results of active labor market policies in Europe
Gives clear recommendations concerning successful policies and those that are not successful
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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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.
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Book Title: Active Labor Market Policies in Europe
Book Subtitle: Performance and Perspectives
Authors: Jochen Kluve, David Card, Michael Fertig, Marek Góra, Lena Jacobi, Peter Jensen, Reelika Leetmaa, Leonhard Nima, Eleonora Patacchini, Sandra Schaffner, Christoph M. Schmidt, Bas Klaauw, … Andrea Weber
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48558-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-48557-5Published: 04 January 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08016-6Published: 14 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-48558-2Published: 23 February 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 222
Topics: Labor Economics, Economic Policy