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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.
Sommario
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.
Info autore
Peter Jensen, PH.D. is founder of Performance Coaching Inc., one of Canada's premiere management training companies. He has attended seven Olympic Games as a member of the Canadian team and worked with over 60 medal-winning athletes and their coaches as a sports psychology consultant. He is also a top-rated instructor at Queen's School of Business.
Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt, M.A., Ph.D., Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Mannheim; 1987 Dipl.-Volkswirt; 1989 MA und 1991 Ph.D. an der Princeton University (USA), 1995 Habilitation an der Universität München; 1995 bis 2002 Ordinarius für Ökonometrie an der Universität Heidelberg; seit 2002 Präsident des Rheinisch-Westfälischen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) und Professor an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum; seit 2009 Mitglied der Sachverständigenkommission zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung und seit 20011 Mitglied der Enquete-Kommission 'Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität' des Deutschen Bundestages.
Riassunto
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. It reviews the experiences made in European states and gives a quantitative assessment of the existing cross-country evidence.
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.
Testo aggiuntivo
From the reviews:
“The book presents the results of a cross-country study on the effectiveness of active labour market policies. … A main function of the book is certainly to provide condensed information on the design of active labour market policies in a number of countries a well as information about their estimated effectiveness. … used as a quick reference when searching information in this field … . Summing up, the book covers lots of interesting material.” (Gesine Stephan, Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 87 (3), August, 2008)
Relazione
From the reviews: "The book presents the results of a cross-country study on the effectiveness of active labour market policies. ... A main function of the book is certainly to provide condensed information on the design of active labour market policies in a number of countries a well as information about their estimated effectiveness. ... used as a quick reference when searching information in this field ... . Summing up, the book covers lots of interesting material." (Gesine Stephan, Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 87 (3), August, 2008)
