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Active Labor Market Policies in Europe

Performance and Perspectives

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Authors:
  1. Jochen Kluve

    1. Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, RWI Essen, Essen, Germany

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  2. David Card
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  3. Michael Fertig
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  4. Marek Góra
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  5. Lena Jacobi
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  6. Peter Jensen
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  7. Reelika Leetmaa
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  8. Leonhard Nima
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  9. Eleonora Patacchini
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  10. Sandra Schaffner
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  11. Christoph M. Schmidt
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  12. Bas Klaauw
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  13. Andrea Weber
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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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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Executive summary

    Pages 1-7

  3. Introduction and overview

    Pages 9-11

  4. The European Employment Strategy

    Pages 13-25

  5. An overview of Active Labor Market Policies

    Pages 27-33

  6. The methodology of program evaluation

    Pages 35-51

  7. Reports from selected EU25 member states

    Pages 53-151

  8. The effectiveness of European ALMPs

    Pages 153-185

  9. Conclusions and policy recommendations

    Pages 187-190

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 191-222
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About this book

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.

Reviews

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)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, RWI Essen, Essen, Germany

    Jochen Kluve

Bibliographic Information

  • 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

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