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Effort Commitment in Active Labour Market Policy

In: Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Danish Economy

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  • Claus Thustrup Hansen
  • Torben Tranæs

Abstract

The received perception of what is the right mixture of benefit reforms and active measures in the battle against unemployment varies. Despite the warnings from Scandinavian economists like Calmfors, Forslund, Nymoen and others, active measures were highly recommended some years ago with Sweden as the example to follow (see, for example, Jackman, 1990; Layard, Nickell and Jackman, 1991). After the major increase in Swedish unemployment after 1991, economists tended to be more sceptical and the extensive studies of active labour market programmes is now the foundation for serious doubts about the effectiveness of active labour market policy (hereafter, ALMP).

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  • Claus Thustrup Hansen & Torben Tranæs, 1999. "Effort Commitment in Active Labour Market Policy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Torben M Andersen & Svend E Hougaard Jensen & Ole Risager (ed.), Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Danish Economy, chapter 11, pages 335-364, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50103-4_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230501034_11
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