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What Can Active Labour Market Policy Do?

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During the 1980s, two dimensions in particular of the unemployment problem have been a source of increasing concern for policy-makers in Europe. One id the increasing rate of structural change and the resulting decline in employment opportunities for unskilled manual workers. The other is the evidence of the corrosive effects of long spells of unemployment on individuals and societies. This paper attempts to assess the role of active policies, the combination of more rapid structural change in long-term unemployment. Even where schemes do not have much of a return to those on them, as much of the microeconomic evidence suggests, they may still have a substantial social return in preventing the emergence of long-term unemployment. The key requirement is to ensure that no unemployed person, who is able and willing to work, should be allowed to draw benefits for more than a limited period of time. The resources of the ;about market authorities should be used to endure that as a last resort some appropriate temporary job or training opportunity is made available by the end of this period.

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  • Richard Jackman, 1995. "What Can Active Labour Market Policy Do?," CEP Discussion Papers dp0226, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp0226
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    1. Rodokanakis Stavros, 2010. "The Dynamics of Regional Labour Markets and Training Programmes: Greek Evidence," European Spatial Research and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 17(1), pages 93-115, June.
    2. Loïc Cadiou & Stéphanie Guichard & Mathilde Maurel, 2000. "Disparités institutionnelles et flexibilité des marchés du travail dans l'UE," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 332(1), pages 49-63.
    3. Rodokanakis Stavros, 2009. "Comparing the Probability of Unemployment in Southern Greece Vis-À-Vis the Entire Country," Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, Sciendo, vol. 12(12), pages 17-43, January.
    4. D R Fletcher, 1998. "The Effectiveness of Active Labour-Market Policies: Latest Evidence from the National Development Programme," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 16(5), pages 573-589, October.
    5. Stavros Rodokanakis & Vasileios A. Vlachos, 2012. "Measuring the Unemployment Risk in Northern Greece from the LFS Micro-Data during the Period 1994-2006," Review of Economic Analysis, Digital Initiatives at the University of Waterloo Library, vol. 4(2), pages 224-246, December.
    6. Prey, Hedwig & Fitzenberger, Bernd & Franz, Wolfgang, 1997. "Wirkungen von Maßnahmen staatlicher Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik," Discussion Papers 45, University of Konstanz, Center for International Labor Economics (CILE).
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    9. Schrader, Klaus, 1999. "Dänemarks Weg aus der Arbeitslosigkeit: Vorbild für andere?," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 2293, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    10. Stavros Rodokanakis & Irini Moustaki, 2010. "Evaluating the risk of unemployment: comparison between the two most populated Greek regions with the entire country," IWE Working Papers 194, Institute for World Economics - Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.
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    12. Stavros Rodokanakis, 2010. "A Non-Experimental Evaluation of Unemployment Risk in Crete and the Ionian Islands: Regional Evidence for Greece," Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2010(4), pages 44-63.

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