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Decentralisation of Active Labour Market Policy: The Case of Swedish Local Employment Service Committees

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Skedinger, Per () (The Research Institute of Industrial Economics)
Lundin, Martin () (Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU))

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Decentralisation of decision-making in active labour market policy makes it possible to use local information to the fullest, but may also impinge on the fulfilment of national objectives, as suggested by principal-agent theory. The purpose of this study is to ex-amine the effects of a Swedish pilot programme in 1996, which strengthened the role of the local authorities in labour market policy in parts of the country. Survey evidence suggests a non-negligible divergence between the objectives of the municipality repre-sentatives and the central government's goals. Regarding programme effects, our econometric findings do not indicate any increase in geographical lock-in of the unem-ployed, but decentralisation seems to spur local initiatives in the form of labour market programmes organised by the municipalities. In addition, targeting on outsiders is to some extent more common in municipal projects than in others.

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Paper provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics in its series Working Paper Series with number 537.

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Date of creation: 22 Sep 2000
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Keywords: Active labour market policy; Decentralisation; Intergovernmental relations;

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H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - General

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  1. Sianesi, Barbara, 2002. "Differential effects of Swedish active labour market programmes for unemployed adults during the 1990s," Working Paper Series 2002:5, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Arjen de Vetten, 2007. "Incentives and Regional Coordination in Employment Services," CPB Memoranda 190, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis. [Downloadable!]
  3. Barbara Sianesi, 2002. "An evaluation of the Swedish system of active labour market programmes in the 1990s," IFS Working Papers W02/01, Institute for Fiscal Studies. [Downloadable!]
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