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A review of active and passive labour market policies in Spain

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  • Cueto, Begoña
  • Patricia, Suárez

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The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of active labour market policies in Spain, focusing on the public employment service (PES), training, and employment incentives. Previously, the main features of unemployment subsidies and their connection to active policies is presented. The majority of the resources is targeted to employment incentives, despite their high deadweight effect given their characteristics. Data also show the scarce role of PES as intermediary. Finally, we present a discussion on the main guidelines to reform active labour market policies in order to improve their efficiency.

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  • Cueto, Begoña & Patricia, Suárez, 2014. "A review of active and passive labour market policies in Spain," MPRA Paper 60648, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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