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The political economy of active labour market policy
[Arbeitspapier]
Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
University of Edinburgh, Publication and Dissemination Centre (PUDISCwowe)
Abstract Active labour market policies have developed significantly over the last two decades across OECD countries, with substantial cross-national differences in terms of both extent and overall orientation. The objective of this paper is to account for cross-national variation in this policy field. It sta... mehr
Active labour market policies have developed significantly over the last two decades across OECD countries, with substantial cross-national differences in terms of both extent and overall orientation. The objective of this paper is to account for cross-national variation in this policy field. It starts by reviewing existing scholarship concerning political, institutional and ideational determinants of ALMPs. It then argues that ALMPs is too broad a category to be used analytically, and develops a typology of four different types of ALMPs: incentive reinforcement, employment assistance, occupation, and human capital investment. These are discussed and examined through ALMP expenditure profiles in selected countries. The paper uses this typology to analyse active labour market policy trajectories in six western European countries, and shows that the role of this instrument changes dramatically over time. It concludes that there is little regularity in the political determinants of ALMPs. In contrast, it finds important institutional and ideational effects, the latter in the most recent phase in particular.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
institutionelle Faktoren; internationaler Vergleich; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; politische Faktoren; Westeuropa
Klassifikation
Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
active labour market policies; ALMP; unemployment policy
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Erscheinungsort
Edinburgh
Seitenangabe
28 S.
Schriftenreihe
Working Papers on the Reconciliation of Work and Welfare in Europe, REC-WP 01/2010
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung