Beschreibung

"Active labor market policies play an important role in the portfolio of economic policymakers in many European countries. ALMPs are a means of combating cyclical and structural unemployment and promoting employment. In the aftermath of the Great Recession there is renewed interest in the potential for active labor market policies to help ease a wide range of labor market problems, including youth unemployment and joblessness among displaced adults. In many countries, governments spend substantial amounts on ALMPs for unemployed workers with the aim of increasing their chances and speed of finding a job. The expenditures for ALMPs like job search assistance, training, wage subsidies, and public employment go above one percent of GDP in countries like Denmark and Sweden. They are usually higher for measures than for services, the UK being an exception." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))