Active labour market policies and the efficiency of the European Social Fund in Spanish regions

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan González-Alegre
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour Market Policies ◽  
Spanish Regions ◽  
European Social Fund ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Social Fund

scholarly journals The efficiency of Active Labour Market Policies in the European Union: Does it make sense increasing the bill?

2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-357
Author(s):  
Juan González Alegre
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Active Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Social Fund ◽  
The Impact

This paper evaluates the efficiency of Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs) in the European Union (EU). The paper first reviews the main trends governing the evolution of the European Social Fund (ESF) since its creation. The ESF promotes public expenditure in ALMPs in order to foster social cohesion across the EU. In order to test to what extent this strategy can be backed up by facts, we estimate the impact of public expenditure on ALMPs on the employment rate using panel data from 28 European countries (1985–2011), taking into account the endogeneity of the explanatory variables and the dynamic behaviour of their relationship. Results support the hypothesis that expenditure in ALMPs is more beneficial for employment than aggregate public expenditure. In addition, we show that periphery countries observe a larger efficiency of their ALMPs. These results support the recent policy strategy undertaken by the European Commission to raise the budget devoted to ESF in Member States experiencing higher unemployment rates.

The impact of Active Labour Market Policies on health outcomes: a Scoping review

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Puig-Barrachina ◽  
Pol Giró ◽  
Lucía Artazcoz ◽  
Xavier Bartoll ◽  
Imma Cortés-Franch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Employer Engagement and Active Labour Market Policies. Evidence from a Norwegian Multi-Method Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Christer Hyggen ◽  
Janikke Solstad Vedeler
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour Market Policies ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Employer Engagement ◽  
Business Size

Using Work Training in Norway as a case, this article provides insight into motivation and structural factors that impact employer engagement with active labour market policies (ALMP) targeting young people. Drawing on mixed-methods data, we find a substantial proportion of Norwegian employers engage in Work Training. Both social responsibility and the economic interests of the company influence employers’ motivation for committing to Work Training. The findings reveal that the structural factors of business size and sector are crucial determinants of employer behaviour when it comes to hiring Work Training candidates. Although improved outreach activities by local job centres may be important, the article argues that efforts towards opening up sectors closed by sector-specific regulations on hiring, and increased awareness of structural constraints, are similarly important.

scholarly journals Youth-oriented Active Labour Market Policies: Explaining Policy Effort in the Nordic and the Baltic States

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 598-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jale Tosun ◽  
Marge Unt ◽  
Eskil Wadensjö
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
The Baltic

Heeft de evaluatie van reïntegratiebeleid nog toekomst?

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Koning
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Welfare To Work ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Proper Account

Does the evaluation of active labour market policies have any future? Does the evaluation of active labour market policies have any future? The literature on the effectiveness of welfare-to-work services (i.e. schooling and job counseling) in the Netherlands provides a gloomy picture. First, only a few studies take proper account of selectivity and endogeneity biases. Second, the results of this (subset of) studies suggest that both schooling and counseling have only a modest, or no significant impact. In this article, I discuss various explanations for these findings. Furthermore, I describe various avenues for future research in this area, as well as the organization of more sound evaluation studies.

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