Offene Arbeitsmärkte als Mittel und Ziel einer modernen Sozialpolitik

2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen J. Roth
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Constitutional Economics ◽  
Efficient Design ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Factor Markets ◽  
Dualistic Approach

AbstractThe interdependence between labour market policy and social policy can be interpreted in different ways. The dualistic approach sees social policy as a counterpart to labour market policy, especially if the latter is exclusively interpreted as the means for achieving an efficient design of factor markets. By contrast, constitutional economics introduces the concept of a “social policy for the market” by emphasizing the mutual gains that can be reaped if the interdependence between social and labour market policies is properly taken into account. Achieving an efficient design of markets thus requires a corresponding social policy framework. This article reminds of a third perspective: The efficient design of markets is never an end in itself. Overcoming social hardship, however, is a respectable goal. The author first develops a concept of social policy that draws on market-based processes to achieve its goals before applying this concept to the problem of structural long-term unemployment.

A turning point for labour market policy in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Stanford
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Macroeconomic Conditions ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Political Forces

Australian labour market and industrial relations policies are poised for fundamental change. A combination of political and macroeconomic factors has created a historic opportunity to turn away from the individualised, market-driven labour market policy that has prevailed since the 1980s, in favour of a more interventionist and egalitarian approach. Factors contributing to this moment include the breakdown of bipartisan consensus around key neoliberal precepts; growing public anger over inequality, insecure work and stagnant wages; and a weakening of macroeconomic conditions. Australia’s labour market is now marked by underutilisation of labour in various forms, a deterioration in job quality (especially the growth of insecure and precarious work) and unprecedented weakness in wages. The deterioration in job quality and distributional outcomes is the long-term legacy of the post-1980s shift away from Australia’s earlier tradition of equality-seeking institutional structures and regulatory practices. The current malaise in labour markets should be confronted with a comprehensive strategy to both increase the quantity of work available to Australian workers and improve its quality. The major components of such a strategy are identified, and their prospects considered, in light of the economic and political forces reshaping Australia’s labour market. JEL Codes: J28, J38, J53, J58, J83

scholarly journals Comparative Social Policy Analysis and Active Labour Market Policy: Putting Quality before Quantity

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOCHEN CLASEN ◽  
DANIEL CLEGG ◽  
ALEXANDER GOERNE
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Active Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Dimensions Of Variation

AbstractIn the past decade, active labour market policy (ALMP) has become a major topic in comparative social policy analysis, with scholars exploiting cross-national variation to seek to identify the determinants of policy development in this central area of the ‘new welfare state’. In this paper, we argue that better integration of this policy field into social policy scholarship requires rather more critical engagement with considerable methodological, conceptual and theoretical challenges in order to analyse these policies comparatively. Most fundamentally, rather more reflection is needed on what the substantially relevant dimensions of variation in ALMP from a social policy perspective actually are, as well as enhanced efforts to ensure that it is those that are being analysed and compared.

scholarly journals Exit Bismarck, Enter Dualism? Assessing Contemporary German Labour Market Policy

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOCHEN CLASEN ◽  
ALEXANDER GOERNE
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractBetween 2003 and 2005, German labour market policy was subjected to the most far-reaching reform since the 1960s. Some commentators have interpreted the changes introduced as signalling a departure from the traditional ‘Bismarckian’ paradigm in German social policy. For others, the new legislation has contributed and consolidated an ever-more pervasive trend of dualisation within the German welfare state. In this article, we contest both interpretations. First, we demonstrate that traditional social insurance principles remain a dominant element within unemployment protection. Second, we show that German labour market policy is less rather than more segmented today than it was a decade ago.

scholarly journals Activation is not a panacea: active labour market policy, long-term unemployment and institutional complementarity

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUC BENDA ◽  
FERRY KOSTER ◽  
ROMKE VAN DER VEEN
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Unemployment Benefit ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Active Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour Market Policies ◽  
Active Labour

AbstractEvaluation studies of active labour market policy show different activation measures generate contradictory results. In the present study, we argue that these contradictory results are due to the fact that the outcomes of activation measures depend on other institutions. The outcome measure in this study is the long-term unemployment rate. Two labour market institutions are of special interest in this context: namely, employment protection and unemployment benefits. Both institutions, depending on their design, may either increase or decrease the effectiveness of active labour market policies in lowering long-term unemployment. Based on an analysis of macro-level data on 20 countries over a period of 16 years, our results show that employment protection strictness and unemployment benefit generosity interact with the way in which active labour market policies relate to long-term unemployment. Our results also indicate that, depending on the measure used, active labour market policies fit either in a flexible or in a coordinated labour market. This suggests that active labour market policies can adhere to both institutional logics, which are encapsulated in different types of measures.

Ethische Perspektiven und Aufgaben einer europäischen Arbeitsmarktpolitik für die Zukunft

1994 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-266
Author(s):  
Theodor Strohm
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Europe

Abstract Besides the economical criteria of convergence, which have been precisely laid down in the EC-treaties, especially in the treaties of Maastricht, the integration of labour markets is an explicit aim of the European Union. Considering that approx. 19 million employees within the EC are not gainfully employed, a common and well-aimed labour market policy seems to be one of the major responsibilities of European economical and social policy. The instruments of job creation and preservation in Germany are being compared with the aims of the EC-comission, also experiences of other countries are being involved. The Christian Churches in Europe are committed to get involved in tackling unemployment and its human-destructing effects. The Social Chamber of the EKD has made continuous proposals. At present, it is working on continuing its previous memorandums on unemployment. With this, also the memorandum ))Responsibility for a Social Europe« (1992) is being continued and put into concrete terms.

Corporatism and the Danish Welfare State

1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 73-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Finn Valentin
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
State Interventions

The starting point is the three structure concepts of societal distribution, interest formation and organization formation. Corporatism is defined as a combination of all three, where (a) the primary distribution structure is still capitalist; (b) interest and organization formation do not take place in relation to the primary oppositions of capitalism, but instead are blocked and transformed to concern other divisions; the primary effect is a disorganization of the classes. The article examines whether such corporatist disorganization was produced by Danish state interventions in the 1960s and 1970s within health and social policy, policies for the redistribution of incomes and the labour market policy. The corporative effects of the interventions are discussed on the basis of the Danish class structure with weight on its interest and strength position.

Active Labour Market Policy and Unemployment Scarring: A Ten-year Swedish Panel Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTIAS STRANDH ◽  
MADELENE NORDLUND
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Active Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Human Capital Investments ◽  
Over Time

AbstractPrevious studies have shown mixed results concerning the effects of participation in active labour market policy programmes (ALMPs) on the longer-term scars in the form of poor income development and low job stability following the end of an unemployment spell. Most previous studies, however, have been limited both in the time frame used and to particular programmes. We argue that human capital investments are long-term investments and should therefore also be investigated from a long-term perspective. ALMP training and ALMPs as subsidised employment also represent different types of human capital investments that may produce effects that are differently distributed over time. In order to handle these issues, this article uses a longitudinal register-based dataset in which all long-term (more than six months) unemployed Swedes in 1993, who had no labour market problems in 1992, were followed for ten years. We found positive effects of ALMP participation concerning both the probability of reaching pre-unemployment incomes and a reduction in the hazard of exiting the labour market, while the effect on the probability of having an unemployment-free year was mixed. The effects of the two forms of ALMPs were differently distributed over time, with ALMP employment having an immediate effect that decreased relatively quickly and ALMP training having a longer-term effect.

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