Labour Market Policy and Unemployment : Evaluation of Active Measures in France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and Sweden

by Koning, J. De; Mosley, Hugh; De Koning, J.

• ISBN13: 9781840642797
• ISBN10: 1840642793
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	viii
List of contributors	xi
Foreword	xiv
Gunther Schmid
Preface and acknowledgements	xvii
Introduction: active labour market policies, social exclusion, and transitional labour markets	1	(18)
Jaap de Koning
Hugh Mosley
Gunther Schmid
PART I AGGREGATE IMPACT ANALYSIS
Models for aggregate impact analysis of active labour market policy	19	(30)
Jaap de Koning
Aggregate impact analysis of active labour market policy in France and Sweden: a regional approach	49	(28)
Dominique Anxo
Stephane Carcillo
Christine Erhel
Does active labour market policy matter? An aggregate impact analysis for Germany	77	(38)
Gunther Schmid
Stefan Speckesser
Christoph Hilbert
The impact of active labour market policy on job hirings and unemployment in the Netherlands	115	(22)
Jaap de Koning
Marike Arents
Do active labour market policies matter in Spain?	137	(26)
Maria A. Davia
Carlos Garcia-Serrano
Virginia Hernanz
Miguel A. Malo
Luis Toharia Cortes
PART II IMPLEMENTATION STUDIES
Process evaluation of active labour market policies and trends in implementation regimes	163	(15)
Hugh Mosley
Els Sol
The implementation of active policies in the German regions: decentralization and co-operation	178	(41)
Hugh Mosley
Holger Schutz
Activation through co-operation: a case study of the implementation of active measures in the Netherlands	219	(37)
Martijn van Velzen
Towards intensified local level co-operation in the design and implementation of labour market policies: an evaluation of some Swedish experiments and reforms	256	(37)
Lars Behrenz
Lennart Delander
Harald Niklasson
PART III CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions	293	(16)
Jaap de Koning
Hugh Mosley
Index	309