Active labor market programs : how, why, when, and to what extent are they effective? (English)

Active labor market programs (ALMPs) aim to keep workers employed, bring them into employment, increase their productivity and earnings, and improve the functioning of labor markets. ALMPs to retain employment, for example, work-sharing schemes, should be used only for short periods during severe recessions. More cost-effective and useful during recoveries are ALMPs to create employment, which strengthen outsiders’ labor market attachment and support...

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Brown,Alessio Julian Gerard;

Koettl-Brodmann,Johannes;
Document Date
2012/12/01
Document Type
Brief
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76212
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1
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1
Country
Europe and Central Asia,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
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2013/03/25
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Disclosed
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Active labor market programs : how, why, when, and to what extent are they effective?
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Labor Market

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Brown,Alessio Julian Gerard; Koettl-Brodmann,Johannes.

Active labor market programs : how, why, when, and to what extent are they effective? (English). Europe and Central Asia knowledge brief ; issue no. 58 Washington D.C. : The Worldbank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/120561468282885115

Active labor market programs : how, why, when, and to what extent are they effective? (English)

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