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Does active labour market policy work? Lessons from the Swedish experiences

Calmfors, Lars; Forslund, Anders; Hemström, Maria - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002

) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper discusses the mechanisms through which ALMPs affect (un)employment … open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in …. There should be a greater emphasis on holding down long-term unemployment in general and a smaller emphasis on youth …

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Income support systems, labour supply incentives and employment – some cross-country evidence

Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009

This paper summarizes a set of expert reports commissioned by the IFAU. The expert reports cover Estonia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries represent range of welfare states, both in terms of scope and design. And in each country there are...

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Labour supply incentives, income support systems and taxes in Sweden

Forslund, Anders - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009

Comparing Sweden to other EU countries, labour force participation rates of older individuals and females are high. These facts are consistent with the idea that institutional design matters: access to child care, paid parental leave, and a tax system with individual rather than household income...

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A Fairer London: The Living Wage in London

Freeman, Alan; Leticia, Veruete-McKay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

This article describes the calculation of London’s first Living Wage, which was set in 2005. It reproduces, in citable form and, for scholarly purposes, the report of the same name produced by the authors for the Greater London Authority.

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The GLA’s London Workforce Employment Series

Freeman, Alan; Urwin, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

This article describes the construction of the workforce employment data used by the Greater London Authority. It reproduces, in citable form and, for scholarly purposes, the report of the same name produced by the author for the Greater London Authority. This article describes the sources of...

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A Fairer London: The Living Wage in London (2006)

Freeman, Alan; Leticia, Veruete-McKay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This is an archival version, for scholarly purposes, of the report of the same name that the authors produced for the GLA in 2007. At the time of this deposition, this can be found at http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/living-wage-may06.pdf. It should be cited as Freeman, A....

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A Fairer London: The Living Wage in London (2007)

Freeman, Alan; Leticia, Veruete-McKay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This is an archival version, for scholarly purposes, of the report of the same name that the authors produced for the GLA in 2007. At the time of this deposition, this can be found at http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/a_fairer_london_2007apr.pdf. It should be cited as Freeman,...

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How Bad is US Unemployment?

Freeman, Alan; Desai, Radhika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This article assesses the significance of the January 2009 US unemployment figures. The steep fall of 4 million jobs is …

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Decentralisation of bargaining and manufacturing employment: Sweden 1970-96

Forslund, Anders; Lindh, Thomas - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004

Swedish unemployment was very low up to the early 1990s when it rose rapidly. At the same time manufacturing employment …

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What active labor market policy works in a recession?

Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Vikström, Johan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011

This paper discusses the case for expanding active labor market policy in recession. We find that there is reasonable case for relying more heavily on certain kinds of programs. The argument is tied to the varying size of the lock-in effect in boom and recession. If programs with relatively...

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