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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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Empircial labor search models: A survey

Eckstein, Zwi; den Berg, Gerard J van - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2003

This paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to empirically analyze labor supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...

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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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An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market

Mendes, Rute; den Berg, Gerard J van; Lindeboom, Maarten - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007

In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning that the most productive workers and firms team up. We investigate this with longitudinal population-wide matched employer-emplyee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data...

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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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Stepping-stones for the unemployed: The effect of temporary jobs on the duration until regular work

Zijl, Marloes; den Berg, Gerard J van; Heyma, Arjan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004

Individual labour market transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from … unemployment to temporary jobs and unobserved determinants of the transition rates. The data contain multiple spells in labour … unemployment and they substantially increase the fraction of unemployed workers who have regular work within a few years after …

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The knowledge lift: The Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels

Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004

The Swedish adult education program called Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment...

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The aggregate labor market effects of the Swedish knowledge lift program

Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...

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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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