We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like … employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs …

While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation … components: a) individual coaching, b) classroom training and c) temporary work. Using an ex-post quasi-randomization approach …

Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), we show that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a loss of aggregate real …

interventions. A first step describes a series of employment-barrier indicators at the micro level, comprising three domains: work … are quantified using the EU-SILC multi-purpose household survey. In a second step, a statistical clustering method (latent … highlighted in the policy debate, such as "youth" or "older workers", are in fact composed of multiple distinct sub-groups that …

labor market and fiscal policies. Simulation results focus on the effects of employment subsidies and in-work benefits and …

work sharing schemes, should be applied in severe recessions for a limited time period of time only. ALMPs creating … market, especially during recoveries. In-work benefits and public works are not very cost-efficient in terms of raising …