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Comprehensive education or vocational training for the unemployed?
Stenberg, Anders - In: International Journal of Manpower 28 (2007) May, pp. 42-42
Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden was introduced in the autumn of 1997 and generated a massive expansion of …
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Social assistance among immigrants and natives in Sweden
Gustafsson, Björn Anders - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) February, pp. 126-141
immigrants to Sweden and compare to receipt by natives. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the institutional … receipt. Findings – Most out-payment for social assistance in Sweden refers to foreign-born persons, a category comprising 14 … receipt between immigrants and natives in Sweden. …
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Income effects from labor market training programs in Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s
Andrén, Thomas; Gustafsson, Björn - In: International Journal of Manpower 25 (2004) 8, pp. 688-713
This article estimates a control function estimator with training effect modelled as a random coefficient, partitioned into an observed and unobserved component. The article analyzes the earnings effect of participating in labor market training programs for three cohorts during the 1980s and the...
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Efficiency and productivity of employment offices: evidence from Sweden
Althin, Rikard; Behrenz, Lars - In: International Journal of Manpower 26 (2005) 2, pp. 196-206
Purpose – This paper aims to measure the efficiency and productivity of Swedish employment offices. Design/methodology/approach – Using four inputs, five outputs, and two quality attributes the efficiency and productivity of 253 Swedish employment offices are evaluated using models of...
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Comprehensive education or vocational training for the unemployed?
Stenberg, Anders - In: International Journal of Manpower 28 (2007) 1, pp. 42-61
Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden was introduced in the autumn of 1997 and generated a massive expansion of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783233
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Social assistance among immigrants and natives in Sweden
Anders Gustafsson, Björn - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) 2, pp. 126-141
immigrants to Sweden and compare to receipt by natives. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the institutional … receipt. Findings – Most out‐payment for social assistance in Sweden refers to foreign‐born persons, a category comprising 14 … receipt between immigrants and natives in Sweden.  …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783510
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Evaluations of Labour Market Policy in Sweden
Björklund, Anders - In: International Journal of Manpower 15 (1994) 5, pp. 16-31
Outlines the current state of evaluation research in Sweden. Concludes that it is limited in scope relative to the USA … despite the much larger expenditure on labour market policies in Sweden. Locates this deficiency in the differential research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783627
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How strong is the case for targeting active labour market policies?
Fraser, Neil - In: International Journal of Manpower 20 (1999) 3/4, pp. 151-164
somewhat between low and high unemployment countries. The approach taken in Sweden in the 1960s to 1980s is used to discuss low …
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The strategy of an active labour market policy
Sihto, Matti - In: International Journal of Manpower 22 (2001) 8, pp. 683-706
The strategy of an active labour market policy (ALMP) is popular, but its content is still far from clear. With this historical and contextual analysis, the author aims to capture the strategy’s core content. Development of the strategy has been full of paradoxes. However, the goal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014784058
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Labour markets in transition : the case of Eastern Europe
Fleisher, Belton M. (contributor) - 2002
Labour markets in transition: the case of Eastern Europe. In 1989 a political revolution in the Soviet Union and its Eastern Europeansatellites led to the dismantling of Communist controls and transition toward freemarkets in goods and services and factors of production
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012672801