) 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 …

) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper surveys the empirical studies of the effects of ALMPs in … Sweden. On the whole, ALMPs have probably reduced open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy …

) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper surveys the empirical studies of the effects of ALMPs in … Sweden. On the whole, ALMPs have probably reduced open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy …

) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper surveys the empirical studies of the effects of ALMPs in … Sweden. On the whole, ALMPs have probably reduced open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy …

effect of entering the programme at different points in time in the unemployment spell. Our main results are derived using …

labor market policy ; business cycle ; unemployment …