This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social …Over the last decade, many industrialized countries shifted from passive unemployment and welfare benefit regimes and … setting. This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social …

In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels … standard measures of long-term unemployment and alternative measures of long-term non-employment. Next, we take a closer look …

tiers of social protection, in particular upstream systems such as unemployment insurance, job retention and employment …