Purpose – The paper aims to show that active labour market policies in Scotland over a nine-year period have failed to … Scotland have become worse off in terms of the risk of unemployment and despite active labour market intervention. Research … policies in Scotland do not work in terms of reducing the risk of unemployment. Policy needs to focus on creating demand for …

that reveal little sensitivity to specific labour market conditions in Scotland. In consequence, in Scotland, public sector … public sector into line with those in the private sector in Scotland. …

Keating M. (2005) Policy convergence and divergence in Scotland under devolution, Regional Studies 39 , 453—463. The … scope for divergence of public policy between Scotland and the rest of the UK is constrained by institutional, political and … services. Scotland is more committed than England to the traditional public sector model, emphasizing egalitarianism and …