By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the … early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several … the rise and fall of unemployment. It is argued that the steep rise in unemployment was mainly the result of a series of …

) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper discusses the mechanisms through which ALMPs affect (un)employment … and surveys the empirical studies of the effects of ALMPs in Sweden. The main conclusions are (i) there is hardly any … open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in …

provides temporary income support to homeowners unable to pay their mortgage during a spell of unemployment. The program has …

increases in youth unemployment and youth participation in active labor market programs. The impact on unemployment rates by age … and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … ground for the popular hypothesis that the recent rise in unemployment is driven by large and pervasive shifts in the demand …