introducing non-search activity requirements for unemployment benefit recipients. The Mutual Obligations Initiative (MOI) required … people aged 18-34 receiving unemployment benefits to undertake a range of non-search activities (e.g., volunteering, training … a lower incidence of unemployment benefit receipt in comparison to those whose fathers were not. More detailed …

labor market policies. More generous unemployment support, which provided income replacement or programs to assist …

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 … conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in Sweden in the 1990s are not an efficient means of employment policy. To be …

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 … conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in Sweden in the 1990s are not an efficient means of employment policy. To be …

comparative analysis of Sweden and Norway, two countries which are very similar in many respects, but differ regarding the policy …. We follow these individuals up to four years after the start of unemployment. Our results indicate that, in spite of …

adult unemployed workers entitled to unemployment benefits in the 1990s: labour market training, workplace introduction … differential performance of the programmes both relative to one another and vis-à-vis more intense job search in open unemployment …. Outcomes being assessed are short- and long-term employment rates as well as the probability of collecting unemployment …

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

The low unemployment rates traditionally enjoyed by Sweden have often been attributed to the country's extensive system …. However, unemployment grew enormously in Sweden when the country was hit by a most severe recession in the early 1990s. This … programmes into one and focusing in particular on the interactions between the unemployment benefit system and the programme …

adult unemployed workers en Titled to unemployment benefits in the 1990s: labour market training, workplace introduction … differential performance of the programmes both relative to one another and vis-á-vis more intense job search in open unemployment …. Outcomes being assessed are short- and long-term employment rates as well as the probability of collecting unemployment …