International Handbook Of Labour Market Policy And Policy Evaluation

A guide to different national labour markets and policies to combat unemployment and their outcomes. It provides an account of the rapidly growing field of labour market policy, focusing on issues such as cost-benefit analysis and school to work transition.

This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consider three means of doing so: improving the quality by better targeting and by better-designed measures, more efficient implementation and delivery, and better performance by benchmarking the various implementation agencies involved.

This is a detailed, up-to-date guide to different national labour markets, and policies to combat unemployment and their outcomes. It provides a coherent, systematic framework for the rapidly growing field of labour market policy.

Bringing together contributions from leading labour market policy scholars from across the globe, this state-of-the-art Handbook offers extensive and compelling analyses of labour market policy in advanced democracies. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Social and Labour Market Policy: The Basics is an accessible and informative student guide, which provide an overview of the fundamental principles of a the subject a jargon-free format. By showing how social and labour market policy in contemporary society is understood, it also covers classical issue such as policy development by using a fresh approach to integration as well as old and new social risk.

Active labor market policies (ALMPs) are found in almost all countries of the world but differ in amplitude, design, and implementation. Comprising an array of measures, ALMPs can take the form of special support for job searching, training and education for the unemployed, and various other subsidies and job creation activities. While providing a valuable overview of the nature of these policies, this book examines some of the pitfalls and challenges countries face when evaluating them. It also provides a policy framework for designing ALMPs that are permanent yet adaptable instruments to cope with changes linked to globalization. Contents Introduction Historical background of ALMPs Definition and functions of ALMPs Contribution of ALMPs to the objectives of employment creation, security in change, equity and poverty reduction Differences in the utilization of ALMPs: Developed, transition and developing countries Evaluation of ALMPs New trends in ALMPs Conclusions: A framework for the management of change Bibliography