Description: Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?

Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?

Active labor market programs (ALMPs) aim to keep workers employed, bring them into employment, increase their productivity and earnings, and improve the functioning of labor markets. ALMPs to retain employment, for example, work-sharing schemes, sh...

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Main Authors:	Brown, Alessio J.G., Koettl, Johannes
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ACTIVE LABOR MARKETS ATTRITION CLASSROOM TRAINING CRISES DEADWEIGHT DISADVANTAGED WORKERS DISPLACEMENT ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFICIENCY OF LABOR EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPENDITURES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME SUPPORT JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR SUPPLY LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LOW EMPLOYMENT MASSIVE LAYOFFS NET EMPLOYMENT OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PASSIVE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM DURATION PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS SCHEMES REEMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY REGULAR EMPLOYMENT SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SHORT-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT SUBSTITUTE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKER UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE SUBSIDIES WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17480589/active-labor-market-programs-extent-effective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17053

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Summary:	Active labor market programs (ALMPs) aim to keep workers employed, bring them into employment, increase their productivity and earnings, and improve the functioning of labor markets. ALMPs to retain employment, for example, work-sharing schemes, should be used only for short periods during severe recessions. More cost-effective and useful during recoveries are ALMPs to create employment, which strengthen outsiders labor market attachment and support the outflow out of unemployment. Training programs are especially effective over the long term, particularly the more they target disadvantaged outsiders. ALMPs that improve labor market matching are highly beneficial, but effective only in the short run. ALMPs in general might be more cost effective over the long term (3-10 years) and some may even be self-financing, suggesting that long-term evaluations are needed to better ascertain the impact of individual policies.

Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?

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