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
Format: Brief
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17480589/active-labor-market-programs-extent-effective
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spelling okr-10986-170532021-04-23T14:03:33Z Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective? Brown, Alessio J.G. Koettl, Johannes 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 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. 2014-02-18T17:28:25Z 2014-02-18T17:28:25Z 2012-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17480589/active-labor-market-programs-extent-effective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17053 English en_US Europe and Central Asia knowledge brief;issue no. 58 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Brown, Alessio J.G.
Koettl, Johannes
Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
relation Europe and Central Asia knowledge brief;issue no. 58
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Brown, Alessio J.G.
Koettl, Johannes
author_facet Brown, Alessio J.G.
Koettl, Johannes
author_sort Brown, Alessio J.G.
title Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?
title_short Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?
title_full Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?
title_fullStr Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?
title_full_unstemmed Active Labor Market Programs : How, Why, When, and To What Extent are they Effective?
title_sort active labor market programs : how, why, when, and to what extent are they effective?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17480589/active-labor-market-programs-extent-effective
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