Does Active Labour Market Policy Work? Lessons from the Swedish Experiences
By Lars Calmfors, A. Forslund, Maria Hemström. Social Science Research Network, 2002
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The Swedish experiences of the 1990s provide a unique example of how large-scale active labour market programmes (ALMPs) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper surveys the empirical studies of the effects of ALMPs in Sweden. On the whole, ALMPs have probably reduced open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in Sweden in the 1990s are not an efficient means of employment policy. To be effective, ALMPs should be used on a smaller scale.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions
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Citations in the corpus
- The Locking-In Effect of Subsidized Jobs (2004, background): “Calmfors, Forslund and Hemström (2001) concludes that the evidence on the e¤ectiveness of Swedish ALMP is rather disappointing.”
- Effective Active Labor Market Policies (2004, neutral): “The overview studies by Martin and Grubb (2001), Calmfors et al. (2001) and Kluve and Schmidt (2002) indicate that there is hardly any empirical research on the relationship between ALMP and job durations.”
- Young People and the Great Recession (2011, background): “Focussing on youth, Calmfors et al. (2002) summarize the Swedish experience of ALMPs by arguing that youth programmes have caused substantial displacement effects but the gains for participants are uncertain.”
- The Effectiveness of European Active Labor Market Policy (2006, neutral): “Since specific national programs frequently combine two or more of these categories (e.g. the trainee replacement schemes in Sweden, which entail both training and job creation, cf. Calmfors et al. 2002), a strict classification is not always feasible.”