 And Then There Were Four...How Many (and Which) Measures of Active Labor Market Policy Do We Still Need?Werner Eichhorst and Klaus Zimmermann () Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), 2007, vol. 53, issue 3, 243-272 Abstract: Through the Hartz reforms, German active labor market policy was fundamentally restructured and systematically evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws conclusions for the future setup of active labor market policies. It argues in favor of a reduced range of active labor market policy schemes focusing on programs with proven positive effects (that currently are wage subsidies, training, start-up grants and placement vouchers). It calls for a systematic evaluation of all instruments not scrutinized so far, and for a permanent process of decentralized experimentation and re-evaluation. Keywords: active labor market policy; Germany; evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aeq:aeqaeq:v53_y2007_i3_q3_p243-272 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) is currently edited by Ansgar Belke, Uwe Sunde and Winfried Koeniger More articles in Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) from Duncker & Humblot, Berlin |
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