Activation programs for unemployment benefit recipients in Slovenia

Suzana Laporšek, Milan Vodopivec and Vodopivec Matija ()
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Review of Economic Perspectives, 2022, vol. 22, issue 2, 75-95

Abstract: Activation of the unemployed has been an important topic among policymakers during the last decades. This paper reviews the current measures in Slovenia in the area of activation of unemployment benefit recipients and it compares its formal requirements related to activation against the international background. The paper focuses on five activation areas: adjustment of unemployment benefit eligibility, improving employment services, participation in active labour market policies, monitoring and sanctions. The review lists several recommendations Slovenia should apply to activate unemployment benefit recipients, including introducing more demanding job search requirements and increased monitoring of the compliance with these requirements, introducing compulsory participation in active labour market programs, checking the consistency and effectiveness of the current profiling system, and strengthening the ex-ante effect of sanctions.

Keywords: activation policies; employment; labour market; Slovenia; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J64 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/revecp-2022-0004

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