Activation Policies in Sweden: “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue”

P. A. Köhler (), K. H. Thorén () and R. Ulmestig ()
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P. A. Köhler: The Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Social Law in Munich
K. H. Thorén: Växjö University in Sweden
R. Ulmestig: Växjö University in Sweden

A chapter in Bringing the Jobless into Work?, 2008, pp 257-296 from Springer

Abstract: Sweden is part of the trend with a growing reliance on “activation policies” for unemployed individuals, but Sweden represents a different position in comparison with many other countries. The reason is a long tradition of “active labour market policies” (here ALMP) as a regular part of the Swedish welfare state (Esping-Andersen 1990; Junestav 2004). Sweden has had active labour market policies since the late 1940s (Cochrane et al. 2001). These policies focus both on a general development of the labour market and an improvement of the work force (Olofsson 1996). The overall goal with Swedish labour market policy is to achieve high economic expansion and low inflation (Regnér 2000). In addition, to the above goals, “full employment” has also been an important political ambition with the labour market policy system in order to maintain a generous welfare system.

Keywords: Labour Market; Activation Policy; Social Assistance; Unemployment Insurance; Labour Market Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77435-8_7

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