The Design of Active Labour Market Policies. What Matters and What Doesn't ?

Bart Cockx

No 1999035, LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES from Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

Abstract: A first objective of this paper is to emphasise the role of a correct diagnosis of unemployment persistence for the design of effective active labour market policies. A second is to stress the importance of adequate incentives for programme administrators of active labour market policies, and that this may well be more important than providing adequate incentives to the unemployed. To illustrate this, we summarise two case studies evaluating active labour market policies in Belgium. The first one evaluates a work experience programme for welfare recipients. The second one analyses the short-term effect of vocational training programmes for unemployed workers on the probability of leaving unemployment. Finally, we invite economists to think harder about well designed performance- standards systems. We provide some guidelines for this research programme.

Keywords: Active labour market policies; unemployment; policy design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 H53 I38 J24 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 1999-12-01
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