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A European Perspective on Long?Term Unemployment

Werner Eichhorst, Franziska Neder (), Verena Tobsch () and Florian Wozny ()
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Franziska Neder: IZA
Verena Tobsch: E-x-AKT WIRTSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG
Florian Wozny: German Aerospace Center DLR

No 9321, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels. An economic recovery will not be sufficient to get all long-term unemployed back to work; rather, there is a need for effective policies addressing the long-term unemployed. To address these issues, this paper starts with an interpretation of standard measures of long-term unemployment and alternative measures of long-term non-employment. Next, we take a closer look at active labor market policies such as training, subsidized employment and public work and investigate which kind is most effective for the reintegration of long-term unemployed persons. Subsequently, the special role of Public Employment Services (PES) and the importance of an individual approach and targeting is stressed to increase the employability of hard-to-place and distant jobseekers from the labor market. Furthermore, we take into account the role of alternative benefit systems for working-age non-employed people. In the final section, we conclude and offer policy advice with a particular focus on the EU.

Keywords: long‐term unemployment; activation; Europe; disability benefits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J64 J65 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2015-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lab and nep-ltv
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