Labour Market Policies



Labour Market Policy - Introduction
•Traditionally:
•Passive LMP (UB schemes)
•Active LMP (measures for intergrating to employment)
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•New developments since 1990s: activation policies
•Synergy of ALMPs, UB schemes, taxation, EPL, social services + education systém
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•Unemployment regimes
•Activation regimes
•Governance regimes

Unemployment regimes (Gallie, Paugam)
•Scheme 1.2 – correspondence to WS regime
•Current features of UN regimes
•Discuss: how strict are eligibility criteria?
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•Other indications, see Table 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
•Discuss: How appropriate indications?
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•Interaction with family residence regimes: Table 1.8 and 1.9
•Broad societal consequences

Unemployment regimes: source MISSOC 2023
Liberal
IRL
Conservative
GER
Universal
SWE
Subprotective
ITALY
Transitional
CZE
Generosity (level of UB)
Flat rate in EUR
220, 172, 141, 98 per week depending on previous earnings (+300, 220-, 150-, -150)
67% child, 60%
From max 7,100 EUR
80% for 200 days, 70% for 100 days
From max 1,200 EUR
75%
From max 1,471 EUR
After 6 months reduced by 3% each month
65% for 2 motnhs
50% after 2 months
45% remaining months
Duration
6 – 9 months (6 when less 26 weeks in last 5 yrs work)
12-24 m depends on contribution period, 30-48 m (50+, 58+)
300 days, 450 when children
Up to 24 months if contributed at least half period of last 4 yrs
6 months if only 1 month within a year
5 months, 8 if 50+, 11 if 55+
Eligibility condition (main)
26 weeks in each of past 2 yrs
12 m in last 30 m
6 m in last 12m
See above
12 m in last 2yrs

Activation regimes
•Traditionally: work first vs human resources development (1990s)
•Bonoli: this is a mixture in practice but more complicated, complex
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•Classification of ALMPs
•Patterns of ALMPs
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•Correspondence to UNEM regimes
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•Discussion: indications of activation regimes?
• What is not apparent: dualism in access to ALMPs (targeting, quality?)
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Governance in activation policies (van Berkel)
•The substance of the measures + the governance work in synergy
•The aim is to bring tailored and effective solutions (considering heterogeneity of the problems)
•The trends: decentralisation, individualisation, marketisation, NPM, networking/cooperation
•The governance models: hierarchical/bureaucracy, market/ousourcing, NPM/corporate, incentivising,
MBO, network/cooperation
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•Effects of governance models: proces effects, output/effort effects, outcomes/impact effects
•Discusssion: suitable/appropriate indications?