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Considering the animating ethos of designing digital first unemployment services: On the motivation of others

Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 401-417, June 2025.
Abstract This paper explores the animating ethos of digital unemployment services. Unlike human‐to‐human services, where the intention of policy is normally mediated by professionals, digital services are fully designed in the policy imagination. As a result, it is a pressing issue to understand the ethos that animates their development.
Ray Griffin, Antoinette Jordan, Aisling Tuite   +2 more
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Some Econometric Evidence on the Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Programmes in East Germany [PDF]

, 2000
In this paper we summarise our previous results on the effectiveness of different kinds of labour market training programmes as well as employment programmes in East Germany after unification.
Eichler, Martin, Lechner, Michael
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Quantity over quality: a political economy of ‘active labour market policy’ in the UK [PDF]

, 2014
This article offers a critical evaluation of recent ‘active labour market policy’ (ALMP) initiatives in the UK, focusing on the coalition government's Work Programme and its immediate antecedents.
Arni Patrick, Bevir Mark, Brinkley Ian, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, Cook Beth, Cooke Graeme, Craig Berry, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, Fishwick Tracy, Freud David, Griggs Julia, Office for National Statistics   +14 more
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Evaluating the Dynamic Effects of Active Labour Policies in Italy [PDF]

This paper analyses whether active labour market programmes (ALMP) have differing effects on unemployment and employment dynamics according to the particular region in which they are implemented.
Carlo Altavilla, Floro Ernesto Caroleo
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Would active labor market policies help combat high U.S. unemployment? [PDF]

Two years after the end of the 2007-09 recession, the unemployment rate in the United States remains above 9 percent - roughly double its pre-recession level.
Ethan Struby, Jun Nie
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Unemployment and crime: Experimental evidence of the causal effects of intensified ALMPs on crime rates among unemployed individuals

The British Journal of Criminology, 2021
AbstractPrevious studies investigate whether levels of welfare benefits reduce crime among the unemployed. The current paper expands this literature by testing whether the intensity of other welfare programs aimed at the unemployed affects their criminal activity.
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Asymmetric Effects of National-based Active Labour Market Policies [PDF]

Labour market policies settled at national level imply a “one-size-fits-all” labour market strategy. This strategy might not sufficiently take into account region-specific economic structures.
Carlo Altavilla, Floro Ernesto Caroleo
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Zur Wirksamkeit von Maßnahmen aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik [PDF]

, 2007
Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach der Wirksamkeit der Maßnahmen aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik (ALMP active labour market policies) nach, die seit mittlerweile rund 20 Jahren als politische Strategie zur Reduktion von Arbeitslosigkeit eingesetzt werden.
Bohlinger, Sandra
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Work Hazards and Social Class among ‘successful’ ALMP-Participants in Norway

Journal of Comparative Social Work
Background and research question. Studies of the outcomes of participation in Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMP) focus primarily on employment status or earnings. Few studies address the social class and work environment that “successful” ALMP-participants transit to.
Espen Dahl, Kjetil A. Van der Wel, Åsmund Hermansen, Magne Bråthen   +3 more
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Advantage through training? A microeconometric evaluation of the employment effects of active labour market programmes in Poland [PDF]

We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidised employment), and public works programmes in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active labour market ...
Puhani, Patrick A.
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