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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.We developed a species distribution model to assess habitat suitability for the European wildcat across Italy, integrating newly collected occurrence records and mitochondrial DNA data from the Central–Southern Apennines. Forest and grassland cover and elevation emerged as the main predictors of occurrence, with the highest suitability concentrated in ...
Melissa Maini +8 more
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Strengthening Support for Immigrant Workers: Insights from an Active Labour Market Programme
Social SciencesLabour market integration of immigrants remains a key policy priority, yet practical implementation continues to face challenges. This study aimed to co-design and re-design solutions to strengthen support within an Active Labour Market Programme (ALMP ...
Sofia Antera +3 more
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Street‐Level Policymaking: From Local Political Preferences to Welfare Policy Delivery
Social Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 5, Page 915-925, September 2026.ABSTRACT Street‐level bureaucracy research argues that the local community shapes policy implementation. Yet, little is known about the impact of local political preferences on welfare policy application. This study extends this line of research examining how local political preferences in East Germany are linked to job centres' delivery of active ...
Veronika J. Knize +2 more
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Welfare Regimes, Subnational Territories and Dynamics of School‐To‐Work Transitions
Social Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 5, Page 941-954, September 2026.ABSTRACT Comparative research on school‐to‐work transitions (SWT) mainly focused on cross‐country differences, while territorial variations among sub‐national territories in youth labour market and transitions outcomes have been underexplored. In this paper, we investigate the impact over time of national institutional configurations and regional ...
Ruggero Cefalo, Rosario Scandurra
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Investment Approach to Active Labour Market Policy: How It Works for Employers and Employees
Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of EconomicsGovernments often view labour market measures as primarily aimed at employees, but are employees truly the main beneficiaries of active labour market policies (ALMPs)? Unlike passive labour market policies, which provide direct payments to the unemployed,
Sergey Mazol, Aleh Mazol
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On the conveyor belt of public employment programs between 2009 and 2013 in Hajdúböszörmény
Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2014 Present study focuses on the national and European popularity of public employment programs within the Active Labour Market Policies (ALMP) between 2009 and 2013, and emphasizes the lack of their transitive effects by two national empirical researches ...
Judit Oláh, Andrea Szabó
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International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 35, Issue 3, July 2026.Abstract To encourage transitions into employment or education, governments impose benefit sanctions on unemployed individuals who fail to comply with conditionality requirements. However, evidence on the effectiveness of such sanctions remains limited, particularly among young adults.
Jaakko Harkko +3 more
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Obesity Science &Practice, Volume 12, Issue 3, June 2026.ABSTRACT Background Obesity is a major public health crisis in Mexico. With internet usage rapidly increasing, digital health interventions present a clear opportunity for treating obesity. This study addressed a key gap in research by evaluating a web‐based Intensive Lifestyle Modification intervention adapted from the Diabetes Prevention Program for ...
Alma Lorena Ruelas Yanes +7 more
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Chronic Unemployment: A New Concept for Capturing Weak Labor Market Attachment
Nordic Journal of Working Life StudiesIn this article, we develop, unfold, and explore the concept of ‘chronic unemployment’ to capture a segment that is weakly attached to the labor market because of repeated spells of unemployment, interrupted only by shorter intervals of temporary ...
Simo Aho +4 more
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Employers and the Implementation of Active Labor Market Policies
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2016 Active labor market policies (ALMPs) are an important instrument for governments in dealing with the new challenges of globalization, flexibilization, and individualization of labor markets.
Thomas Bredgaard, Jon Lystlund Halkjær
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