Measures of Active Labor Market Policy - such as training, wage subsidies, public employment measures, and job search assistance - are widely used in European c

This book offers a close examination of current labor market and unemployment policies throughout Europe from 2010, when post-crisis austerity became the norm,

Active labor market policies (ALMPs) are found in almost all countries of the world but differ in amplitude, design, and implementation. Comprising an array of

Using panel data for 15 industrial countries, active labor market policies (ALMPs) are shown to have raised employment rates in the business sector in the 1990s

This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the libe