Public Employment Services, and Activation Policies

Kuddo, Arvo

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT;    ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT POLICY;    ACTIVE LABOR;    ACTIVE LABOR MARKET;    ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES;   

RP-ID  :  68938

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

One of the responses to new challengesin the labor market has been the development and expansionof employment services and active labor market policiesbased on activation principles. The objective of this studyis to document and review international experiences,predominantly from selected emerging market economies anddeveloping countries, with the design and implementation ofactivation programs, provided by Public Employment Services,through the prism of incentives and sanctions. Employmentpromotion legislation from the reviewed countries is a majorsource of information. Participation of beneficiaries inrelevant services and programs is also analyzed. The studyfinds that the countries use a variety of instruments, be itspecific employment services, active labor market programs,or benefit and other sanctions, to 'activate'jobseekers with an aim to encourage them to become moreactive in their efforts to find work and/or improve theiremployability. In practice, the activation policies varyconsiderably across countries.