Can active labor market policy be counter-productive?
"We study active labor market policies (ALMP) in a matching model. ALMPs are modelled as a subsidy to job search. Workers differ in their productivity, and search takes place along an extensive margin. An additional job seeker affects the quality of unemployed workers. As a result, the Hosios c...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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2014
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| author | Saint-Paul, Gilles |
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| description | "We study active labor market policies (ALMP) in a matching model. ALMPs are modelled as a subsidy to job search. Workers differ in their productivity, and search takes place along an extensive margin. An additional job seeker affects the quality of unemployed workers. As a result, the Hosios conditions are no longer valid. To replicate the optimum the worker share in bargaining must exceed the Hosios level, and one must impose a tax on job search activity. The coalition in favor of ALMP is also studied." |
| format | TEXT |
| id | 19116251124919344339_7beeeaab7b27445d96cebcdd901bd020 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19116251124919344339_7beeeaab7b27445d96cebcdd901bd020 |
| is_hierarchy_title | Can active labor market policy be counter-productive? |
| language | English |
| physical | 21 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2014 |
| publisher | Bonn IZA |
| spellingShingle | Saint-Paul, Gilles activation job searching labour market policy Can active labor market policy be counter-productive? |
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| title | Can active labor market policy be counter-productive? |
| topic | activation job searching labour market policy |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19116251124919344339-Can-active-labor-market-policy.htm |