youth
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Novel data on Active Labour Market Policies (ALMP) expenditure by age group and gender
How much do European governments spend on active labour market policies (ALMP) to support young people’s transition from school and into employment? So far, there was no comparable data to answer this question and research interested in measuring policy effort to support unemployed young people had to rely on qualitative indicators (e.g. Tosun, Unt &…
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Active Labour Market Policy Expenditure by Age and Gender. New data and its benefits
Active labour market policies (ALMP) are an important instrument in the toolbox of modern welfare states, yet comparative research typically relies on aggregate spending measures that obscure how resources are distributed across target groups. This paper addresses this limitation by developing a new method to disaggregate ALMP expenditure by age group (15–24 and 25+) and…