Bringing the Jobless into Work? Experiences with Activation Schemes in Europe and the US /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eichhorst, Werner (Editor), Kaufmann, Otto (Editor), Konle-Seidl, Regina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Labor economics.; Social work.; Economics.; Labor Economics.; Social Work.

Over the last decade, many industrialized countries shifted from passive unemployment and welfare benefit regimes and traditional active labor market and social policies to activation strategies by making benefit receipt conditional upon accepting job offers or participation in active labor market s...

Table of Contents:

• Bringing the Jobless into Work? An Introduction to Activation Policies
• Activation Policies in Germany: From Status Protection to Basic Income Support
• The French Strategy against Unemployment: Innovative but Inconsistent
• The Swiss Road to Activation: Legal Aspects, Implementation and Outcomes
• Activation as a Socio-Economic and Legal Concept: Laboratorium the Netherlands
• Making All Persons Work: Modern Danish Labour Market Policies
• Activation Policies in Sweden: “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue”
• ‘Employment First’: Activating the British Welfare State
• Activation from Income Support in the US
• Does Activation Work?
• Activation from a Legal Point of View: Concluding Remarks.