The design of active labour market policies: Building in effective incentives
2000; Wiley; Volume: 139; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1564-913x.2000.tb00528.x
ISSN1564-913X
Autores Tópico(s)Retirement, Disability, and Employment
ResumoInternational Labour ReviewVolume 139, Issue 4 p. 457-480 The design of active labour market policies: Building in effective incentives Bart COCKX, Bart COCKX *Institute for Economic and Social Research (Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales — IRES) and Department of Economics, Catholic University of Louvain. The research on which this article is based was supported by the Belgian Programme on Inter-university Poles of Attraction initiated by the Belgian State, Prime Minister's Office, Science Policy Planning. This article is a revised version of a paper entitled “The design of active labour market policies: What matters and what doesn't?”, presented to the International Conference on Institutional and Financial Incentives for Social Insurance, held in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), December 1998. That paper will be published in the conference proceedings forthcoming from Kluwer Law International.Search for more papers by this author Bart COCKX, Bart COCKX *Institute for Economic and Social Research (Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales — IRES) and Department of Economics, Catholic University of Louvain. The research on which this article is based was supported by the Belgian Programme on Inter-university Poles of Attraction initiated by the Belgian State, Prime Minister's Office, Science Policy Planning. This article is a revised version of a paper entitled “The design of active labour market policies: What matters and what doesn't?”, presented to the International Conference on Institutional and Financial Incentives for Social Insurance, held in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), December 1998. That paper will be published in the conference proceedings forthcoming from Kluwer Law International.Search for more papers by this author First published: 22 September 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2000.tb00528.xCitations: 3 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References Orley Ashenfelter; David Card (eds) 1999. The handbook of labor economics. Amsterdam , North Holland. 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