20 Employment and unemployment
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Bent Greve
Abstract
The chapter first describes what a labour market is, the types of unemployment and welfare states’ policies with regard hereto. This includes what we know about Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP), including its effectiveness as well as compensation for those who are unemployed. The expected development in jobs specifically related to new technology is shown. Whether welfare states are prepared for these changes as a result of the more general changes in the labour market is analysed, including also the specific challenges arising from the tendency for stronger social pressures, among other things, to be caused as a result of the new platforms related to the labour market. Based on these discussions, the chapter considers what the future holds for jobs, including what opportunities there are for inclusive employment and whether there is a need to change the distribution of work, as well as the role of social policies mainly related to income transfers and training
Abstract
The chapter first describes what a labour market is, the types of unemployment and welfare states’ policies with regard hereto. This includes what we know about Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP), including its effectiveness as well as compensation for those who are unemployed. The expected development in jobs specifically related to new technology is shown. Whether welfare states are prepared for these changes as a result of the more general changes in the labour market is analysed, including also the specific challenges arising from the tendency for stronger social pressures, among other things, to be caused as a result of the new platforms related to the labour market. Based on these discussions, the chapter considers what the future holds for jobs, including what opportunities there are for inclusive employment and whether there is a need to change the distribution of work, as well as the role of social policies mainly related to income transfers and training
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
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Part I Research methods
- 1 Contemporary welfare states and their challenges 3
- 2 Four families of theories to understand welfare state change 13
- 3 Evidence-Based Policy-Making 29
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Part II Welfare regimes
- 4 Nordic welfare states: up to challenge? 47
- 5 Continental European welfare states 65
- 6 Liberal welfare states 85
- 7 The Southern European welfare model 101
- 8 Eastern European welfare states 119
- 9 In search of a suitable path for welfare system development in China 135
- 10 East Asia: welfare determinants and issues in the post-developmentalism era 151
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Part III Issues and challenges
- 11 Health policy in a comparative perspective 173
- 12 COVID-19 and the welfare state: impacts, mechanisms, and responses 187
- 13 Through the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives for the welfare state 213
- 14 Long-Term Care in ageing societies 233
- 15 Pension 255
- 16 The legitimacy of the welfare state in the age of migration 271
- 17 Education and the welfare state: worlds of early school leaving in Europe 285
- 18 Economic inequality – a growing issue? 309
- 19 Poverty in the five welfare regimes of Europe 321
- 20 Employment and unemployment 343
- 21 Sustainability 359
- 22 Populism 375
- 23 Behavioural public policy 389
- 24 North–South divide and global social policy 403
- 25 Incentives-disincentives – the benefit side of the welfare states 417
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Part IV Future research needs
- 26 The future of welfare states? 433
- Contributors to this volume 439
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
-
Part I Research methods
- 1 Contemporary welfare states and their challenges 3
- 2 Four families of theories to understand welfare state change 13
- 3 Evidence-Based Policy-Making 29
-
Part II Welfare regimes
- 4 Nordic welfare states: up to challenge? 47
- 5 Continental European welfare states 65
- 6 Liberal welfare states 85
- 7 The Southern European welfare model 101
- 8 Eastern European welfare states 119
- 9 In search of a suitable path for welfare system development in China 135
- 10 East Asia: welfare determinants and issues in the post-developmentalism era 151
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Part III Issues and challenges
- 11 Health policy in a comparative perspective 173
- 12 COVID-19 and the welfare state: impacts, mechanisms, and responses 187
- 13 Through the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives for the welfare state 213
- 14 Long-Term Care in ageing societies 233
- 15 Pension 255
- 16 The legitimacy of the welfare state in the age of migration 271
- 17 Education and the welfare state: worlds of early school leaving in Europe 285
- 18 Economic inequality – a growing issue? 309
- 19 Poverty in the five welfare regimes of Europe 321
- 20 Employment and unemployment 343
- 21 Sustainability 359
- 22 Populism 375
- 23 Behavioural public policy 389
- 24 North–South divide and global social policy 403
- 25 Incentives-disincentives – the benefit side of the welfare states 417
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Part IV Future research needs
- 26 The future of welfare states? 433
- Contributors to this volume 439
