Download or read book Active Labor Market Policies in Europe written by Jochen Kluve and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-02-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measures of Active Labor Market Policy - such as training, wage subsidies, public employment measures, and job search assistance - are widely used in European countries to combat unemployment. This study provides novel insight on this important policy issue by discussing the role of the European Commission's Employment Strategy, reviewing the experiences made in European states, and giving the first ever quantitative assessment of the existing cross-country evidence.