Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2000:7: Active labour market policies and real-wage determination - Swedish evidence
Anders Forslund () and Ann-Sofie Kolm ()
Additional contact information
Anders Forslund: IFAU - Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Postal: Labour Market Policy Evaluation, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Ann-Sofie Kolm: IFAU - Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Postal: Labour Market Policy Evaluation, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract: A number of earlier studies have examined whether extensive labour market programmes (ALMPs) contribute to upward wage pressure in the Swedish economy. Most studies on aggregate data have concluded that they actually do. In this paper we look at this issue using more recent data to check whether the extreme conditions in the Swedish labour market in the 1990s and the concomitant high levels of ALMP participation have brought about a change in the previously observed pattern. We also look at the issue using three different estimaton methods to check the robustness of the results. Our main finding is that, according to most estimates, ALMPs do not seem to contribute significantly to an increased wage pressure.
Keywords: Labour market policies; Real-wage determination
118 pages, November 8, 2000
Full text files
wp00-7.pdf
- IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
- Ordering Working Papers
- Home page for this series
Questions (including download problems) about the papers in this series should be directed to Ali Ghooloo ()
Report other problems with accessing this service to Sune Karlsson ().
RePEc:hhs:ifauwp:2000_007This page generated on 2024-09-13 22:15:18.