The public employment service : greece, ireland, portugal / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manpower policy--Greece.

Manpower policy.

Manpower policy--Portugal.

Manpower policy--Ireland.

Employment agencies--Portugal.

Employment agencies.

Employment agencies--Ireland.

Employment agencies--Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Greece, Ireland and Portugal, on the periphery of Europe, are still influenced by a history of migration from agriculture to urban areas and to other countries, and have all received extensive assistance from the European Union's Structural Funds.Which of these countries' varied, often innovative, strategies in relation to unemployment benefits, hiring subsidies and job creation measures, have been most effective? Employment services have taken on particular responsibility for training, but does this help the long-term unemployed? With a legacy of older workers who left school early, and continuing high levels of self-employment, how can placement performance be improved? This publication examines how the Public Employment Service can actively promote and manage transitions out of unemployment into market work, both directly and via labour market programmes.

Contents:

1. The Political and Labour Market Background

2. Structure, Management, and Main Functions of the Public Employment Service

3. The Job-Broking Function

4. Unemployment Benefits and Related Income Support

5. Active Labour Market Programmes

6. Summary and Conclusions

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-261).

ISBN:

1-280-03512-9

9786610035120

92-64-16376-X

OCLC:

1024259796