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We develop a general equilibrium analysis of the impact of active labor market policy on unemployment, wages and the welfare of the employed. This framework is used to assess the political support in favour of such policies and to relate it to the working of such policies and other parameters characterizing the economic environment. The main finding is that if the employed have little exposure to...
The paper discusses three aspects of the system for unemployment support. First, active labour market programmes as a means of re-allocating labour from high-unemployment to low-unemployment sectors are analysed, and it is concluded that wage-raising accommodation effects may be a serious problem. Second, the possibility of strengthening incentives for wage moderation by differentiating employee and/or...
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