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Activation versus Other Employment Policies – Lessons for Germany

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  • Lars Calmfors, 2004. "Activation versus Other Employment Policies – Lessons for Germany," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 5(02), pages 35-42, October.
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    1. Buttler, Friedrich & Schoof, Ulrich & Walwei, Ulrich, 2006. "The European Social Model and eastern enlargement," Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 39(1), pages 97-122.
    2. Buttler, Friedrich & Schoof, Ulrich & Walwei, Ulrich, 2006. "The European Social Model and eastern enlargement," Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 39(1), pages 97-122.
    3. Buttler, Friedrich & Schoof, Ulrich & Walwei, Ulrich, 2006. "The European Social Model and eastern enlargement," Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 39(1), pages 97-122.

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    Keywords

    Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Beschäftigungspolitik; Deutschland; Schweden; Labour market policy; Employment; Germany; Sweden;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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