Impact of Active Labor Market Measures on the Return of Disadvantaged Applicants to the Labor Market

Natália POZSONYIOVÁ

https://doi.org/10.53465/EDAMBA.2022.9788022550420.314-323

 

Abstract: Disadvantaged jobseekers make up a significant proportion of all jobseekers in Slovakia, mainly the long term unemployed, so it is interesting to examine whether the provided employment services contribute to raising their standard of living and make it easier to find employment in the labor market, which is not always welcoming disadvantaged groups. However, at a time when a high number of jobseekers are disadvantaged, it is important to look at the needs of these groups and try to motivate them through active labor market policies, while finding a way to bring them back to the labor market effectively and in the long term by finding suitable employment, which would help to improve their living situation. These groups usually meet with insufficient support from the state and the institutions in their efforts to solve their difficult life situation, because the institutions often provide only the necessary services for the groups. Therefore, the question arises as to whether it would not be necessary to focus on improving employment services for the given groups, as an increasing percentage of the population is among the disadvantaged.

Keywords: disadvantaged jobseekers, employment services, active labor market policy

JEL classification: J480, J680, M210

Fulltext: PDF

Online publication date: 3 March 2023

ISBN: 978-80-225-5042-0

Publisher: University of Economics in Bratislava

Pages: 314-323

 

To cite this proceedings paper (STN ISO 690 and 690-2):

POZSONYIOVÁ, N. 2023. Impact of active labor market measures on the return of disadvantaged applicants to the labor market. In LÜLEYOVÁ, A. (ed.). EDAMBA 2022: Conference Proceedings. Bratislava: University of Economics in Bratislava, 2023. ISBN 978-80-225-5042-0, pp. 314-323. https://doi.org/10.53465/EDAMBA.2022.9788022550420.314-323