CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Munta, Mario |
|---|---|
| Title | Europeanization of active labour market policies: The role of welfare state regimes |
| Summary | In 1997, the European Union deployed the European Employment Strategy (EES) aimed at tackling structural unemployment through soft coordination mechanisms. Active labour market policies (ALMPs) were the central policy instrument. They included active and preventive measures that incentivize the unemployed to intensify their job-search activity and enhance their employability. This MA thesis investigates the effectiveness of the EES on EU Member States, and asks the question whether EU Member States foster welfare-regime-specific approaches to ALMPs, and to what extent the EES influences domestic ALMPs and cross-country convergence. It draws on the welfare regime and Europeanization literature and uses process-tracing on three regime representatives (Denmark, Germany and United Kingdom). Social democratic regimes are expected to favour human-capital-oriented ALMPs, liberal regimes labour market services, whereas conservative regimes might resist activation policies. The findings reveal a marginal impact of the EES through policy learning mechanisms, high domestic reflexivity and continuity of welfare-regime-specific approaches in the cases of Denmark and United Kingdom. Eventually, the EES could render more effectiveness in new Member States in combination with the EU funds’ conditionality. |
| Supervisor | Puetter, Uwe; PhD |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/munta_mario.pdf |
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