Long‐term effects of public policy for displaced workers in Sweden
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the long‐term effects of policy measures for displaced workers. The focus is on the individuals affected by the closure of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985 and the cutbacks at the LKAB mines in northern Sweden in 1983. Design/methodology/...
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cremerald:10.1108/01437721211253173 2024-06-23T07:55:37+00:00 Long‐term effects of public policy for displaced workers in Sweden Shipyard workers in the west and miners in the north Ohlsson, Henry Storrie, Donald 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437721211253173 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full-xml/10.1108/01437721211253173 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/01437721211253173/full/xml https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/01437721211253173/full/html en eng Emerald https://www.emerald.com/insight/site-policies International Journal of Manpower volume 33, issue 5, page 514-538 ISSN 0143-7720 journal-article 2012 cremerald https://doi.org/10.1108/01437721211253173 2024-06-12T04:06:05Z Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the long‐term effects of policy measures for displaced workers. The focus is on the individuals affected by the closure of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985 and the cutbacks at the LKAB mines in northern Sweden in 1983. Design/methodology/approach These workers not only experienced job loss, but were also target groups for extraordinary labour market policies. Using register data from Statistics Sweden (labour market status, earnings, education etc.), the authors follow those affected until 1999, comparing their experiences with the development of a large sample of other workers who lost their jobs because of plant closures in 1987‐1988 but who did not receive extraordinary measures. Findings Estimations of the net effect of the extraordinary measures find that they did have positive long‐term effects for the displaced shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison group. Originality/value The authors are not aware of any previous research on the effects of labour market policy addressing displacement in the long term. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Emerald International Journal of Manpower 33 5 514 538 |
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the long‐term effects of policy measures for displaced workers. The focus is on the individuals affected by the closure of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985 and the cutbacks at the LKAB mines in northern Sweden in 1983. Design/methodology/approach These workers not only experienced job loss, but were also target groups for extraordinary labour market policies. Using register data from Statistics Sweden (labour market status, earnings, education etc.), the authors follow those affected until 1999, comparing their experiences with the development of a large sample of other workers who lost their jobs because of plant closures in 1987‐1988 but who did not receive extraordinary measures. Findings Estimations of the net effect of the extraordinary measures find that they did have positive long‐term effects for the displaced shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison group. Originality/value The authors are not aware of any previous research on the effects of labour market policy addressing displacement in the long term. |
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