Independent policy learning: Contextual diffusion of active labour market policies
Helmdag, Jan; Kuitto, Kati (2018-03)
Helmdag, Jan
Kuitto, Kati
Palgrave Macmillan
03 / 2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2019042513189
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2019042513189
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This chapter analyses in which ways diffusion based on interdependent policy learning explains the spread of active labour market policies (ALMP) in the OECD countries. By applying error correction models using multiplicative spatial Prais-Winsten regressions for analyzing the diffusion of ALMPs in 22 OECD countries from 1991–2013, we find evidence of governments adapting labour market policy strategies that have proven successful, that is, perform well in increasing labour market participation in other countries. However, interdependent learning is conditional on the institutional framework: policymakers rather learn from the experience of other countries in the same welfare regime. Even more importantly, the results bear witness to the importance of the European Employment Strategy (EES) as an international coordination framework facilitating policy learning.
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