Labour market policies
6 January 2021

To improve the functioning of labour markets, policymakers need to address labour market mismatches, labour market segmentation, and design employment policies geared towards the integration of specific groups into the labour market.Read more
To improve the functioning of labour markets, policymakers need to address labour market mismatches, labour market segmentation, and design employment policies geared towards the integration of specific groups into the labour market. Active labour market policies (ALMP) are public interventions which are explicitly targeted at groups of persons with difficulties in the labour market. These policies include Public Employment Services or other publicly funded services for jobseekers. Active support to employment is included in the European Pillar of Social Rights.
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Publications & data
TopThe sections below provide access to a range of publications, data and ongoing work on this topic.
- Publications (355)
- Data
- Ongoing work (1)
Publications
Eurofound publications come in a variety of formats, including reports, policy briefs, blogs, articles and presentations.
Approaches to the labour market integration of refugees and asylum seekers
Publication 14 December 2016New forms of employment: Developing the potential of strategic employee sharing
Publication 21 November 2016What do Europeans do at work? A task-based analysis: European Jobs Monitor 2016
Publication 20 June 2016Data
A selection of related data on this topic are linked below.
- Data: COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch
Ongoing work
Research continues in this topic on a variety of themes, which are outlined below with links to forthcoming titles.