Purpose – One of the most successful labour market programmes in Sweden is a start‐up subsidy programme for job seekers registered at the public employment service. The purpose of this paper is to examine if there are gender differences in outcomes of this programme....

In this article, the authors evaluate a Swedish pilot scheme that targeted immigrants with weak Swedish-language skills registered as unemployed at public employment offices. By sandwiching work-oriented language teaching and practical workplace training, the project aimed at enhancing the...

This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consider three means of doing so: improving the quality by better...

This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consider three means of doing so: improving the quality by better...

The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Günther Schmid.

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not gender‐related differences affect the likelihood of promotion. Design/methodology/approach – The research is done on a unique dataset on the Swedish audit industry, an industry with a well‐defined and well‐known career...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the state funded business counselling on firm growth. Design/methodology/approach – A quasi-experimental difference-in-difference estimation of treatment effects, using a matched sample of comparable untreated firms. Findings – Firms that...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not gender-related differences affect the likelihood of promotion. Design/methodology/approach – The research is done on a unique dataset on the Swedish audit industry, an industry with a well-defined and well-known career ladder....