Chronic Unemployment: A New Concept for Capturing Weak Labor Market Attachment
In this article, we develop, unfold, and explore the concept of ‘chronic unemployment’ to capture a segment that is weakly attached to the labor market because of repeated spells of unemployment, interrupted only by shorter intervals of temporary employment, inactivity, and/or participation in acti...
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In this article, we develop, unfold, and explore the concept of ‘chronic unemployment’ to capture a segment that is weakly attached to the labor market because of repeated spells of unemployment, interrupted only by shorter intervals of temporary employment, inactivity, and/or participation in active labor market policy measures (ALMP). We do this to capture this segment more adequately than conventional long-term unemployment statistics. We analyze unemployment trajectories of chronically unemployed individuals across different labor market and welfare regimes over more than 10 years based on longitudinal and comparable register data in Denmark, Germany, and Finland. We find that in these developed welfare states, unemployment of a more chronic character is a much wider problem than what conventional statistics reveal, and that sustainable integration into gainful employment at the open labor market is a distant goal for a considerable share of the group.
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| spelling | doaj-art-9aa3ab28aec6421ab790fd1f8ede5c302025-08-21T00:03:17ZengAalborg UniversityNordic Journal of Working Life Studies2245-01572025-08-0110.18291/njwls.158790Chronic Unemployment: A New Concept for Capturing Weak Labor Market AttachmentSimo Aho0Magnus Jespersen1Regina Konle-Seidl2Rasmus Lind Ravn3Stine Rasmussen4Tampere UniversityAalborg UniversityMigration and International Labour StudiesAalborg UniversityAalborg University In this article, we develop, unfold, and explore the concept of ‘chronic unemployment’ to capture a segment that is weakly attached to the labor market because of repeated spells of unemployment, interrupted only by shorter intervals of temporary employment, inactivity, and/or participation in active labor market policy measures (ALMP). We do this to capture this segment more adequately than conventional long-term unemployment statistics. We analyze unemployment trajectories of chronically unemployed individuals across different labor market and welfare regimes over more than 10 years based on longitudinal and comparable register data in Denmark, Germany, and Finland. We find that in these developed welfare states, unemployment of a more chronic character is a much wider problem than what conventional statistics reveal, and that sustainable integration into gainful employment at the open labor market is a distant goal for a considerable share of the group. https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/158790Employment, Wages, Unemployment & RehabilitationLabor Market Institutions & Social Partners |
| spellingShingle | Simo Aho Magnus Jespersen Regina Konle-Seidl Rasmus Lind Ravn Stine Rasmussen Chronic Unemployment: A New Concept for Capturing Weak Labor Market Attachment Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies Employment, Wages, Unemployment & Rehabilitation Labor Market Institutions & Social Partners |
| title | Chronic Unemployment: A New Concept for Capturing Weak Labor Market Attachment |
| title_full | Chronic Unemployment: A New Concept for Capturing Weak Labor Market Attachment |
| title_fullStr | Chronic Unemployment: A New Concept for Capturing Weak Labor Market Attachment |
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| title_short | Chronic Unemployment: A New Concept for Capturing Weak Labor Market Attachment |
| title_sort | chronic unemployment a new concept for capturing weak labor market attachment |
| topic | Employment, Wages, Unemployment & Rehabilitation Labor Market Institutions & Social Partners |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/158790 |
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