TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconsidering ‘what works’ in welfare-to-work with the vulnerable unemployed
T2 - The potential of relational causality as an alternative approach.
AU - Jensen, Tanja Dall
AU - Danneris, Sophie
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - There is growing interest in research that informs more effective practices in employment services across Europe, Australia and the USA. However, despite the ever-expanding amount of research on the implementation and efficacy of various policy programmes in practice, the knowledge on how to bring unemployed individuals closer to the labour market remains ambiguous and inconclusive. This is especially so in the context of the more vulnerable unemployed, who face physical, mental and social challenges in addition to unemployment. In this article, we examine the existing literature in terms of its potential to inform (the development of) effective employment policies. On this basis, we outline an alternative approach based on the concept of relational causality, and discuss the implications of such an approach for applied policy research.
AB - There is growing interest in research that informs more effective practices in employment services across Europe, Australia and the USA. However, despite the ever-expanding amount of research on the implementation and efficacy of various policy programmes in practice, the knowledge on how to bring unemployed individuals closer to the labour market remains ambiguous and inconclusive. This is especially so in the context of the more vulnerable unemployed, who face physical, mental and social challenges in addition to unemployment. In this article, we examine the existing literature in terms of its potential to inform (the development of) effective employment policies. On this basis, we outline an alternative approach based on the concept of relational causality, and discuss the implications of such an approach for applied policy research.
KW - Evidence based policy
KW - relational causality
KW - vulnerable unemployed
KW - welfare-to-work
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065661449&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1474746419000186
DO - 10.1017/S1474746419000186
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1474-7464
VL - 18
SP - 583
EP - 596
JO - Social Policy and Society
JF - Social Policy and Society
IS - 4
ER -