European Social Fund: Evolution and geographic allocation. The case of Spain

• Autores: Juan González Alegre
• Localización: Cuadernos económicos de ICE, ISSN 0210-2633, ISSN-e 2340-9037, Nº 91 (Junio 2016), 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Política Económica Europea), págs. 183-202
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.32796/cice.2016.91.6127
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• Resumen
  • español

    El Fondo Social Europeo (FSE) es el instrumento fiscal de la Unión Europea para la ejecución de políticas laborales. Está orientado, principalmente, al incentivo de Políticas Activas de Empleo en regiones con deficiencias en su mercado de trabajo. Este trabajo analiza la evolución del FSE desde su creación, y su capacidad para adaptarse tanto a las nuevas estrategias de política regional como a la coyuntura económica. Prestando una atención especial al caso particular de España, el trabajo también incluye una mención a la evidencia empírica existente sobre la eficacia de las Políticas Activas de Empleo.

  • English

    The European Social Fund (ESF) is the fiscal tool used by the European Union to undertake labor market policies. It is devoted mainly to the promotion of Active Labor Market Policies (ALMPs) in regions in which the performance of the labor market is relatively poor. This paper analyzes the evolution of the ESF since its creation, and its capacity of adaptation to renewed strategies and a changing scenario. With a particular attention to the case of Spain, the paper also reviews the empirical literature, in the search of scientific evidence about the capacity of ALMPs to raise employment

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