Sweden also differs in terms of the sharpdemarcation between education and job training within labour market policy andthe standard education system. In Sweden, training measures within theframework of labour market policy have become increasingly separated from thestandard education system. The fundamental concept has been that trainingprovided with labour market policy funding should eliminate temporarybottlenecks and short-term competence shortages in the labour market andconcentrate on qualifications that can be acquired over a maximum trainingperiod of about one year. Added to this is a perception that standard training,for reasons of fairness, should not be offered within the framework of labourmarket policy. It would be unfair and create a number of incentive problems inthe training area if large numbers of unemployed were to have their vocationaltraining funded by activity assistance while others must apply for standardstudent funding. In the other countries, particularly Denmark, entirelydifferent assessments have been made. The premise has rather been that acompleted upper secondary school education should be seen as a right. Inaddition, they have pointed to an efficiency gain from the distribution policy standpoint:those who are furthest from the education system and at greatest risk ofbecoming stuck in a socially marginalised situation have obtained both aneducation and a livelihood at an acceptable level.
There have been several outcome assessmentsof labour market policy youth measures. Many Swedish assessments paint a negativepicture of the results of the measures in terms of jobs and income generation,although the picture is somewhat brighter with respect to(关于;至于) the number who embark onstandard training after completing a youth programme (see Carling and Larsson2005). Corresponding studies on the effects of youth measures in Denmarkprovide a slightly more positive picture, especially regarding transition toregular studies (see Jensen et al. 2003). The importance of breaking lengthy periods of unemployment, notleast in order to reduce the risk of stigmatisation, is also emphasised.ANorwegian outcome assessment of the youth guarantee also paints a more positivepicture (see Hardoy et al. 2006). Above all it is stressed that the goal of activating the long-termunemployed has been achieved.Outcomes in terms of work for the long-term unemployed aftercompleting programme participation also suggest a positive trend. Transition toregular studies, on the other hand, is not very common, although this mayindeed not have been expected considering the orientation of the Norwegianyouth guarantee.


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