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Casey, Bernard H. and Gold, Michael (2005) Peer review of labour market programmes in the European Union : what can countries really learn from one another? Journal of European Public Policy, Volume 12 (Number 1). pp. 23-43. doi:10.1080/1350176042000311899 ISSN 1350-1763.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350176042000311899
Abstract
This article analyses attempts to promote the diffusion of labour market programmes across the member states of the EU. Under a peer review procedure, member states are encouraged to host visits from other countries to review policy approaches and policy measures whose success they wish to publicize. The article examines the extent to which reviewers feel that they have learnt and whether they consider any aspects of the programmes they have examined to be transferable. Whilst there is evidence at EU level of policy convergence through the adoption of certain labour market targets, there is little evidence either of systematic learning or of significant efforts at emulation. Some explanations for failure on the first count might be found in more general impediments to organizational learning. Some explanations for failures on the second count might be found in perceptions of major cultural and institutional differences between countries. Proposals are made for improvement of the peer review procedure, but reservations remain about whether it does not remain about it being a relatively exclusive process.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Labor market -- Regional disparities, European Union | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of European Public Policy | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1350-1763 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2005 | ||||||
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Volume: | Volume 12 | ||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 20 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 23-43 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/1350176042000311899 | ||||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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