Combatting long-term unemployment

In 1999, member states of the European Union committed themselves to offer a fresh start, by 2002 at the latest, to every unemployed young person before he or she has been jobless for six months, and for 12 months in the case of all other people without jobs.

1. Rejecting
2. Reducing unemployment
3. Reducing length of time of unemployment

1. Moving long-term welfare recipients into jobs

1. Enhancing skills of long-term unemployed

1. Undertaking cost-cutting

1. Accepting permanent joblessness

1. Resignation to permanent joblessness
2. Long-term unemployment

1. Unemployment
2. Underemployment
3. Short-termism