2023
DOI: 10.1002/epa2.1171
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Trading labor for experience: The role of unpaid internships in shaping Active Labor Market Policies in Ireland since the Great Recession

Abstract: Active Labor Market Policies (ALMPs), which include state‐funded apprenticeships, have long been used as a way of encouraging unemployed youth into skilled and semiskilled trades. However, new forms of “nonstandard” employment are now dominating young people's experience of the labor market. In fact, unpaid internships are becoming a normal part of a modern curriculum vitae and viewed as a necessary rite of passage for a successful school‐to‐work transfer, especially in the middle‐class professions. Through th… Show more

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“…To combat this unemployment, policy-makers have made increasing use of Active Labor Market Policy instruments. Arlow (2023) looks into labor market policy in Ireland and postulates that the increasing use of unpaid internships in times of economic recession backfires in times of economic growth, which corroborates the unfavorable situation for young people on the job market.…”
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“…To combat this unemployment, policy-makers have made increasing use of Active Labor Market Policy instruments. Arlow (2023) looks into labor market policy in Ireland and postulates that the increasing use of unpaid internships in times of economic recession backfires in times of economic growth, which corroborates the unfavorable situation for young people on the job market.…”
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confidence: 99%