Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/326925 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
UNU-MERIT Working Papers No. 2024-029
Publisher: 
United Nations University (UNU), Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht
Abstract: 
Contrary to the still prevailing belief in the Netherlands that the Melkert job project was a failure, we argue based on a political-economic analysis that the Melkert job should be considered an innovative and successful project. It fully acknowledged that a large group of long-term unemployed should not be left in the lurch by creating basic jobs for this group, leading to improved public services. The Melkert job as a basic job thus represents a concrete implementation of the job guarantee, which currently is increasingly gaining interest in Europe.
Subjects: 
Melkert Jobs
public employment
job guarantee
basic income
JEL: 
E65
J68
H53
N34
O15
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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