Working Paper #2024-029
Melkert Jobs, a unique experiment
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.
- Keywords
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- Melkert Jobs
- public employment
- job guarantee
- basic income
- JEL codes
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- E65
- J68
- H53
- N34
Cite this as
APA 7th ed.Mosselman, K., & Muysken, J. (2024). Melkert Jobs, a unique experiment (UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2024-029). UNU-MERIT. https://unu-merit.nl/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=9864