All over Western Europe unemployment has for a considerable number of years been at a
very high level, thus presenting social policy with increasing difficulties in securing
satisfactory living conditions tor the long-term unem ployed Austerity programmes have
generally reduced public financial trans fers to the unemployed. while at the same time the
average duration of unemployment has increased sharply Therefore. the long-term
unemployed experience increasing risks of poverty. partly because income replacements …

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