European social statistics. Labour market policy – expenditure and participants – data 2003. 2005 edition

This publication presents data on public expenditure on Labour Market Policy (LMP) measures and numbers of participants in these measures (stocks, entrants and exits). The publication covers measures targeted at people who are unemployed, people in employment but at risk of involuntary job-loss, and inactive persons who are currently not part of the labour force, but who would like to enter the labour market and are disadvantaged in some way.