Activating states: transforming the delivery of 'welfare to work' services to the long-term unemployed in Australia, Great Britain and the Netherlands

随着失业率下降，未来几年可能出现劳动力短缺，以及澳大利亚每年200亿美元的收入支持支出，政策制定者关注的是增加社会保障接受者的经济参与度。这个项目将为政策制定者和服务提供者提供重要的比较评估，以评估前线工作人员执行旨在促进经济参与的政策的方式，并为制定更有效地帮助失业者找到可持续的有薪工作的政策提供必要的数据。它将解决国家研究的优先事项，即通过加强澳大利亚的社会和经济结构来促进和保持良好的健康。

With declining unemployment, the possibility of labour force shortages in future years, and an annual expense of $20 billion on income support in Australia, policy makers are concerned with increasing the economic participation of social security recipients. This project will provide policy makers and service providers with important comparative assessments of the way policies designed to promote economic participation are executed by frontline staff and will provide essential data for designing policy which is more effective in assisting the unemployed to find sustainable paid employment. It will address the National Research Priority of promoting and maintaining good health through strengthening Australia's social and economic fabric.