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This report examines the performance of the Public Employment Service (PES) and the effectiveness of the activation strategies in Norway. It covers the role of the key actors in labour market policies, the placement function of the PES, the structure of benefits for the working-age population out of work and the related incentives and disincentives for taking up work and gives an overview of the different active labour
market programmes.
Over the past years, labour market conditions in Norway have been better than elsewhere in the OECD area, reflecting strong economic and productivity growth. The global financial and economic crisis and the significant decline in oil and gas prices observed since the second half of 2008 is affecting the short-term economic prospect, with some deterioration in labour market conditions.