Beneficiaries of labour market policy supports, by type of action

Labour market policy (LMP) supports refer to interventions that provide financial assistance, directly or indirectly, to individuals for labour market reasons or which compensate individuals for disadvantage caused by labour market circumstance. LMP supports are classified by type of action and cover the following categories: out-of-work income maintenance and support (mostly unemployment benefits) and early retirement. Beneficiaries of LMP supports are presented here as annual average stock, i.e. the data refer to the average number of persons benefitting from the LMP supports at any point during the year.