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Activation policies in Germany: from status protection to basic income support
Aktivierungspolitik in Deutschland: von der Statussicherung zur Grundsicherung
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Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (IAB)
Abstract "This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the gove... view more
"This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the governance and the legal structure of a 'Bismarckian' welfare state. Our study points at the changes in Germany's status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been relinquished for a larger share of dependent population. Unemployment insurance benefit duration is shorter now and newly created basic income support for needy persons is not earnings-related anymore. Pressure on unemployed to take up jobs has increased considerably while more persons than before have access to employment assistance. The paper also aims at a preliminary assessment of the effects of activating labour market policy on labour market as well as social outcomes and sets out probable paths of future adaptation." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
activating labor market policy; reform policy; basic income; poverty; employment agency; insurance claim; social policy; Hartz-Reform; welfare state; sanction; results measurement; unemployed person; employment service; subsistence level; Arbeitslosengeld II; Federal Republic of Germany; unemployment compensation; social benefits; labor market policy; receipt of benefits; occupational invalidity; target group; public expenditures; transfer payments; activation
Classification
Social Security
Labor Market Policy
Method
applied research; descriptive study; evaluation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
City
Nürnberg
Page/Pages
69 p.
Series
IAB Discussion Paper: Beiträge zum wissenschaftlichen Dialog aus dem Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 06/2007
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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