Beschäftigungseffekte und fiskalische Kosten von Lohnsubventionen im Niedriglohnbereich (Employment effects and fiscal costs of wage subsidies in the low-wage sector)

Hermann Buslei and Viktor Steiner

Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 2000, vol. 33, issue 1, 54-67

Abstract: "In this paper the basic manifestations and effects of wage subsidies are outlined and the probable employment effects of the existing subsidies are shown. In addition to this the paper analyses what employment effects and fiscal costs would result from proposed changes to the existing forms of subsidy. Both wage subsidies to firms and wage-related transfers to employees in the form of improved possibilities of earning in addition to receiving social assistance or unemployment benefit are considered. In view of the considerable amount of funding needed per additional employee, wage subsidies to firms in the form of subsidising the social security contributions or a degressively graded subsidy of hourly wages in the entire low-wage sector do not appear to be justifiable alone with the aim of increasing employment. No larger growths in employment are to be expected from improved possibilities of earning in addition to receiving social assistance or unemployment benefit, either." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Beschäftigungseffekte; Beschäftigungspolitik; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Lohnsubvention; Niedriglohn; Sozialabgaben; Sozialhilfe; Arbeitslosenhilfe; 1989-1999 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doku.iab.de/mittab/2000/2000_1_MittAB_Buslei_Steiner.pdf

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iab:iabmit:v:33:i:1:p:054-067

Access Statistics for this article

Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung is currently edited by ZAF-Redaktion

More articles in Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by IAB, Geschäftsbereich Wissenschaftliche Fachinformation und Bibliothek ().