Beschäftigung für Arbeitskräfte mit geringer Produktivität / Employment of Workers with Low Productivity: Ein Beitrag zum Umbau des Sozialstaats / A Contribution to a Reconstruction of the Welfare State

Paqué Karl-Heinz ()
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Paqué Karl-Heinz: Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Magdeburg, Postfach 41 20, 39016 Magdeburg

Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 1999, vol. 219, issue 1-2, 194-215

Abstract: In Germany, the number of low-wage jobs is relatively small. The paper examines why this is so and which institutional reforms of the welfare state could help to expand the labour demand for low-wage work to give persons with a relatively low productivity a better chance to reintegrate into the labour market. The author proposes a reform of the German welfare state: away from granting unconditional unemployment and social aid towards providing aid for reemployment. The main elements of the reform are (i) subsidies to low-wage employment to foster a genuine market for labour with low productivity and (ii) setting a high priority by the relevant social and employment agencies on re-integration aims. The author extensively discusses a number of potential arguments against his reform proposal.

Keywords: Welfare programs; unemployment support; wage subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-1999-1-228

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