Activation policies in Germany: from status protection to basic income support

Regina Konle-Seidl, Werner Eichhorst and Maria Grienberger-Zingerle
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Regina Konle-Seidl: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 200706, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

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 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, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; ARGE; Armut; Berufswahlfreiheit; Eigentum; Erfolgskontrolle; Erwerbsfähigkeit; Existenzminimum; Grundsicherung nach SGB II; Grundsicherung nach SGB XII; Hartz-Reform; Jobcenter; Kompetenzverteilung; aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik; aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik; aktivierende Sozialpolitik; Aktivierung; Leistungsanspruch; Leistungsbezug; Leistungshöhe; Leitbild; öffentliche Ausgaben; organisatorischer Wandel; Anspruchsvoraussetzung; Politikumsetzung; politischer Wandel; Reformpolitik; Sanktion; Sozialleistungen; Sozialpolitik; Arbeitslose; Arbeitslosengeld II-Empfänger; Arbeitslosenunterstützung; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Zielgruppe; Arbeitsverwaltung (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 76 pages
Date: 2007
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Chapter: Activation Policies in Germany: From Status Protection to Basic Income Support (2008)
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