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Arbeitsanreize für gering Qualifizierte: Anforderungen an das Transfersystem

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  • Vierling Michael

    (Fachhochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung, Fachbereich Bundeswehrverwaltung, Seckenheimer Landstraße 10, D-68163 Mannheim)

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Germany’s social aid and unemployment assistance do not support work incentives, neither with regard to their levels nor their reductions when working hours increase. Thus the social policy trap is complemented by the trap of wages that are too high to allow for full employment. As a consequence, the less qualified are excluded from work. This part of the unemployment problem could be avoided. The key question is how to reconcile incentives for work and for obtaining state transfer. How can the “make-work-pay”-target be achieved? It seems crucial that social aid and unemployment assistance be transferred from income substitutes to wage supplements for those who can work.

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  • Vierling Michael, 2002. "Arbeitsanreize für gering Qualifizierte: Anforderungen an das Transfersystem," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 51(3), pages 376-398, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:51:y:2002:i:3:p:376-398:n:8
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2002-0308
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