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Unemployment Care In Weimar Germany - International Perspective

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Jakub Rákosník
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The article deals with the German obligatory unemployment insurance (so-called AVAVG, enacted in 1927) in the interwar period. This scheme replaced an older system, introduced in 1918, based on monetary provisions distributed under means-tests and financed from taxes. The prospective unemployment rate was underestimated. Because of this fact the insurance scheme had the serious trouble of showing a deficit. Financing became an important issue in the political struggle among political parties, and governments were not able to enforce any fundamental curative reform of this scheme before 1933.

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Article provided by University of Economics, Prague in its journal Acta Oeconomica Pragensia.

Volume (Year): 2009 (2009)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 78-88
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Keywords: unemployment; unemployment insurance; welfare state; Weimar Republic;

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I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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