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

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Konle-Seidl, Regina () (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany])
Eichhorst, Werner
Grienberger-Zingerle, Maria

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"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))

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Paper provided by Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] in its series IAB Discussion Paper with number 200706.

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Keywords: Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Sozialpolitik; Reformpolitik; Hartz-Reform; aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik; aktivierende Sozialpolitik; Aktivierung; Leitbild; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Arbeitslosenunterstützung; Sozialleistungen; Leistungsanspruch; Leistungsbezug; Anspruchsvoraussetzung; Leistungshöhe; Grundsicherung nach SGB XII; Grundsicherung nach SGB II; Zielgruppe; Arbeitslosengeld II-Empfänger; Erwerbsfähigkeit; Sanktion; Arbeitslose; Existenzminimum; Eigentum; Berufswahlfreiheit; Arbeitsverwaltung; Kompetenzverteilung; organisatorischer Wandel; Job-Center; ARGE; aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik - Erfolgskontrolle; öffentliche Ausgaben; Armut; politischer Wandel; Politikumsetzung;

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  1. Lena Jacobi & Jochen Kluve, 2006. "Before and After the Hartz Reforms: The Performance of Active Labour Market Policy in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 2100, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  1. Konle-Seidl, Regina, 2008. "Changes in the governance of employment services in Germany since 2003," IAB Discussion Paper 200810, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]. [Downloadable!]
  2. Martin Huber & Michael Lechner & Conny Wunsch & Thomas Walter, 2009. "Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2009 2009-03, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Amend, Elke & Herbst, Patrick, 2008. "Labor market pooling and human capital investment decisions," IAB Discussion Paper 200804, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]. [Downloadable!]
  4. Hohendanner, Christian, 2007. "Verdrängen Ein-Euro-Jobs sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung in den Betrieben?," IAB Discussion Paper 200708, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]. [Downloadable!]
  5. Werner Eichhorst, 2007. "Der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland: Zwischen Strukturreformen und sozialpolitischem Reflex," IZA Discussion Papers 3194, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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