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The German Job-AQTIV law - will it help solve the labour market problems?

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  • Gerd Andres
  • Stephan Articus
  • Claudia Weinkopf
  • Alexander Spermann

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The Job-AQTIV law, which took effect on 1 January, is a reform of the Labour Promotion Law. Gerd Andres, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, presents the main elements of this legislation. Dr. Stephan Articus of the Deusche Städtetag (convention of German municipalities), regrets that "the necessary structural reforms were not tackled in the Job-AQTIV law". For Dr. Claudia Weinkopf of the Institute for Labour and Technology and the Science Center of North-Rhine Westphalia, an important aspect was neglected: "Activation makes all the more sense the larger the actual demand for labour. It reaches its limits when there is a considerable shortage of jobs, which is doubtless the case in Germany." Dr. Alexander Spermann, Beratung Economic R & C, Munich, sees the understaffed labour and welfare offices as a major constraint on the success of the new law.

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  • Gerd Andres & Stephan Articus & Claudia Weinkopf & Alexander Spermann, 2002. "The German Job-AQTIV law - will it help solve the labour market problems?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 55(01), pages 03-14, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:55:y:2002:i:01:p:03-14
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    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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