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Sackgasse „Hartz IV". Warum Österreich keine Arbeitsmarktreformen nach deutschem Vorbild braucht

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  • Ilse Leidl-Krapfenbauer
  • Norman Wagner

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In Österreich mehren sich die Stimmen aus der Wirtschaft, die die „vorbildhaften“ deutschen Arbeitsmarktreformen auch hierzulande umgesetzt sehen wollen. Schließlich ist es Deutschland gelungen Österreich den Rang als Land mit der niedrigsten Arbeitslosenquote in der EU abzulaufen. Daher sei es doch naheliegend das deutsche Modell zu übernehmen. Dabei wird aber gerne übersehen, dass die Hartz-Reformen nicht in Zusammenhang mit der sinkenden Arbeitslosenquote in Deutschland stehen und zu sehr hohen sozialen Folgekosten geführt haben, wie zunehmender Atypisierung und Prekarisierung (Working Poor) sowie dem größten Niedriglohnsektor innerhalb der EU-15. Dazu kommt, dass entsprechende Reformen nicht an den grundlegenden Problemen des österreichischen Arbeitsmarktes ansetzen: dem schwachen Wirtschaftswachstum auf der einen Seite und dem steigendem Arbeitskräfteangebot auf der anderen.

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  • Ilse Leidl-Krapfenbauer & Norman Wagner, 2015. "Sackgasse „Hartz IV". Warum Österreich keine Arbeitsmarktreformen nach deutschem Vorbild braucht," Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - WuG, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Statistik, vol. 41(4), pages 545-564.
    • Handle: RePEc:clr:wugarc:y:2015v:41i:4p:545
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