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Beschäftigung für Arbeitskräfte mit geringer Produktivität / Employment of Workers with Low Productivity: Ein Beitrag zum Umbau des Sozialstaats / A Contribution to a Reconstruction of the Welfare State

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  • Paqué Karl-Heinz

    (Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Magdeburg, Postfach 41 20, 39016 Magdeburg)

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In Germany, the number of low-wage jobs is relatively small. The paper examines why this is so and which institutional reforms of the welfare state could help to expand the labour demand for low-wage work to give persons with a relatively low productivity a better chance to reintegrate into the labour market. The author proposes a reform of the German welfare state: away from granting unconditional unemployment and social aid towards providing aid for reemployment. The main elements of the reform are (i) subsidies to low-wage employment to foster a genuine market for labour with low productivity and (ii) setting a high priority by the relevant social and employment agencies on re-integration aims. The author extensively discusses a number of potential arguments against his reform proposal.

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  • Paqué Karl-Heinz, 1999. "Beschäftigung für Arbeitskräfte mit geringer Produktivität / Employment of Workers with Low Productivity: Ein Beitrag zum Umbau des Sozialstaats / A Contribution to a Reconstruction of the Welfare Sta," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 219(1-2), pages 194-215, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:219:y:1999:i:1-2:p:194-215
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