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Die Höhe der sozialen Mindestsicherung – Eine Neuberechnung “bottom up” –

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  • Thießen Friedrich
  • Fischer Christian

    (TU Chemnitz, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, 09107 Chemnitz)

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The question how much money society should pay to persons without own income (i. e. the social minimum; in Germany called “Regelsatz”) has been debated extensively in Germany. A complicated procedure has been developed to derive the social minimum from the typical consumption of average lower income persons. Although the procedure as a whole is not unreasonable, it includes several standardised components which have been the cause of severe criticism and the reason for demands to raise the Regelsatz. The goal of this article is to determine the degree of consistency of the Regelsatz with the aims of the German social security system.

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  • Thießen Friedrich & Fischer Christian, 2008. "Die Höhe der sozialen Mindestsicherung – Eine Neuberechnung “bottom up” –," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 57(2), pages 145-173, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:57:y:2008:i:2:p:145-173
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2008-0203
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    1. Michelle Harnisch, 2019. "Non-Take-Up of Means-Tested Social Benefits in Germany," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1793, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.

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