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Unemployment care in Weimar Germany - international perspective
[Péče o nezaměstnané ve Výmarské republice v mezinárodní perspektivě]

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  • Jakub Rákosník

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The article deals with the German obligatory unemployment insurance (so-called AVAVG, enacted in 1927) in the interwar period. This scheme replaced an older system, introduced in 1918, based on monetary provisions distributed under means-tests and financed from taxes. The prospective unemployment rate was underestimated. Because of this fact the insurance scheme had the serious trouble of showing a deficit. Financing became an important issue in the political struggle among political parties, and governments were not able to enforce any fundamental curative reform of this scheme before 1933.

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  • Jakub Rákosník, 2009. "Unemployment care in Weimar Germany - international perspective [Péče o nezaměstnané ve Výmarské republice v mezinárodní perspektivě]," Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2009(1), pages 78-88.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2009:y:2009:i:1:id:5:p:78-88
    DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.5
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    1. Daniel Creamer, 1934. "Unemployment Insurance in Germany: Further Considered," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 42, pages 788-788.
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      unemployment; unemployment insurance; welfare state; Weimar Republic;
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      JEL classification:

      • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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