Activation policies in Germany: from status protection to basic income support

"This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labor market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labor market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the g...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eichhorst, Werner, Grienberger-Zingerle, Maria, Konle-Seidl, Regina
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Bonn 2007
IZA
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19125791124919439739-activation-policies-in-Germany.htm
_version_ 1771659894474145793
author Eichhorst, Werner
Grienberger-Zingerle, Maria
Konle-Seidl, Regina
author_facet Eichhorst, Werner
Grienberger-Zingerle, Maria
Konle-Seidl, Regina
collection Library items
description "This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labor market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labor market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the governance and the legal structure of a “Bismarckian” welfare state. Our study points at the changes in Germany’s status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been relinquished for a larger share of dependent population. Unemployment insurance benefit duration is shorter now and newly created basic income support for needy persons is not earnings-related anymore. Pressure on unemployed to take up jobs has increased considerably while more persons than before have access to employment assistance. The paper also aims at a preliminary assessment of the effects of activating labor market policy on labor market as well as social outcomes and sets out probable paths of future adaptation."
format TEXT
geographic Germany
id 19125791124919439739_33b705731e394ac08f10c14223313afd
institution ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
is_hierarchy_id 19125791124919439739_33b705731e394ac08f10c14223313afd
is_hierarchy_title Activation policies in Germany: from status protection to basic income support
language English
physical 64 p.
Digital
publishDate 2007
publisher Bonn
IZA
spellingShingle Eichhorst, Werner
Grienberger-Zingerle, Maria
Konle-Seidl, Regina
activation
social policy
statistics
unemployment benefit
labour market policy
Activation policies in Germany: from status protection to basic income support
thumbnail https://www.labourline.org/Image_prev.jpg?Archive=100450292863
title Activation policies in Germany: from status protection to basic income support
topic activation
social policy
statistics
unemployment benefit
labour market policy
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19125791124919439739-activation-policies-in-Germany.htm