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

"This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour 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 labour market policy on labour market as well as social outcomes and sets out probable paths of future adaptation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))Arbeitsmarktpolitik, Sozialpolitik, Reformpolitik, Hartz-Reform, aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik, aktivierende Sozialpolitik, Aktivierung, Leitbild, Wohlfahrtsstaat, Arbeitslosenunterstützung, Sozialleistungen, Leistungsanspruch, Leistungsbezug, Anspruchsvoraussetzung, Leistungshöhe, Grundsicherung nach SGB XII, Grundsicherung nach SGB II, Zielgruppe, Arbeitslosengeld II-Empfänger, Erwerbsfähigkeit, Sanktion, Arbeitslose, Existenzminimum, Eigentum, Berufswahlfreiheit, Arbeitsverwaltung, Kompetenzverteilung, organisatorischer Wandel, Job-Center, ARGE, aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik - Erfolgskontrolle, öffentliche Ausgaben, Armut, politischer Wandel, Politikumsetzung

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

"This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour 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 labour market policy on labour market as well as social outcomes and sets out probable paths of future adaptation." (author's abstract

Kooperative Instrumente der Arbeitsverwaltungen in England und Deutschland

Die Arbeit untersucht die Eingliederungsvereinbarung und das jobseeker’s agreement als Instrumente der Kooperation zwischen Sozialverwaltung und Leistungsempfänger. Hierbei liefert der aktivierende Sozialstaat, der den Einzelnen in den Mittelpunkt staatlichen Handelns stellt, und die Diskussion um eine kooperative Verwaltung den verwaltungswissenschaftlichen Überbau. Die Arbeit zeigt auf, ob und wie beim Eintritt des sozialen Risikos Arbeitslosigkeit Leistung und Gegenleistung durch Vereinbarung zwischen Staat und Bürger mit dem Ziel verbunden werden können, den Einzelnen in die staatliche Aufgabenerfüllung einzubeziehen.Methodisch wird ein Reformprozess in den zwei untersuchten Rechtsordnungen vor dem Hintergrund einer legal transplantation in Abgrenzung zur Rechtsrezeption nachgezeichnet. Es wird die Reichweite der Vorbildfunktion des englischen Rechts bei der Umgestaltung des Rechts der Arbeitsförderung und der Entstehung der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende überprüft

and Bavarian Ministry of Labor

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