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The Dovish Turnaround: Germany’s Social Benefit Reform and Job Findings

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  • Weber, Enzo

    (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany ; Univ. Regensburg)

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"On the labor markets, recent decades were characterised by structural supply-side reforms in many countries. Following its hawkish reforms from the 2000s, Germany has recently made a dovish turnaround. Conditions in basic income support for unemployed became more generous. Before, a temporary moratorium on sanctions had been imposed, providing a unique policy shift. We analyze the short-run consequences for job findings, building on large administrative data and a novel control group approach. The moratorium dampened job findings by four percent and the subsequent benefit reform by almost six percent in the first year. Other factors played a still larger role for the recent weakening of job findings." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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  • Weber, Enzo, 2024. "The Dovish Turnaround: Germany’s Social Benefit Reform and Job Findings," IAB-Discussion Paper 202407, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    • Handle: RePEc:iab:iabdpa:202407
    DOI: 10.48720/IAB.DP.2407
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    1. Beckmann, Joscha & Boysen-Hogrefe, Jens & Groll, Dominik & Hoffmann, Timo & Jannsen, Nils & Kooths, Stefan & Schröder, Christian & Sonnenberg, Nils, 2024. "Deutsche Wirtschaft in Sommer 2024: Erholung kommt mühsam in Gang [German Economy Summer 2024: Recovery gets off to a slow start]," Kieler Konjunkturberichte 115, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    2. Boysen-Hogrefe, Jens & Groll, Dominik & Hoffmann, Timo & Jannsen, Nils & Kooths, Stefan & Schröder, Christian & Sonnenberg, Nils, 2024. "Deutsche Wirtschaft im Herbst 2024: Konjunktur stottert in kraftlose Erholung," Kieler Konjunkturberichte 117, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).

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    Keywords

    Bundesrepublik Deutschland ; IAB-Open-Access-Publikation ; Auswirkungen ; berufliche Reintegration ; Beschäftigungseffekte ; Bürgergeld ; Erwerbsbeteiligung ; aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Reform ; Sanktion ; Arbeitsaufnahme ; Arbeitslosengeld II-Empfänger ; Bürgergeld-Empfänger ; 2017-2023;
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    JEL classification:

    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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