The analysis is about the compulsory German unemployment insurance system (GUIS). It is known that GUIS did nothing to … prevent the continuous rise of the rate of unemployment since the 1970s. The empirical literature about GUIS indicates that … literature on reforming the system of unemployment insurance has arisen, most of it aiming at marginal reforms only. It turns out …

An effective approach to reducing unemployment would be to change both the legal framework for negotiating pay … agreements and the behaviour of the negotiating partners. The main causes of unemployment in Germany are: the legal conditions … representatives, which place securing employment for the employees in the forefront, are often impeded from reaching a sensible local …