In der Corona-Pandemie werden durch Kurzarbeit und weitere Hilfsmaßnahmen ganze Branchen stabilisiert. Dies gilt insbesondere für die stark betroffene Gastronomie. Kurzarbeit sichert bedrohte Arbeitsverhältnisse und dämpft Einkommenseinbußen, die bei Verlust des Arbeitsplatzes eintreten...

In this article, we discuss reform elements of "Hartz IV". This includes, on the one hand, merging unemployment benefits with housing benefits and the additional child benefits (Kinderzuschlag) and, on the other hand, reducing disincentives which prevent the recipients from earning higher...

Germany’s new government attempts once again to get rid of the infamous "Hartz IV" name for the country’s basic income support. The new "Bürgergeld" not only sports a new name, it also formulates new rules for sanctions and for considering income and property.

The Hartz IV labour market reform in 2005 triggered a substantial reduction in unemployment in Germany. At the same time, it reduced social welfare for the long-term unemployed and increased uncertainty for the employed. The proposed reform by the new government ("Bürgergeld") will adjust the...

In its coalition agreement, the German government proposes a reorganisation of the rules of earned income to be considered as a means test of basic income. In doing so, it takes up a frequently voiced criticism of the design of the basic income support for job-seekers under Book II of the Social...

The authors discuss the reform of basic security in the direction of a "citizen’s income" in the coalition agreement of the new "traffic light coalition" at the federal level against the background of fundamental considerations on the future of the welfare state, including those from the...

The new German federal government wants to replace the unemployment benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II) with a so-called citizen’s income ("Bürgergeld"). In doing so, it needs to make major changes. Measures outlined in the coalition agreement indicate that the existing imbalance in the so...

Mit der jüngst vom Bundestag beschlossenen Einführung eines Bürgergelds soll die Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende zum Jahresbeginn 2023 reformiert werden. Die Reform steht dabei nicht allein für eine begriffliche Abkehr von "Hartz IV", sondern beansprucht eine "grundlegende...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war mark a turning point for the German labour market. These crises accelerate transformative forces that have been at work for some time, such as digitalisation and decarbonisation, and are likely to permanently change the international division of labour...