-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of unemployment in Germany by many … proposals to reform social welfare in the recent German policy debate. We analyse a specific reform proposal with the following … effects of this welfare reform proposal are simulated on the basis of an econometrically estimated partialequilibrium labour …

We analyze the work incentives and labor supply effects of the so-called mini- jobs reform (subsidies of social … security contributions to people with low-earnings jobs) introduced in Germany in April 2003. The analysis is based on a …-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Our simulation results show that the likely employment effects of the mini-jobs reform will be small. The …