Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/114021 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9134
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The number of long-term unemployed in Germany has stagnated at around one million for several years. Despite excellent labour market conditions, the long-term unemployment rate is well above the OECD average. Therefore, the "carrot and stick" principle of Hartz reforms is in clear need of further development. The author proposes an overall concept for preventing and reducing long-term unemployment and long-term basic income receipt. An important element is an activation strategy for long-term unemployed and long-term basic income recipients that implies interim target setting and requires more and better trained case managers in the job centres.
Subjects: 
long-term unemployment
long-term basic income receipt
Germany
training programs
active labor market policy
activation
JEL: 
J31
J38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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