Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/335665 
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2024
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[Journal:] Journal of Policy Analysis and Management [ISSN:] 1520-6688 [Volume:] 45 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] e22648 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2024
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Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
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On the labor markets, recent decades were characterized 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, combined with a focus on qualification and development. Before, a temporary moratorium on sanctions had been imposed, providing a unique policy shift. We analyze the consequences for job findings, building on large administrative data and a novel control group approach. The moratorium dampened job findings by 4% and the subsequent benefit reform by almost 6%—offsetting half of the positive effect of the 2000s reform. Considering reform objectives, so far, we find no improvement in skill level, job stability, or transitions to training.
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