Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/262796 
Title (translated): 
New regulations on supplementary income for transfer recipients: A great challenge
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Wirtschaftsdienst [ISSN:] 1613-978X [Volume:] 102 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 90-94
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract (Translated): 
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 Code. In recent years, researchers have called for a strengthening of (monetary) incentives to work, especially to take up employment with higher weekly working hours. In this paper, we summarise potential effects of such a reform on labour supply, the income distribution and the government budget in the context of a complex welfare system characterised by a high level of benefit non-take-up.
JEL: 
J65
J68
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Document Type: 
Article

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