dc.contributor.author | Koulovatianos, Christos | en_GB |
dc.contributor.author | Schröder, Carsten | en_GB |
dc.contributor.author | Schmidt, Ulrich | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-08-14T11:14:55Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-25T10:26:06Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-19T15:55:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-07 | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | In order to analyze work incentives and distributive justice of the German
Unemployment Benefit system (Arbeitslosengeld II (ALG II)) it is necessary
to quantify the work effort and the value of commodities produced within a
household for different family types. Since such variables are not
directly observable, this study uses survey data based on a questionnaire.
It is shown that ALG II suffers from two fundamental problems: first, work
incentives for households with many children are very small; second, ALG
II disadvantages multi-member households, in particular households with
children. In order to cope with these two problems, ALG II should be
modified in order to increase the living standard of families with
children, and, at the same time, to lower the opportunity cost of entering
the labor market. What seems suitable in this case is to offer free
full-time day care and free meals for children of working parents. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Wirtschaftsdienst, Vol. 88(7) July 2008, pp. 461-466 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10273-008-0819-1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10036/77358 | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | de | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Kiel Working Papers | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 1390 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.springerlink.com | en_GB |
dc.subject | unemployment benefit | en_GB |
dc.subject | household income | en_GB |
dc.subject | social welfare | en_GB |
dc.title | Arbeitslosengeld II: Arbeitsanreize und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2009-08-14T11:14:55Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-25T10:26:06Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-19T15:55:51Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0043-6275 | en_GB |
dc.description | Author's draft published by Kiel Institute for the World Economy in its series Kiel Working Papers with number 1390, dated December 2007. The final publication is available at www.springerlink.com | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1613-978X | |
dc.identifier.journal | Wirtschaftsdienst | en_GB |