Abstract Krisen fordern Arbeitsmärkte und deren (institutionelle) Akteure heraus – die Coronakrise hat dies in Geschwindigkeit, Ausmaß und Dauer besonders deutlich gezeigt. Wie die arbeitsmarktpolitischen Akteure agieren, hängt nicht nur vom faktischen Krisenverlauf, sondern auch von der Ausgangslage der Akteure selbst ab. Für das BMAS wie für die BA gilt, dass zumindest partiell ein antizipierendes Bewusstsein für krisenhafte Entwicklungen konstatiert werden kann, auf dem die pandemiebedingten Maßnahmen organisational aufbauen konnten. Am Beispiel der BA verdeutlicht der Beitrag vor diesem Hintergrund empirisch, wie der Übergang von einer stark den Prinzipien des New Public Managements verpflichteten, gleichwohl hierarchisch organisierten Administration zu einer problemgesteuerten Krisenakteurin mit flexibler Reagibilität gelingen konnte. Eingebettet wird diese Zeitdiagnose in konzeptionelle Überlegungen entlang der Debatten um Governance und der Frage nach der Notwendigkeit öffnender Räume im Handeln staatlicher Institutionen. Die Autorin und die Autoren danken den beiden anonymen Gutachterinnen oder Gutachtern für die wertvollen Überarbeitungsvorschläge.
{"title":"Politische Steuerung in turbulenten Zeiten: Die deutsche Arbeitsverwaltung als Akteurin der Corona-Pandemie","authors":"M. Schulze, Sebastian Brandl, I. Matuschek","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Krisen fordern Arbeitsmärkte und deren (institutionelle) Akteure heraus – die Coronakrise hat dies in Geschwindigkeit, Ausmaß und Dauer besonders deutlich gezeigt. Wie die arbeitsmarktpolitischen Akteure agieren, hängt nicht nur vom faktischen Krisenverlauf, sondern auch von der Ausgangslage der Akteure selbst ab. Für das BMAS wie für die BA gilt, dass zumindest partiell ein antizipierendes Bewusstsein für krisenhafte Entwicklungen konstatiert werden kann, auf dem die pandemiebedingten Maßnahmen organisational aufbauen konnten. Am Beispiel der BA verdeutlicht der Beitrag vor diesem Hintergrund empirisch, wie der Übergang von einer stark den Prinzipien des New Public Managements verpflichteten, gleichwohl hierarchisch organisierten Administration zu einer problemgesteuerten Krisenakteurin mit flexibler Reagibilität gelingen konnte. Eingebettet wird diese Zeitdiagnose in konzeptionelle Überlegungen entlang der Debatten um Governance und der Frage nach der Notwendigkeit öffnender Räume im Handeln staatlicher Institutionen. Die Autorin und die Autoren danken den beiden anonymen Gutachterinnen oder Gutachtern für die wertvollen Überarbeitungsvorschläge.","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"267 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43917641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Der Artikel diskutiert anhand der Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojektes zum Wandel sozialer Dienstleistungen in der Corona-Pandemie Herausforderungen, die sich aus der Digitalisierung sozialer Dienstleistungen für deren Governance durch die Leistungsträger ergeben. Es wird ein Analyserahmen entwickelt und exemplarisch auf die Soziale Schuldnerberatung als freigemeinnützig bereitgestellte soziale Dienstleistung angewendet. Wir unterscheiden drei GovernanceDimensionen: Finanzierung, Organisation und Zugang. Die Digitalisierung initiiert Prozesse der Trans-Territorialisierung. Die institutionellen Regelungsstrukturen, innerhalb derer die Governance sozialer Dienstleistungen erfolgt, können infolgedessen ihre strukturierenden Effekte nicht mehr voll entfalten. Institutionentheoretisch gesprochen kommt es zu einer „drift“-Situation. Der Artikel diskutiert am Beispiel der Schuldnerberatung, wie dem resultierenden Bedarf institutioneller Anpassung in allen drei GovernanceDimensionen begegnet werden kann. Based on the results of a recent research project on the transformation of social services during the Corona pandemic, the article discusses challenges arising from the digitalization of social services for their governance by the public service principal. In this context, we develop an analytical framework and apply it exemplarily to social debt counseling as a social service provided by non-profit service providers. We distinguish three governance dimensions: financing, organization and access. Digitalization sets in motion processes of the trans-territorialization of social services. As a result, the institutional regulatory structures within which the governance of social services has taken place can no longer fully unfold their structuring effects. In terms of institutional theory, this leads to a „drift“ situation. This article discusses how the resulting need for institutional adaptation can be addressed in all three governance dimensions.
{"title":"Digitalisierung als Herausforderung für die Governance sozialer Dienstleistungen – das Beispiel der Sozialen Schuldnerberatung","authors":"P. Kaps, R. Reiter, F. Oschmiansky, S. Popp","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Der Artikel diskutiert anhand der Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojektes zum Wandel sozialer Dienstleistungen in der Corona-Pandemie Herausforderungen, die sich aus der Digitalisierung sozialer Dienstleistungen für deren Governance durch die Leistungsträger ergeben. Es wird ein Analyserahmen entwickelt und exemplarisch auf die Soziale Schuldnerberatung als freigemeinnützig bereitgestellte soziale Dienstleistung angewendet. Wir unterscheiden drei GovernanceDimensionen: Finanzierung, Organisation und Zugang. Die Digitalisierung initiiert Prozesse der Trans-Territorialisierung. Die institutionellen Regelungsstrukturen, innerhalb derer die Governance sozialer Dienstleistungen erfolgt, können infolgedessen ihre strukturierenden Effekte nicht mehr voll entfalten. Institutionentheoretisch gesprochen kommt es zu einer „drift“-Situation. Der Artikel diskutiert am Beispiel der Schuldnerberatung, wie dem resultierenden Bedarf institutioneller Anpassung in allen drei GovernanceDimensionen begegnet werden kann. Based on the results of a recent research project on the transformation of social services during the Corona pandemic, the article discusses challenges arising from the digitalization of social services for their governance by the public service principal. In this context, we develop an analytical framework and apply it exemplarily to social debt counseling as a social service provided by non-profit service providers. We distinguish three governance dimensions: financing, organization and access. Digitalization sets in motion processes of the trans-territorialization of social services. As a result, the institutional regulatory structures within which the governance of social services has taken place can no longer fully unfold their structuring effects. In terms of institutional theory, this leads to a „drift“ situation. This article discusses how the resulting need for institutional adaptation can be addressed in all three governance dimensions.","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"299 - 327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47746076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The German economy has witnessed a stable upswing in the last decade. At the same time, receipt of welfare benefits did not decline substantially. In a dualised labour market and a welfare system under an activation paradigm (Unemployment Benefit II), many (former) welfare recipients face instable and lowpaid employment opportunities. Hence, returns to benefit receipt are rather common. Using administrative data and hazard rate models, we study the determinants of stable exits from welfare to employment focussing on the labour market segment after exit. Employment-related exits are slightly more common and significantly more stable than other exits. Labour market resources are associated with quicker employment-related exits, but not always with longer self-sufficiency. The stability of exits is also related to the economic sector and the type of employment. The results indicate that in addition to encouraging leaving welfare receipt, measures promoting good and sustainable employment are needed.
{"title":"Back and forth? The role of labour market resources and segments for work-related exits from and returns to welfare benefit receipt in Germany","authors":"Torsten Lietzmann, Katrin Hohmeyer","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The German economy has witnessed a stable upswing in the last decade. At the same time, receipt of welfare benefits did not decline substantially. In a dualised labour market and a welfare system under an activation paradigm (Unemployment Benefit II), many (former) welfare recipients face instable and lowpaid employment opportunities. Hence, returns to benefit receipt are rather common. Using administrative data and hazard rate models, we study the determinants of stable exits from welfare to employment focussing on the labour market segment after exit. Employment-related exits are slightly more common and significantly more stable than other exits. Labour market resources are associated with quicker employment-related exits, but not always with longer self-sufficiency. The stability of exits is also related to the economic sector and the type of employment. The results indicate that in addition to encouraging leaving welfare receipt, measures promoting good and sustainable employment are needed.","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"180 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47266406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Erwerbsformen sind schon seit geraumer Zeit in Bewegung. Vor allem die vom Normalarbeitsverhältnis abweichenden Vertragsformen, wie z. B. Teilzeitbeschäftigung oder befristete Arbeitsverträge, legten in der langen Frist zu. Der vorliegende Beitrag geht vor diesem Hintergrund zwei Fragen nach: Gibt es in den letzten drei Dekaden wirklich einen Trend, der auf eine neue Normalität in der Verteilung der Erwerbsformen schließen lässt? Gingen die Veränderungen eher mit einer Umverteilung von Beschäftigung oder mit einer Erschließung zusätzlicher Beschäftigtengruppen einher? Die auf dem Mikrozensus des Statistischen Bundesamtes basierenden Ergebnisse zeigen zunächst, dass sich die Veränderungen in der Zusammensetzung der Erwerbsformen nicht als kontinuierlich erwiesen haben. In den Jahren des anhaltenden Beschäftigungsaufschwungs vor der aktuellen Corona-Krise hatten sich die vom Normalarbeitsverhältnis abweichenden Beschäftigungsformen sogar wieder leicht zurückgebildet. Die Betrachtung des Verhältnisses von Erwerbsformen und Erwerbsbevölkerung legt weiter nahe, dass der Wandel der Erwerbsformen in der Gruppe der sog. „Kernerwerbstätigen“ (25–64-Jährige) nicht mit einer direkten Substitution einhergegangen ist. Ansonsten hätten die Erwerbstätigenquoten der Normalarbeitsverhältnisse für diese Altersgruppe nicht gleichzeitig zunehmen dürfen. Diese Aussage gilt aber den Analysen zufolge nicht für alle Altersgruppen. Sie trifft ausschließlich auf ältere Erwerbstätige zu, deren Arbeitsmarktpartizipation im Untersuchungszeitraum ohnehin deutlich zulegte. Bei den jüngeren Altersgruppen hat der Aufwuchs bei der Teilzeitbeschäftigung die Normalarbeitsverhältnisse jedoch leicht zurückgedrängt. Ob sich daraus Kohorteneffekte ergeben, ist aus heutiger Sicht offen Der Autor dankt zum einen den anonymen Gutachterinnen und Gutachtern für die wertvollen Hinweise. Zum anderen dankt er Daniel Giehl für die tatkräftige Unterstützung bei der Auswertung der Mikrozensus-Daten und der Zusammenstellung der Literatur..
{"title":"Wandel der Erwerbsformen: War normal gestern?","authors":"U. Walwei","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Erwerbsformen sind schon seit geraumer Zeit in Bewegung. Vor allem die vom Normalarbeitsverhältnis abweichenden Vertragsformen, wie z. B. Teilzeitbeschäftigung oder befristete Arbeitsverträge, legten in der langen Frist zu. Der vorliegende Beitrag geht vor diesem Hintergrund zwei Fragen nach: Gibt es in den letzten drei Dekaden wirklich einen Trend, der auf eine neue Normalität in der Verteilung der Erwerbsformen schließen lässt? Gingen die Veränderungen eher mit einer Umverteilung von Beschäftigung oder mit einer Erschließung zusätzlicher Beschäftigtengruppen einher? Die auf dem Mikrozensus des Statistischen Bundesamtes basierenden Ergebnisse zeigen zunächst, dass sich die Veränderungen in der Zusammensetzung der Erwerbsformen nicht als kontinuierlich erwiesen haben. In den Jahren des anhaltenden Beschäftigungsaufschwungs vor der aktuellen Corona-Krise hatten sich die vom Normalarbeitsverhältnis abweichenden Beschäftigungsformen sogar wieder leicht zurückgebildet. Die Betrachtung des Verhältnisses von Erwerbsformen und Erwerbsbevölkerung legt weiter nahe, dass der Wandel der Erwerbsformen in der Gruppe der sog. „Kernerwerbstätigen“ (25–64-Jährige) nicht mit einer direkten Substitution einhergegangen ist. Ansonsten hätten die Erwerbstätigenquoten der Normalarbeitsverhältnisse für diese Altersgruppe nicht gleichzeitig zunehmen dürfen. Diese Aussage gilt aber den Analysen zufolge nicht für alle Altersgruppen. Sie trifft ausschließlich auf ältere Erwerbstätige zu, deren Arbeitsmarktpartizipation im Untersuchungszeitraum ohnehin deutlich zulegte. Bei den jüngeren Altersgruppen hat der Aufwuchs bei der Teilzeitbeschäftigung die Normalarbeitsverhältnisse jedoch leicht zurückgedrängt. Ob sich daraus Kohorteneffekte ergeben, ist aus heutiger Sicht offen Der Autor dankt zum einen den anonymen Gutachterinnen und Gutachtern für die wertvollen Hinweise. Zum anderen dankt er Daniel Giehl für die tatkräftige Unterstützung bei der Auswertung der Mikrozensus-Daten und der Zusammenstellung der Literatur..","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"151 - 179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46275995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Merita Mesiäislehto, Signe Jauhiainen, Tuija Korpela, Sami Tuori
Abstract The COVID-19 crisis tested welfare states’ resilience in protecting citizens against sudden health-related and economic shocks. However, the crisis’ effects and responses to it vary substantially across countries. Using administrative registers of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, we evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on various socio-economic groups by examining the receipt of social benefits and length of benefit spells. Furthermore, we analyse the duration of unemployment and social assistance spells that started during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the probabilities of receiving social assistance among different socio-economic groups during the crisis. The results of our analysis show that in 2020, the receipt of unemployment and social assistance benefits was highest among young people and particularly among women. However, extending the analysis to 2021 we found that unemployment spells were shorter among young people than among older age groups. Thus, while the youngest age groups were hardest hit by the crisis in terms of the increase in the number of recipients, they seem to have recovered from it faster than the older age groups. Our findings indicate that the Finnish social security system succeeded fairly well in mitigating the negative impacts of the crisis for vulnerable groups and those who faced job loss since small adjustments to the benefits maintained the income of these groups.
{"title":"Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and social benefit receipt in Finland","authors":"Merita Mesiäislehto, Signe Jauhiainen, Tuija Korpela, Sami Tuori","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The COVID-19 crisis tested welfare states’ resilience in protecting citizens against sudden health-related and economic shocks. However, the crisis’ effects and responses to it vary substantially across countries. Using administrative registers of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, we evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on various socio-economic groups by examining the receipt of social benefits and length of benefit spells. Furthermore, we analyse the duration of unemployment and social assistance spells that started during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the probabilities of receiving social assistance among different socio-economic groups during the crisis. The results of our analysis show that in 2020, the receipt of unemployment and social assistance benefits was highest among young people and particularly among women. However, extending the analysis to 2021 we found that unemployment spells were shorter among young people than among older age groups. Thus, while the youngest age groups were hardest hit by the crisis in terms of the increase in the number of recipients, they seem to have recovered from it faster than the older age groups. Our findings indicate that the Finnish social security system succeeded fairly well in mitigating the negative impacts of the crisis for vulnerable groups and those who faced job loss since small adjustments to the benefits maintained the income of these groups.","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"7 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49149982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has had severe social and economic consequences. Governments have implemented or expanded a number of policy measures to cope with these consequences. In the paper, we ask whether there is more support for general social policy measures to compensate for the new uncertainties arising from the pandemic. Using survey data collected in two panel waves in March and June/July 2020, we analyse how public welfare attitudes have changed during the first phase of the pandemic in Germany. In addition to the individual-level survey data, we use time-varying regional data on infection and unemployment rates. We provide descriptive results and employ fixed-effects regressions. Our results show small changes in welfare attitudes, but we do not find evidence for increased public support for general social policy measures.
{"title":"How did welfare attitudes change during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany? An empirical analysis using panel data","authors":"Henning Lohmann, Hequn Wang","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has had severe social and economic consequences. Governments have implemented or expanded a number of policy measures to cope with these consequences. In the paper, we ask whether there is more support for general social policy measures to compensate for the new uncertainties arising from the pandemic. Using survey data collected in two panel waves in March and June/July 2020, we analyse how public welfare attitudes have changed during the first phase of the pandemic in Germany. In addition to the individual-level survey data, we use time-varying regional data on infection and unemployment rates. We provide descriptive results and employ fixed-effects regressions. Our results show small changes in welfare attitudes, but we do not find evidence for increased public support for general social policy measures.","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"118 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44096693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian Bähr, Corinna Frodermann, Julian Kohlruss, Alexander Patzina, Jens Stegmaier, Mark Trappmann
Abstract We investigate the general effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on subjective well-being and determine whether this effect differs between recipients of basic income support (BIS) and the rest of the working-age population in Germany. BIS recipients constitute one of the most disadvantaged groups in Germany and might lack resources for coping with the crisis. Thus, our analysis contributes to investigations of whether the pandemic exacerbates or equalises preexisting social inequality. Our analysis employs data from the panel survey “Labour Market and Social Security” (PASS). These data have the key advantage that the collection in 2020 started prior to implementation of the first COVID-19-related policies. This situation enables us to apply a difference-in-differences approach to investigate the causal change in subjective well-being. Our results suggest that well-being declined during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we find no difference in this decline between BIS recipients and other German residents. Thus, our results suggest that the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic neither exacerbated nor equalised pre-existing inequalities.
{"title":"COVID-19, subjective well-being and basic income support in Germany","authors":"Sebastian Bähr, Corinna Frodermann, Julian Kohlruss, Alexander Patzina, Jens Stegmaier, Mark Trappmann","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We investigate the general effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on subjective well-being and determine whether this effect differs between recipients of basic income support (BIS) and the rest of the working-age population in Germany. BIS recipients constitute one of the most disadvantaged groups in Germany and might lack resources for coping with the crisis. Thus, our analysis contributes to investigations of whether the pandemic exacerbates or equalises preexisting social inequality. Our analysis employs data from the panel survey “Labour Market and Social Security” (PASS). These data have the key advantage that the collection in 2020 started prior to implementation of the first COVID-19-related policies. This situation enables us to apply a difference-in-differences approach to investigate the causal change in subjective well-being. Our results suggest that well-being declined during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we find no difference in this decline between BIS recipients and other German residents. Thus, our results suggest that the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic neither exacerbated nor equalised pre-existing inequalities.","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"85 - 117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44006390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kerstin Bruckmeier, Martin D. Dietz, Mark Trappmann
{"title":"Editorial: Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the welfare state, its actors and benefit recipients","authors":"Kerstin Bruckmeier, Martin D. Dietz, Mark Trappmann","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"1 - 6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48064468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katrin Hohmeyer, Katharina Dengler, Veronika Knize, Tamara Pongratz
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a challenge for social security systems such as the German basic income support (BIS) system of ‘Unemployment Benefit II'. The article analyses BIS entries and exits of unemployed people, differentiating by individual characteristics and economic sectors as well as BIS recipients’ participation in active labour market programmes during the first phase of the coronavirus crisis. Using aggregate administrative data, we find that lower exit rates from unemployment drive the coronavirus-related change in unemployment levels for BIS recipients more strongly than for the average unemployed. Those most strongly affected in their employment opportunities are BIS recipients without a vocational degree, thus underlining the importance of education. Furthermore, the sectors accommodation and food service activities and temporary agency employment, which normally provide employment opportunities for BIS recipients, are most affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
{"title":"Basic income support (BIS) recipients in Germany: Unemployment dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Katrin Hohmeyer, Katharina Dengler, Veronika Knize, Tamara Pongratz","doi":"10.1515/zsr-2022-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2022-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a challenge for social security systems such as the German basic income support (BIS) system of ‘Unemployment Benefit II'. The article analyses BIS entries and exits of unemployed people, differentiating by individual characteristics and economic sectors as well as BIS recipients’ participation in active labour market programmes during the first phase of the coronavirus crisis. Using aggregate administrative data, we find that lower exit rates from unemployment drive the coronavirus-related change in unemployment levels for BIS recipients more strongly than for the average unemployed. Those most strongly affected in their employment opportunities are BIS recipients without a vocational degree, thus underlining the importance of education. Furthermore, the sectors accommodation and food service activities and temporary agency employment, which normally provide employment opportunities for BIS recipients, are most affected by the Covid-19 crisis.","PeriodicalId":83585,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Sozialreform","volume":"68 1","pages":"28 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41754554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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