Ex-ante effects of benefit sanctions in the German welfare system: sanctions affect welfare recipients' employment outcomes already ex ante

Abstract

"Benefit sanctions are an important instrument for policymakers to increase the incentives for welfare recipients to comply with requirements specified by the law, for example to continue job search during unemployment. Sanctions may increase welfare recipients’ employment uptake, but also affect their job search behavior even if they are not sanctioned. This study focuses on this latter effect, the so-called ex-ante effect of sanctions. It is the first study that analyses ex-ante effects of sanctions on the transition rate to employment and on employment quality for welfare recipients in Germany using individual-level administrative data." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Wolf, M. (2024): Ex-ante-Effekte von Sanktionen in der Grundsicherung: Bereits die Möglichkeit einer Sanktionierung zeigt Wirkung. (IAB-Kurzbericht 15/2024), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2415