Strong Dynamics around Sanction Events in the Means-Tested Basic Income Support: What Happens After a Sanction Event?

Abstract

"Before the ruling of the German Constitutional Court in November 2019, benefit sanctions played a significantly larger role in the means-tested basic income support than they do today. Previous research focused on implemented benefit sanctions, i.e., actual reductions in means-tested basic income support benefits. However, these reductions are necessarily preceded by an event that triggers the sanction (referred to as the sanction event) and the formal determination to impose the sanction. Using administrative data from the Statistical Unit of the Federal Employment Agency, this Short Policy Report examines the timeline following sanction events in the first half of 2018." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Fitzenberger, B., Schmidtke, J. & Wicht, L. (2024): Hohe Dynamik bei Leistungsminderungen in der Grundsicherung: Was passiert nach einem Sanktionsereignis? (IAB-Kurzbericht 23/2024), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2423