Beschäftigungsaufnahmen aus dem SGB-II-Leistungsbezug und ihre Nachhaltigkeit: Qualifikation und Berufserfahrung zahlen sich aus

Abstract

"This report examines the sustainability of transitions from SGB II benefit receipt to employment subject to social security contributions using data from the Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG). It pays particular attention to the occupations that are taken up. In 2018 we observe approximately 890,000 transitions of unemployed benefit recipients into employment. One third of these recipients left the benefit system for at least six months after taking up employment. Approximately 55 percent of the jobs taken up in 2018 lasted for at least six months, while 41 percent of all employment relationships lasted at least one year. Almost 70 percent of job starts are accounted for by ten main occupational groups. The most common occupations were transport and logistics (17 percent). Cleaning and sales occupations followed in second and third place (9 percent each). The duration of employment varies greatly between occupations. Employment in educational, social, domestic, and theological occupations is the most stable, with a median of just under 20 months (590 days). This is followed by occupations in business management and organization (approximately 14 months) and driving vehicles and transport equipment (approximately 8 months). The shortest duration is in transport and logistics occupations at 129 days, but the employment duration is also relatively short in cleaning occupations (210 days) and sales occupations (240 days). Occupations in which the duration of employment tends to be shorter account for a larger share of employment transitions than occupations with longer durations. Previous work experience in the occupation taken up is associated with an increased probability of a longer employment duration. If two people with otherwise identical personal and job characteristics are compared, one of whom has one more year of work experience in the chosen occupation than the other, the expected probability of at least two years of employment is approximately 1.7 percentage points higher. This corresponds to an increase in the probability of being employed for at least two years of almost 6 percent. However, the positive correlation between professional work experience and employment duration weakens with increasing work experience." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Braunschweig, L., Bruckmeier, K., Buhmann, M., Hohmeyer, K. & Roth, D. (2026): Beschäftigungsaufnahmen aus dem SGB-II-Leistungsbezug und ihre Nachhaltigkeit: Qualifikation und Berufserfahrung zahlen sich aus. (IAB-Forschungsbericht 04/2026), Nürnberg, 25 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.FB.2604