Revenues and expenditures of the unemployment insurance : Budget of the Federal Employment Agency stabilises the business cycle

Abstract

"We analyse the fluctuations of the budget of the Federal Employment Agency. Both revenues and expenditures strongly depend on the business cycle. The reaction of the budget acts as an automatic stabiliser. To perform this function, we recommend a reserve of about 20 billion euros." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Hausner, K. & Weber, E. (2017): Einnahmen und Ausgaben der Arbeitslosenversicherung: BA-Haushalt stabilisiert die Konjunktur. (IAB-Kurzbericht 03/2017), Nürnberg, 8 p.