New Regulations on Supplementary Income for Transfer Recipients: a Great Challenge

Abstract

"In its coalition agreement, the German government proposes a reorganisation of the rules of earned income to be considered as a means test of basic income. In doing so, it takes up a frequently voiced criticism of the design of the basic income support for jobseekers under Book II of the Social Code. In recent years, researchers have called for a strengthening of (monetary) incentives to work, especially to take up employment with higher weekly working hours. In this paper, we summarise potential effects of such a reform on labour supply, the income distribution and the government budget in the context of a complex welfare system characterised by a high level of benefit non-take-up" (Author's abstract, © 2022 Springer) ((en))

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Bruckmeier, K. & Wiemers, J. (2022): Neuregelung der Hinzuverdienstmöglichkeiten für Transferbeziehende: keine leichte Aufgabe. Zeitgespräch. In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Vol. 102, No. 2, p. 90-94. DOI:10.1007/s10273-022-3107-6