Arbeitspapier

Low pay as an alternative to public direct job creation? Lessons from the German case

This contribution draws some conclusions from the experience of attempts by the German government at integrating the most vulnerable groups into the labor market, in particular the long-term unemployed and the low skilled. There has been a sort of paradigm shift that goes beyond active labor market policies and public direct job creation in favor of allowing for a more flexible labor market to emerge, thus implying a growing low-pay sector. This policy reversal can be seen as a partial success as those that were formerly excluded now have a somewhat better access to the labor market. However, this improved access comes with some limitations in terms of the quality of jobs and with respect to the upward mobility of those who enter the labor market at low-pay levels.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Policy Paper ; No. 99

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
Thema
direct job creation
low pay
subsidized employment
evaluation
Germany

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Eichhorst, Werner
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Eichhorst, Werner
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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