Niedriglohn und soziale Sicherung
Low wages and social insurance
- In the need to reform the German labour market, the so-called ‚Hartz IV’- Act cut down subsidies for unemployed people in order to increase the pressure for searching for a new job. By law, low-paid jobs shall be introduced. However, even if this creates employment, there will be a future problem: pensions for these people will dramatically drop below the poverty line. The author argues that, in order to avoid such ‘poverty-traps’, an alternative social support system should be considered: a ‘tax transfer system’ with lowered income tax, yet complete reduction of legal exceptions on the one hand, and transfer systems combined with work incentives on the other hand.
| Author details: | Klaus Deimer |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47850 |
| Publication type: | Postprint |
| Language: | German |
| Publication year: | 2005 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2010/09/23 |
| Tag: | Arbeitsmarkt; Deutschland; Sozialversicherung Germany; labour market; social insurance |
| Source: | WeltTrends - Zeitschrift für Internationale Politik, 47 (2005), S. 91 - 98 |
| Organizational units: | Extern / WeltTrends e.V. Potsdam |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
| Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / WeltTrends : Zeitschrift für internationale Politik, ISSN 0944-8101 / Europäische Arbeitspolitik 47 (2005) |
| License (German): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
| External remark: | In Printform erschienen bei WeltTrends e.V.: Europäische Arbeitspolitik. - Potsdam : Welt-Trends, 2005. - 208 S. - (Welttrends; 13.2005, 47) ISSN 0944-8101 ISBN 3-937786-41-4 --> bestellen |
