Im Rahmen der öffentlichen Anhörung des Ausschusses für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestags am 4. Mai 2020 gab das IAB seine Stellungnahme ab zum Antrag "Arbeitsförderung und Beratungsqualität in den Jobcentern gesetzlich verbessern" der Abgeordneten Beate Müller-Gemmeke, Sven...

Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...

With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for welfare recipients aged younger than 25 years. For all types of non-compliance except for missing appointments, their basic cash benefit is withdrawn for three months. A second...

Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...