After the Hartz reforms of 2003-2005, unemployment in Germany has gone down significantly. Using a structural … less than 0.1 percentage point of the decline in the observed unemployment rate. A substantial degree of influence, to the … contrary, is attributed to the preceding Hartz III reform. Thus, the reduction of unemployment compensation could have been …

the employee’s need for security. The authors propose flexible contributions for employers to the public unemployment … takes into account the higher unemployment risk of employees with fixed-term contracts and establishes monetary incentives …

Germany. While the reforms consisted of four parts, it was especially the reform of the unemployment benefit system - the … year earlier, was much more successful in reducing unemployment. The reorganisation or the BA accounts for around 20% of … the reduction of unemployment between 2005 and 2008. By contrast, the Hartz IV reform can account for only 5% of this …

The Hartz IV labour market reform in 2005 triggered a substantial reduction in unemployment in Germany. At the same …

Hartz IV has been in force since 2005. The law has combined unemployment benefits and social assistance. Since it came … into force, unemployment has fallen significantly. Whether this was mainly due to the Hartz IV reform or other causes were …