Homburg, Stefan; Lohse, Tim - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 225 (2005) 6, pp. 622-629
Summary Effective from 2005, benefits for long-term unemployed have been reduced in Germany to the level of social assistance. This measure reflects the view that “all who are able to work, should work” - a view which makes sense only if the government can distinguish the disabled from the...