In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget shift...

In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget shift...

In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget shift...

Dieser Beitrag versucht eine differenzierte Betrachtung der Angemessenheit des ar-beitsmarktpolitischen Instrumentariums. Dabei stellt sich die Frage, wie die Neukon-zeption der Arbeitsmarktpolitik an die bisherigen Entwicklungen der Arbeitsförderung anschließt und inwiefern durch die...