Das IAB äußert sich in dieser Stellungnahme zu ausgewählten Aspekten des Gesetzentwurfes der Regierungsfraktionen CDU/CSU und FDP sowie der Anträge der Fraktionen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Die Linke und SPD. Sie betreffen die Begründung des Regelbedarfs (insbesondere zur Bestimmung der...

The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the...

The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the...

Marginal employment (ME) is one of the largest forms of atypical employment in Germany. In this study, we analyse whether ME has a "stepping stone" function for unemployed individuals, i.e., whether ME increases the subsequent probability of regular employment. Our study adds to the literature...