Franz, Wolfgang; Guertzgen, Nicole; Schubert, Stefanie; … - In: Applied Economics 44 (2012) 19, pp. 2403-2421
The purpose of this article is to quantify the employment effects of the recent German welfare reform. The key element of this reform was to merge the coexisting transfer systems Social Assistance (SA) and Unemployment Assistance (UA) into one unified benefit (Arbeitslosengeld II -- ALG II). We...