Path Shifting and Path Dependence: Labor Market Policy Reforms Under German Federalism

Knuth, Matthias

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“…However, the discussion showed that it provided an interesting reference point. (IOM, 2008b, p. 30, emphasis added) Indeed, Knuth's (2009) analysis of the Hartz Reforms, which attempted a unified provision of labour market support, also suggest that path shifting is more likely to be successful than path breaking within these environments.…”

Section: Case 1: One-stop-shops (Osss) For Migrant Guidance and Integmentioning

confidence: 92%

Guidance systems across Europe: heritage, change and the art of becoming

Fonseca

2015

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

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Guidance systems exist within learning, working and welfare cultures, which are upheld by prevailing institutions and stakeholders. Implementing a lifelong approach questions rooted codes and idiosyncrasies of the sectors across which guidance is distributed. To support individuals' careers, unlock their potential and increase their contribution to the economy i.e. support their process of becoming, lifelong guidance must strive for effective systems' integration across policy fields, cultures and organisations. This article departs from national experiences and discusses how cultures and institutional contexts generate resistance to change, but can also be the departure point for the successful development of lifelong support to people's careers.

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Section: Case 1: One-stop-shops (Osss) For Migrant Guidance and Integmentioning

confidence: 92%

Guidance systems across Europe: heritage, change and the art of becoming

Fonseca

2015

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

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“…Up to this time, the German labour market had suffered for years from high and persistent unemployment, and the unemployment and social assistance system was ineffective and inefficient (Fleckenstein, ). Starting in 2002, the government modified the existing active labour market policies, invented new instruments and consolidated the unemployment and social assistance system into a new means‐tested welfare benefit system for former social assistance recipients and the long‐term unemployed (Knuth, ). Since then, the German activation strategy has involved strengthened job‐search requirements, individual action plans, financial sanctions, and different ALMPs such as in‐firm training and job creation schemes, including the €1‐jobs as the most important programme in quantitative terms.…”

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Employment effects of a German workfare programme at the establishment level

Dummert

Hohendanner

2019

Int J Soc Welfare

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We examined the impact of a German workfare programme for hard‐to‐place welfare recipients, the so‐called ‘€1‐jobs’, on staff in public and non‐profit establishments. We applied static and dynamic panel models using IAB Establishment Panel data from 2005 to 2013. To account for regional influences, we linked the establishment data to indicators at the district level. We identified a positive complementary effect on high‐skilled workers and a negative substitution effect on low‐skilled workers. We interpreted these findings as follows: In that €1‐jobs require highly skilled staff for management, instruction, qualification and support, this indicates that the programme generates jobs for skilled workers within the welfare‐to‐work industry. The negative effect that we found for low‐skilled workers suggests substitution effects between the programme participants and regular low‐skilled workers; although in this study, both effects were relatively small.

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“…On en doute dans la mesure où la réforme ne met pas fin à la variété des minimums sociaux et n'instaure pas, selon les informations disponibles, d'obligation stricte pour les béné-ficiaires de recherche un emploi. Cette réforme a accru la part de la logique béveridgienne du système français, déjà présente à ses origines (Barbier et Théret, 2001) (Knuth, 2008), parce qu'auparavant, les assurés ayant épuisé leurs droits continuaient à percevoir une prestation d'assistance, mais proportionnelle à leur précédent revenu (Arbeitslosenhilfe). Parallèlement, depuis le milieu des années 1990, une logique de flexibilisation des contrats de travail est couplée avec la réforme, qui voit s'accroître considérablement le rôle des emplois précédemment dénommés « †marginaux †» (geringfügige Arbeit, évalués à plus de 7 millions d'emplois en 2008).…”

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Le workfare et l’activation de la protection sociale, vingt ans après : beaucoup de bruit pour rien ? Contribution à un bilan qui reste à faire

Barbier

2009

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Résumé Depuis plus de 10 ans, les réformes de l’activation de la protection sociale ont pris une grande ampleur dans tous les pays. Quand on en fait le bilan, on peut comprendre leurs traits communs ainsi que la grande diversité qui a persisté en Europe, et entre l’Europe et les États-Unis. Si les réformes ont eu des conséquences à la fois idéologiques et institutionnelles, si elles ont changé les stratégies politiques, l’activation de la protection sociale s’inscrit dans une logique historique. Partout, ces réformes ont été légitimées par des promesses en matière d’accès à l’emploi, d’élimination de la pauvreté et d’exclusion sociale. Mais ces promesses, on le sait maintenant, n’ont pas été tenues. Si les dépenses sociales ont été contenues, on ne connaît enfin que très mal les effets sur le vécu des personnes, qui sont très difficiles à comparer entre pays.

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Path Shifting and Path Dependence: Labor Market Policy Reforms Under German Federalism

Cited by 22 publications

References 10 publications

Guidance systems across Europe: heritage, change and the art of becoming

Guidance systems across Europe: heritage, change and the art of becoming

Employment effects of a German workfare programme at the establishment level

Le workfare et l’activation de la protection sociale, vingt ans après : beaucoup de bruit pour rien ? Contribution à un bilan qui reste à faire

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