2012
DOI: 10.1177/1024258911431199
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Unemployment, intervention and capabilities. A comparative study of Germany and Spain

Abstract: Over the past 20 years, the social protection measures devoted to unemployed people in Europe have become more diverse. In an attempt to complement or curb cash transfers, many countries have put measures, services in kind and activation policies at the centre of social protection against unemployment. This article compares two countries with different policies: Spain, which still has very ‘traditional’ unemployment support with little emphasis on activation, and Germany, where there has in recent years been r… Show more

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“…As such, capability friendly employment activation may promote ‘access to options otherwise inaccessible to the unemployed workers, correcting inequalities in capabilities accumulated over the life course’ (Bartelheimer et al . : 43).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…As such, capability friendly employment activation may promote ‘access to options otherwise inaccessible to the unemployed workers, correcting inequalities in capabilities accumulated over the life course’ (Bartelheimer et al . : 43).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…In Spain, there are very few conditions on the way unemployment benefits can be used, which allows (and at the same time obliges) people without work to choose from a relatively high number of options (López-Andreu and Verd 2011a). This flexibility means benefits can be used by workers as a protection mechanism against various contingencies in life, allowing them to deal with situations for which these benefits are not specifically designed, but for which there are no other benefits that do serve that purpose, unlike in other countries (Bartelheimer et al 2012). These resources are used due to the weakness or absence of other social policies that are more adapted to specific situations (maternity pay, scholarships, etc.)…”
Section: The Inter-configurative Biographical Analysis: Case Comparismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We situate our analytical framework within a research strand that sees the capability approach as a useful basis and methodological tool for the assessment of labour market activation and social integration policies for vulnerable young people (as illustrated by the contributions of Bartelheimer et al, 2012;Bonvin and Moachon, 2008;Egdell and McQuaid, 2016;Lindsay and McQuaid, 2010;Otto, 2015).…”
Section: Industrial Relations Employment Legislationmentioning
confidence: 99%