Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1384:
Wohin mit den Überschüssen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit?
Alfred Boss
Abstract: The financial status of the unemployment insurance system
in Germany has improved markedly since 2005. Some reform measures and the
upswing of the economy are the most important reasons for the favorable
development. It is hotly debated how to use the surplus of the Federal
Labor Agency. Additional transfers to the unemployed and a small reduction
of the rate of contributions are the measures proposed. However, it is
possible to reduce the rate of contributions by an additional percentage
point without running into financial distress in the next years. This can
be concluded if the impact of the reduction of the rate of contributions on
labor costs and labor demand is taken into account.
Keywords: Finanzlage der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Arbeitslosengeld, Sozialversicherungsbeiträge, Beschäftigung; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: H24,; H29; (follow links to similar papers)
15 pages, October 2007
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