In the case of economic researchers encounter the SPD plans for social reforms with considerable skepticism. Their main criticism is the project of the social Democrats, to extend the duration of the unemployment benefits to three years.
“In the tendency to extend more unemployment,” said the acting Director of the Institute for labour market and occupational research (IAB), Ulrich Walwei, the daily mirror. And with the duration of unemployment, evidence from take the employability.
in Addition, could represent a longer claim of older people on the unemployment benefit for businesses to retirement an incentive for more in the Morning. This, however, is the opposite of what you need in times of shortage of skilled workers.
For an aging society “the wrong way”
the head of The economic experts, Christoph Schmidt, criticized the SPD plans in a similar way. The party chic, “the labour market and pensions, turning the political wheel there and back again”, said the Chairman of the expert Council for the assessment of overall economic situation of the “süddeutsche Zeitung”.
The long duration of unemployment benefits was a Problem that was overcome with the labour market reforms of Agenda 2010, he said. Until then, these support payments have been “all too often, as a fairly adequate bridge in the pension miss”. For an aging society, this was “the wrong way”.
In the SPD-concept for welfare state reform, the significant extension of the reference period of unemployment benefit I is one of the core points. For long-term depositors, there should be this support, therefore, in the future, up to 36 months. So far, therefore, normally after the year-end, in the Elderly, after a maximum of two years.
in Addition, the Plan of the social Democrats, provides for a new citizens money instead of the controversial Hartz-IV – system, in the case of the “unworthy sanctions” will be abolished and the assets as well as the size of the apartment, the beneficiaries should remain for the first two years not taken into account.
Walweis point of view, would be used “very much better if you would not use to the Stimulus, but for the prevention or the rapid termination of unemployment”. Therefore, the second SPD is projects, the training opportunities for the unemployed, and expand the much better way.
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you should, However, look at the so-called unemployment benefit Q “exactly what type of qualification it is and whether it makes for the labour market sense,” said the economist. In this case, you could think about rewards, the “secure the keep” of the unemployed.
