Germany: Attempting to Activate the Long-Term Unemployed with Reduced Working Capacity

Abstract

Unlike in the United Kingdom, there is nothing in Germany that could be aptly called a ‘disability crisis’, and there is no equivalent discourse. Although it has often been hinted that restrictions on early retirement, which have become effective gradually in Germany since 1997, would result in an increased influx into disability pensions, there is no empirical sign of this. Strict gatekeeping and financial unattractiveness of disability pensions have led to a decline in take-up, arguably aided by improvements in public health in general. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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