Fördern und Fordern in der Bedarfsorientierten Mindestsicherung: Empirische Befunde aus Oberösterreich und der Steiermark

Translated title of the contribution: Help and Responsibility in the Means-Tested Guaranteed Minimum Income: Empirical Findings in Upper Austria and Styria

Bettina Leibetseder, Heinz Leitgöb

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    Abstract

    The means-tested guaranteed minimum income, a new social assistance scheme, aims to strengthen the recipients’ re-integration into the labour market. In this article, face-to-face interviews with recipients and claimants identify forms of daily intervention set by street-level workers. In Upper Austria, the respondents face more responsibilities and help than in Styria. In both provinces, there exists a wide discrepancy in treatment, and respondents experience less help overall. Explorative path models estimate the effect of individual and administrative factors on job-search activity within the last four weeks. Older age of some respondents and poor health have an effect on job-search activity and the administrative requirement to search for a job. Respondents that obtain
    a benefit for more than a year are more likely to be obliged to seek employment. Administrative requirements to search for employment affect actual job search strongly, whereas more responsibility shows marginal effects; assistance actually provided, however, indicates no effect.
    Translated title of the contributionHelp and Responsibility in the Means-Tested Guaranteed Minimum Income: Empirical Findings in Upper Austria and Styria
    Original languageGerman
    JournalS W S - Rundschau
    Volume54
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)251-275
    ISSN1013-1469
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Keywords

    • means-tested guaranteed minimum income, activation, path models, job search, administration

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