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Simulation of an application of the Hartz-IV reform in Austria
Preliminary communication | Year: 2017 | Pages: 479 - 500 | Volume: 41 | Issue: 4 Received: June 30, 2017 | Accepted: September 13, 2017 | Published online: December 11, 2017
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Gender/children | Unemployment assistance recipients | Members in unemployment-assistance households | Expenditures (related to unemployment assistance recipients) | in 1,000 | in % | in 1,000 | in % | in million € | in % | Women | 122 | 41.0 | 270 | 36.6 | 503 | 34.6 | Men | 175 | 59.0 | 296 | 40.2 | 951 | 65.4 | Children | - | - | 171 | 23.2 | - | - | Total | 296 | 100.0 | 736 | 100.0 | 1,454 | 100.0 |
Source: Own analysis EU-SILC 2015 (uprated to 2017).
Household
type
|
Households
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Expenditure
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in
1,000
|
in
%
|
in
million €
|
in
%
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Single persons
|
93
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33.5
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518
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35.6
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Couple without children
|
49
|
17.6
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275
|
18.9
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Other households w/o children*
|
31
|
11.2
|
131
|
9.0
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Single parents
|
19
|
6.9
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94
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6.5
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Couple, 1-2 children
|
39
|
14.0
|
179
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12.3
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Couple, 3+ children
|
16
|
5.9
|
102
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7.0
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Further households w children**
|
30
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10.9
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155
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10.6
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Total
|
277
|
100.0
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1,454
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100.0
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* Households with more than two adults; ** households with more than two adults and at least one child. Source: Own analysis EU-SILC 2015 (uprated to 2017).
Income
types/ paid maintenance
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Households
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absolute
in 1,000
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in
% of all 277,000
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Income from work
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212
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76.4
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(Other) unemployment benefits
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207
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74.7
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Sickness, care benefits
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155
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56.0
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Family benefits
|
128
|
46.0
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Capital income
|
117
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42.2
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Benefits to prevent social exclusion
|
56
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20.2
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Pensions (incl. for work accidents)
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56
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20.2
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Housing benefits
|
53
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19.1
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Maintenance benefits
|
40
|
14.6
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Income of children <16 years
|
12
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4.3
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Education benefits
|
10
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3.8
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Maintenance payments
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33
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11.8
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Source: Own analysis EU-SILC 2015 (uprated to 2017).
Scenario | Households in 1.000 | Expenditure in million EUR | Status Quo | Unemployment assistance (UA) | 277 | 1,454 | Benefits against social exclusion/data | 56 | 338 | Total | 277 | 1,792 | Scenario 1: Base without asset check | Minimum income benefit (MIB) simulated | 158 | 781 | Benefits against social exclusion/data | 56 | 338 | MIB simulated plus social exclusion/data (=MIB total) | 179 | 1,119 | Difference unemployment assistance minus. MIB simulated | -119 (-43%) | -673 (-46%) | Difference UA + social exclusion/data minus. MIB total | -98 (-35%) | -673 (-38%) | Scenario 2: Base with asset check capital income | Minimum income benefit simulated | 131 | 670 | Benefits preventing social exclusion/data | 56 | 338 | MIB simulated plus social exclusion/data (=MIB total) | 153 | 1,008 | Difference unemployment assistance minus MIB simulated | -146 (-53%) | -784 (-54%) | Difference UA + social exclusion/data minus MIB total | -124 (-45%) | -784 (-44%) | Scenario 3: Ceiling 1,500 with asset check capital income | Minimum income benefit simulated | 93 | 450 | Benefits preventing social exclusion/data | 42 | 240 | MIB simulated plus social exclusion/data (=MIB total) | 108 | 690 | Difference Unemployment assistance minus MIB simulated | -184 (-66%) | -1,004 (-69%) | Difference UA + social exclusion/data minus MIB total | -169 (-61%) | -1,102 (-61%) |
Source: Own analysis with EUROMOD and SORESI.
Gender, children | Original unemployment assistance main recipients | Members in simulated minimum income benefit-households | Expenditure (related to original unemployment assistance main recipients) | in 1,000 | in % | in 1,000 | in % | in million € | in % | Women | 56 | 35.5 | 114 | 32.6 | 247 | 31.6 | Men | 102 | 64.5 | 134 | 38.6 | 534 | 68.4 | Children | - | - | 100 | 28.7 | - | - | Total | 158 | 100,0 | 348 | 100.0 | 781 | 100,0 |
Source: Own analysis with EUROMOD and SORESI.
Household
type
|
Households
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Expenditure
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in
1,000
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in
%
|
in
million €
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in
%
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Single persons
|
79
|
49.9
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348
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44.6
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Couple without children
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21
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13.6
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139
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17.8
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Other hh w/o children
|
2
|
1.4
|
20
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2.6
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Single parents
|
15
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9.6
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80
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10.2
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Couple, 1-2 children
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21
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13.1
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104
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13.3
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Couple, 3+ children
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10
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6.3
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43
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5.5
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Other hh w children
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9
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6.0
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48
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6.1
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Total
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158
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100.0
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781
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100.0
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Source: Own analysis with EUROMOD and SORESI.
Scenario | hh members w reduced inc. in % all | Loss per capita-inc./year | People at risk of poverty in 1,000 | At-risk-of-poverty rate in % | Poverty Gap in % | Gini | Status quo | - | - | 1,137 | 13 | 19 | 0.26 | Basic without asset check (S1) | 80.8 | -1,344 | 1,223 (+86) | 14 | 19 | 0.26 | Basic with asset check capital income (S2) | 82.2 | -1,536 | 1,229 (+92) | 15 | 20 | 0.27 | Ceiling 1,500 with asset check capital income (S3) | 95.3 | -2,292 | 1,292 (+155) | 15 | 20 | 0.27 |
Source: Own analysis with EUROMOD/SORESI.
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