Hartz IV unemployment benefit

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Hartz IV unemployment benefit was a German welfare reform program that combined unemployment assistance and social welfare into a single means-tested system, significantly reshaping the country’s labor and social security landscape.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hartz IV 7
Bürgergeld 1
Hartz IV law 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German welfare reform ⓘ
social welfare program ⓘ
unemployment benefit system ⓘ
administeredBy Bundesagentur für Arbeit ⓘ
Jobcenter ⓘ
ageRange 15 to statutory retirement age ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arbeitslosengeld II ⓘ
Hartz IV ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Germany ⓘ
benefitDuration unlimited while eligibility conditions are met ⓘ
benefitType means-tested benefit ⓘ
combines social welfare ⓘ
unemployment assistance ⓘ
component housing and heating cost support ⓘ
social insurance contributions in certain cases ⓘ
standard cash allowance for living expenses ⓘ
controversy level of benefits considered too low by critics ⓘ
pressure on recipients to accept low-paid jobs ⓘ
strict sanction regime ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
distinctFrom Arbeitslosengeld I ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion ability to work at least 3 hours per day ⓘ
insufficient income ⓘ
long-term unemployment ⓘ
residence in Germany ⓘ
endTime 2022-12-31 ⓘ
financedBy general taxation ⓘ
goal activation of unemployed persons ⓘ
cost containment in social security system ⓘ
reduction of long-term unemployment ⓘ
implementedBy Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany

German federal government ⓘ
legislativeBasis Fourth Act for Modern Services on the Labour Market ⓘ
Hartz IV law ⓘ
namedAfter Peter Hartz ⓘ
partOf Hartz concept ⓘ
reformOf German labor market policy ⓘ
German social security system ⓘ
replaced Arbeitslosenhilfe ⓘ
Sozialhilfe for employable persons ⓘ
replacedBy Bürgergeld ⓘ
requires cooperation with Jobcenter ⓘ
means test of household income and assets ⓘ
sanctionMechanism benefit reductions for non-compliance ⓘ
socialImpact mass protests in mid-2000s ⓘ
strong public debate in Germany ⓘ
startTime 2005-01-01 ⓘ
targetGroup employable persons in need of assistance ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agenda 2010 → resultedIn → Hartz IV unemployment benefit ⓘ
subject linked to: Agenda 2010 reforms
Second Schröder cabinet → implementedPolicy → Hartz IV ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Hartz I → followedBy → Hartz IV ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Hartz II → relatedTo → Hartz IV ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Hartz III → relatedTo → Hartz IV ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Hartz IV unemployment benefit → alsoKnownAs → Hartz IV ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Hartz IV unemployment benefit → legislativeBasis → Hartz IV law ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Hartz IV unemployment benefit → replacedBy → Bürgergeld ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Peter Hartz → knownFor → Hartz IV reform ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Arbeitslosengeld II → colloquialName → Hartz IV ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit
Fourth Act for Modern Services on the Labour Market → alsoKnownAs → Hartz IV ⓘ
linked to: Hartz IV unemployment benefit