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New Economy Short Cut with Enzo Weber: More jobs through less Bürgergeld?

How effective is financial pressure in bringing the unemployed back to work – and what does research reveal about the skills shortage? Join our next New Economy Short Cut with labor market economist Enzo Weber.

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22. SEPTEMBER 2025
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Whether it’s the Federal Chancellor or Bild newspaper – the case seems clear: if Bürgergeld (citizen’s income) was reduced, tens of thousands of unemployed people would go back to work. Or would they? 

Does financial pressure really help bring so many people back into employment – or are there other barriers for most that keep them unemployed for a long time? What does current research actually say helps? And how does this fit with the much-discussed shortage of skilled workers? 

We’ll be discussing this in our next New Economy Short Cut: 

More jobs through less Bürgergeld?
with Enzo Weber, labor market economist at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) 

On Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 13:00 – via Zoom. 

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