Abstract

This caselet gives an overview of the unemployment scenario in Germany, which has touched a high in recent years. It explains the type of unemployment prevailing in Germany and the cause for the increase in unemployment.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Unemployment in Germany
• Type of unemployment prevalent in Germany
• Causes of unemployment in Germany
• Is unification of Germany the cause of unemployment?
• and Reforms to transform Germany into a free-market economy

Keywords

Unemployment, Federal Agency of Labor (BA), East Germany, West Germany, underemployment, mini- jobbers, consumption, long-term unemployment, structural unemployment, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Hartz concept