The introduction of the child care benefit in Austria. Catches and opportunities
Presentation given during the event “Child benefit – Catches and opportunities” on 16 April 2007 in the Palais Strudlhof, 1090 Vienna
Main topics of the presentation:
- Control effect with regard to the number of persons drawing benefits
- Main arguments of women against partitioning
- Newly added groups of persons drawing benefits
- Development of the benefit duration
- Development of additional incomes
- Problems with the additional income limits
- Job stability with additional income – high job stability
- Reentry processes – frequent reentry in the first 12 months, reduced number of returnees in the second year of the child; decoupling between leave under labour law and leave benefit
- Reduced earned income of women at re-entry; not only due to increased partial time activity, but also due to de-qualification, changed areas of responsibility and job change processes
- Clearly reduced job stability for women after the end of benefit entitlement due to decoupling between leave under labour law and leave benefit
- Structure of not planned changes of job