Subsidized work before and after the German Hartz reforms: design of major schemes, evaluation results and lessons learnt

Table 2 Annual spending on major German labour market schemes since the year 2000 (in million Euro)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Subsidized work
Hiring subsidies (without BHI)^a	980	1062	1225	1349	908	454	611	826	942	1049	895	665	473
Traditional job creation scheme	3680	2976	2333	1676	1212	616	578	513	513	206	37	13	2
One-Euro-Jobs						895	1127	1020	1034	1044	1006	596	358
Wage-paying work opportunities						1104	1386	1319	1406	1678	1679	896	446
JobPerspective								1	136	460	471	212	79
Promotion of employment relationships													10
Other major schemes
Start-up subsidies^b	750	805	1006	1681	2727	3200	2581	1862	1835	1608	1925	1733	905
Further vocational training	2680	2778	2705	2029	1440	1222	988	1138	1459	2066	1788	1471	1247
Short-term training	323	350	478	578	496	335	330	305	345	213
Activation and integration measures^c										392	908	638	519

^aFigures on BHI are not available.
^bProgrammes as described in note b of Table 1. Figures on a small scale programme “Einstiegsgeld” for UB II recipients are not available for 2005 and 2006.
^cSee note b of Table 1.
Source: Statistics Department of the German Federal Employment Agency (Eingliederungsbilanzen).