Linking information on unemployment benefit sanctions from different datasets about welfare receipt: proceedings and research potential

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 7 Sanction amounts across subgroups

	(1)		(2)		(3)		N
	Sanction amount (in €)		Sanction amount in relation to total benefit claim (in %)		Theoretical benefit cuts based on implemented types of sanction (in %)
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
All	105.46	80.80	20.44	12.24	26.50	20.00	315,022
Gender
Female	93.86	72.80	18.52	11.30	23.84	20.00	103,254
Male	111.11	80.80	21.38	13.23	27.80	20.00	211,768
Age
< 25 Years	132.49	72.80	28.96	14.91	37.31	20.00	52,461
≥ 25 Years	100.06	80.80	18.74	11.98	24.34	20.00	262,561
Benefit unit						20.00
One-Person BU	110.32	80.80	18.33	11.21	26.09	20.00	180,797
Single Parent BU	93.31	64.80	16.15	10.49	23.24	20.00	37,603
Couple without Children	100.71	73.60	24.06	15.15	27.15	20.00	19,912
Couple with Child(ren)	98.57	72.80	26.15	17.40	27.37	20.00	58,688
Occupational degree
No occupational degree	108.61	74.80	21.48	12.55	27.73	20.00	155,386
With occupational degree	102.39	80.80	19.43	12.32	25.31	20.00	159,636

Sanction amount (column 1) is calculated as the sum of cuts on basic cash benefits, costs for housing, costs for special needs and unemployment bonus (if applicable) per person and month. The variable only indicates the implemented sanction amount based on the available benefit claim of individuals. Sanction amount in relation to total benefit claim (column 2) is set to not exceed 100%. Theoretical benefit cuts (column 3) cannot consider cuts on costs for living. The percentage is set to not exceed 100%. Restrictions of dataset 4 apply (see Appendix 2)
Source: IEB V14.00.00–190,927, LHG V10.00.00–201,904, LST-S V10.00.00–201,904, data from the data warehouse (DWH) of the FEA January 2020. Own calculations.