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The Minister of Social Affairs, Rudolf Anschober, presents the results of the study on the social consequences of the Corona crisis.
The Covid-19 pandemic is not only an immense public health challenge, but it also poses a huge task for the social system. Therefore, the Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Rudolf Anschober (Greens), has commissioned several renowned university and research institutes to map the social effects of the current crisis as part of a comprehensive study and outline the need for a greater political action.
Effects on the social system
It shows that many of the social policy measures already taken have prevented the crisis from having a more drastic impact, but much remains to be done. On Thursday afternoon, Anschober presented the first results together with the director of the Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), Christoph Badelt and the director of the Institute for Advanced Study (IHS), Martin Kocher.
“The crisis is and was massive. However, it was cushioned by the social and economic policy of the federal government,” Badelt said at the beginning. The crisis in the crown does not affect everyone equally, “it depends on whether you just got unemployed or worked part-time as a result of the crisis or if you’ve been there before,” says the head of Wifo.
The job market won’t improve until 2024
The crisis in the crown caused an “explosion of subsidies” and social spending. “We have a historically unique expansion of the public sector, and that’s good,” Badelt said. It may not be possible to cut public spending in 2021 either. “Now it’s about sending a signal that people are not left alone in the crisis.”
“We will only have the same status in the labor market as before the crown crisis in five years,” predicts IHS chief Kocher. The Minister of Health announced a national action plan against poverty.
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