In Germany, the unemployed are registered in two systems which are legally based on Social Code III (active employment promotion, unemployment insurance) and Social Code II (basic income support for job seekers). Usually after 12 months, when their insurance claims are exhausted, the unemployed move from the insurance system (Social Code III) to the tax- financed basic income support system (Social Code II). The share of unemployment in the insurance system is usually tied more closely to the business cycle because these people have better formal qualifications, fewer health restrictions, and find a new job more quickly (approx. after 3 to 4 months). According to the Bundesagentur fr Arbeit (BA), this is why the crisis as well as the recovery affected the insurance system more than the basic income support system. Long-term unemployed persons with little or no work experience must be found in both systems, but mainly in the Social Code II system.