在增长压力下，施罗德的社会民主党政府在2003年决定取消数百万德国人的二等失业救济，从而扫清了形成低工资部门的道路，而这反过来又降低了通胀率。
Under growing pressure to act, Gerhard Schröder’s Social Democratic government decided in 2003 to deprive millions of Germans of their second-tier unemployment insurance, thus paving the way for the creation of a low-wage sector, in turn reducing the rate of inflation.