21. February 2024 | Education and the Labour Market

Adult lifelong learning: Cross-country comparison with a focus on Germany

Teresa Sophie Friedrich, Agata Danuta Galkiewicz

The importance of lifelong education has been increasing. Despite this global trend, Germany falls behind countries such as Austria, Denmark or Switzerland with respect to the participation of adults in lifelong learning. ...read more

1. February 2024 | Interviews

“Eroding trust in the state and in frontline workers can become a catalyst for the rise of populism”

Jutta Winters

Professor Gabriela Spanghero Lotta explores the dynamics of citizen-state interactions in Latin America, outlines the role of frontline workers in dealing with situations of vulnerability, and discusses the consequences of eroding trust for the rise of populism. ...read more

29. December 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Younger and less satisfied? Young workers’ life satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

Juliane Achatz, Bernhard Christoph, Silke Anger

While financial concerns and job insecurity decrease life satisfaction, it appears that additional threats and restrictions coming along with the pandemic had a much more substantial influence on young workers’ life satisfaction than labour market-related disadvantages. ...read more

29. November 2023 | Interviews

“Not recognizing climate change related mobility will not obliterate it, but likely lead to more clandestine mobility”

Jutta Winters

In an interview Professor FIliz Garip from Princeton University talks about the connection of climate change, migration and inequality. ...read more

28. November 2023 | International and Regional Labour Markets

Easy come, easy go: Return migration increases with tax incentives in the home country

Jacopo Bassetto, Guiseppe Ippedico

Looking into Italy's way of counterbalancing the outflow of highly⎼skilled nationals by introducing large tax discounts for emigrants who eventually return. ...read more