4. November 2021 | Groups of Persons

The idea of integration varies greatly and shapes arrival processes

There are many different answers to the question of what it means to “be integrated”. Also, not every person has to deal with this question to the same extent. In contrast to most established people, refugees arriving in a country hear this question all the time. An IAB study on refugees in Germany sheds light on what integration means to these people and how this idea influences their future life choices. ...read more

15. October 2021 | Groups of Persons

Not all wishes come true: the occupational compromises youths accept when entering vocational training

Lea Ahrens, Melanie Fischer, Corinna Kleinert, Brigitte Schels

In times of economic crisis, Germany’s large vocational training segment comes even more to the fore as prime model for reducing the risk of youth unemployment. A growing number of pupils continue school and pursue academic education. ...read more

14. September 2021 | Regional Labour Markets

Start-ups drive the development of the medium-sized enterprise sector, particularly in eastern Germany

Lisa Bellmann, Udo Brixy, Anna D’Ambrosio

Newly founded businesses play a major role in the generation of jobs and foster structural change in the economy. Furthermore, founders are generally rooted in the region in which they set up the new business. Start-ups are therefore particularly suited for developing a sustainable small and medium-sized enterprise sector. ...read more

4. August 2021 | Series "Tracking youth joblessness during the Covid-19 crisis"

Youth unemployment in Germany and the United Kingdom in times of Covid-19

Hans Dietrich, Golo Henseke, Juliane Achatz, Silke Anger, Bernhard Christoph, Alexander Patzina

Despite economic and institutional differences, youth unemployment figures in Germany and the United Kingdom rose during the Covid-19 pandemic and reached a peak in August 2020. Since then they have tended to decrease in both countries. ...read more

30. July 2021 | Series "COVID-19 Crisis: Consequences for the Labour Market"

Working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic: usage, barriers, and wishes for the future

Kerstin Bruckmeier, Diego d´Andria , Regina Konle-Seidl

In response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020, work for many employees shifted from their workplace to their home. Two current online surveys by the IAB show the extent to which working from home has changed in Germany; which barriers have been removed; and how employees would like to use it in the future. ...read more

25. November 2021 | Wages and Employment

Recent research on minimum wages – evidence from a virtual seminar series

Mario Bossler, Duncan Roth, Matthias Umkehrer

A recent seminar series focussed on the cutting-edge international research on minimum wage policies with regard to employment, consumer prices, wage inequality, and other outcomes. ...read more

4. November 2021 | Groups of Persons

The idea of integration varies greatly and shapes arrival processes

Stefan Röhrer

An IAB study on refugees in Germany sheds light on what integration means to these people and how this idea influences their future life ...read more

15. October 2021 | Groups of Persons

Not all wishes come true: the occupational compromises youths accept when entering vocational training

Lea Ahrens, Melanie Fischer, Corinna Kleinert, Brigitte Schels

Youths often accept compromises when choosing vocational training since they navigate between personal interests and market conditions. The discrepancy between occupational aspirations at school and ...read more

14. September 2021 | Regional Labour Markets

Start-ups drive the development of the medium-sized enterprise sector, particularly in eastern Germany

Lisa Bellmann, Udo Brixy, Anna D’Ambrosio

Start-ups drive the development of a medium-sized enterprise sector in eastern Germany more than in western ...read more

4. August 2021 | Series "Tracking youth joblessness during the Covid-19 crisis"

Youth unemployment in Germany and the United Kingdom in times of Covid-19

Hans Dietrich, Golo Henseke, Juliane Achatz, Silke Anger, Bernhard Christoph, Alexander Patzina

The article focusses on youth joblessness in times of the Covid-19 crisis in Germany and the United Kingdom. ...read more

30. July 2021 | Series "Covid-19 crisis: consequences for the labour market"

Working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic: usage, barriers, and wishes for the future

Corinna Frodermann, Philipp Grunau, Dana Müller, Georg-Christoph Haas

This article focusses on how working from home has changed during the Covid-19 crisis. ...read more

All articles

The rise of online labour markets: freelancing and gig working via internet platforms

Vili Lehdonvirta

The article focuses on online gig economy which is transnational and spans a full spectrum of skills, from data entry to software development. The gig economy offers an interesting view to the future

30. June 2017 | Editorial

The German labour market in a nutshell

Martin Schludi

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Germany’s labour market was in such a poor state that the country was described as ’the sick man of Europe’. Since 2005, the German labour market has been

14. July 2017 | Labour Market Trends and Forecasts

Digitalising the economy: The future of employment and qualification in Germany

Enzo Weber

The new complex and intelligent digitalisation poses a significant challenge to the economies and the labour markets. In this context, the underlying article discusses the future of employment and