21. December 2017 | Labour Market, Employment and Social Policy
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Leave policies allowing parents to take time off work after childbirth are considered an important measure to buffer the stresses associated with childrearing and gainful employment. Despite reducing ...read more
1. December 2017 | International Labour Markets
The German Employment Performance in an International Context
If you want to use a single indicator to understand how the German labour market compares internationally, then the employment rate is a fitting measure to use. It gives the proportion of the working ...read more
9. November 2017 | Working Biographies, Flexibility and Mobility on the Labour Market
EU project analyses international labor migration from different perspectives
The European network “Global mobility of employees” offers IAB a unique opportunity to transnationally co-operate with partners from academia, industry, and administration and to jointly train ...read more
19. October 2017 | Interviews
Walking between the worlds – labour market economist and former Secretary of State Pedro S. Martins
Pedro S. Martins is an expert spanning boundaries between science and politics: Martins, who is now doing research at Queen Mary University of London, was Secretary of State in the Ministry ...read more
14. September 2017 | Interviews
The impact of the digital revolution on the labour market: an interview with IAB Director Joachim Möller
Is the digital revolution a job-destroyer or a job-creator? How will it change traditional occupational images? In an interview to the IAB-Forum magazine, IAB Director Joachim Möller discusses ...read more
13. September 2017 | Education and Chances of Employment
Should the US introduce a dual vocational training system following the German example? Four questions to IAB researcher Simon Janssen
In an article in the renowned Wall Street Journal of 8 September 2016 (“Germany offers a promising jobs model”), the American labour market economist Edward Lazear and the IAB researcher ...read more
1. September 2017 | Labour Market, Employment and Social Policy
Active labour market policy in Germany: an interview with IAB Director Joachim Möller
Active labour market policy plays an important role in Germany. In an interview to the IAB-Forum magazine, IAB Director Joachim Möller discusses its underlying principles such as the idea of ...read more
24. August 2017 | Labour Market, Employment and Social Policy
Recent book publication: Productivity Puzzles Across Europe
The economic shock of the financial crisis rivalled that of the Great Depression following the Wall Street Crash of 1929 in terms of the decline in economic output across the world. However, the ...read more
16. August 2017 | Education and Chances of Employment
The dual apprenticeship system in Germany: an interview with IAB Director Joachim Möller
Youth unemployment in Germany is very low by international standards. In an interview to the IAB-Forum magazine, IAB Director Joachim Möller attributes this success to three factors: the favourable ...read more