9. December 2025 | Macroeconomy

Investment tax incentives can boost employment

Adrian Lerche

How investment tax incentives boosted growth and employment in East Germany after reunification and what this means for today's economy. ...read more

29. August 2025 | Structural Change and the Labour Market

Gender convergence in all areas: Is it a myth?

Sena Coskun

Despite progress in gender equality, sectoral segregation grows. The article examines how preferences and discrimination shape labour outcomes. ...read more

31. July 2025 | Migration and Integration

Drivers of employment growth: An overview of the integration of migrants into the German labour market

Herbert Brücker

Migrant integration and the german labourmarket - how it strengthened the german welfare state and why future growth depends on migration. ...read more

30. June 2025 | Digital and ecological transformation

Firms in the green transition

Markus Janser, Christian Hohendanner, Florian Lehmer

Firms must adapt to the green transition. In Germany, those with green skills may have an edge as sustainability and skilled labour grow in importance. ...read more

28. May 2025 | Interviews

“Xenophobia in Germany’s regions limits the immigration of skilled workers.”

Christiane Keitel, Jutta Winters

Carola Burkert and Tanja Buch talk about xenophobic attitudes in german regions and the effects on labour mobility and foreign workers’ choice of residence. ...read more