How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? What about the gender gap in participation, employment and wage outcomes? The 5th ELMI Policy Talk on immigrant integration services examined these questions.

The 2024 European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) conference gathered leading experts to discuss the latest findings from labour market research. Professor Bernd Fitzenberger organized and chaired the policy panel focusing on the problem of labour and skills shortages.

The Italian government decided on major expenditure saving for the Italian citizens’ income called “Reditto di Cittadinanza” in August 2023. In order to finance promised tax cuts, the payments were reduced from 8 to 5 billion euro and the number of recipients by 40 percent. The IAB Forum editors interviewed the renowned Italian professors Paolo read full article

According to a survey conducted by the IAB, female university students have different salary expectations than male students. They would accept a starting salary that is 15.6 percent lower than that of their male peers. There is also a gender gap of a similar magnitude in their expected starting wages. This is not only due read full article

Do the labour market prospects associated with education programmes matter to young adults’ study choices? Does career counselling help students to choose the most suitable careers for them? And can female role-models help to tackle the underrepresentation of women in male-dominated STEM programmes? The 4th ELMI Policy Talk on labour market prospects and study choices’ read full article

Since the start of the war on 24 February 2022, more than six million Ukrainians have sought refuge outside their homeland – and Europe has been their main destination. In the IAB Research Report 16/2024 a research team from the IAB has compared the integration of Ukrainian refugees in the labour market in various European read full article

Educational research is an essential part of labour market and occupational research. At IAB, it is primarily, but by no means exclusively, conducted in the research unit “Education, Training, and Employment Over the Life Course”. In a joint interview, its head, Prof. Silke Anger, and IAB Director Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger provide insights into the relevant read full article

Professor Giovanni Peri, a renowned economist from the University of California, will give a Special Lecture at the IAB on 20 June 2024. He will share his research on the rise of new work in the US, influenced by local and global factors. In this interview, he delves into the concept of new work, its read full article

Tackling the climate crisis requires a restructuring of the economy, which increases the demand for particular skills. In Germany, this increased demand is confronted with an overall scarcity of skilled labour. Vocational training for occupations with green skills may help to fill part of this gap.