The Federal Employment Agency’s Research Data Centre (FDZ) at the IAB recently marked its 20th anniversary, a milestone celebrated with a keynote address by labor economist Till von Wachter. Reflecting on two decades of pioneering data access and research support, von Wachter highlighted the critical role the FDZ has played in shaping labor market policies read full article

In the modern and highly digitalised world constant updating one’s qualifications seems inevitable. Thus 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. The potential causes for this phenomenon relate to citizens’ interest read full article

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.

Adverse effects on workers’ employment situation are highly unequal for different groups. Young workers were particularly affected by the pandemic. They were less likely to receive short-time work allowance and their income developed less favourably than the income of older workers. While financial concerns and job insecurity decrease life satisfaction, it appears that additional threats read full article

Contributing to a better understanding of wage determination and wage distribution as well as job skills – that was the aim of the international conference “Recent Developments in Wage Determination, Distribution, and Job Skills” at the IAB.

For many years, Germany has been facing an increasing skills shortage in key occupations and has sought to attract a growing number of highly-skilled immigrants. In striving for this goal, Germany is competing not only with other countries with similar skills⎼demands but also with more traditional immigrant-sending countries. Some of these try to counterbalance the read full article

The Network of European Labour Market Research Institutes (ELMI) held its first conference in Luxembourg on 30 and 31 October 2023. The event brought together leading national and international researchers in labour economics and social sciences to address the challenges of the digital, green and social transitions for the labour market, society and education.

In an interview Matthew Desmond, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, gives insights into the situation of renters in the US, shows the consequences of the eviction crisis to society and outlines how to stabilize housing in order to reduce poverty. In doing so, he also sheds light on the interactions between housing and the read full article

Alexander Hijzen, a senior economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), gives an overview of the country-specific application of short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis and identifies specific features that can serve as an inspiration for others.