Most jobs in essential occupations in Germany have relatively good working conditions. Yet a substantial share of jobs has bad ones, and here migrants are overrepresented.

The interview compares the integration of Urkainian refugees into the German labour market and society with the integration of Syrian refugees in 2015.

Russia’s exports account for a large share of world trade in a few goods and commodities classes. These are most notably nickel, fertilisers, mineral fuels and mineral oils, cereals and wood. Their prices and supply are affected by the war in Ukraine and the underlying economic sanctions. The price changes of those goods and commodities, read full article

Inflation is currently at a record high and will continue to go up as a result of the war in Ukraine and sanctions imposed on Russia. Considering the shortages in the economic environment, there is a risk of stagflation that cannot be coped with by means of demand policy alone. To overcome the crisis, economic read full article

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

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

The article discusses how the German social protection system should be adapted following the Covid-19 crisis.

The article analyses the social protection of the atypically employed and the (solo) self-employed during the Covid-19 crisis.

In order to analyse the mechanisms behind the dropping employment figures, this article gives an outline of developments in labour market flow statistics in Europe after the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis.