David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025. In this accompanying interview, he discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on wages and employment, outlines the crucial role of expertise and gives insights on policy-approaches for supporting workers in rapidly changing read full article

Long-term unemployment remains a significant challenge for the German labour market. The IAB evaluated two programmes that had been introduced in response. The instruments aim at giving long-term unemployed people the opportunity to participate in working life. How successful have they been so far?

During the Covid-19-crisis Australia quickly introduced the “JobKeeper scheme” – a large scale and easy to implement wage subsidy program to keep firms and employees together. However, the differences to “European-style” job retention programmes are striking. In this interview, Bob Gregory, Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University provides insights on the Australian approach and read full article