The authors show four scenarios how population changes can effect the labour force potential in Germany and what parameters need to be adjusted accordingly.

In Germany, more and more companies are offering measures to improve the reconciliation of family and work. This carries benefits for companies and employees alike, because family-friendly measures help women to return to their previous employer faster and more frequently.

For every euro a man earned per hour in Germany in 2018, a woman earned on average only 0.79 euros. This amounts to a gender wage gap of 21 percent, which is even greater among high-skilled individuals. In order to develop policies to reduce the gender wage gap, one should understand the sources behind this read full article

The authors analyse international reform perspectives of the German basic income system.

What is driving Germany’s continued upturn in employment? It has been a while since Hartz reforms and business cycles have lost much of their importance for the labour market. Decisive for the upward trend is a self-reinforcing effect: in view of the increasing scarcity of labour, employers are securing valuable manpower for themselves.

Regina Konle-Seidl explains the concept of chronic unemployment in Denmark, Finland, and Germany in this video interview.

For many mini-jobber it has not been worthwhile to work longer hours up to now. This is a serious obstacle for securing a sustainable supply of skilled workers. A well-thought-out reform completed in reasonable steps aiming at the improvement of the overall situation of employees, enterprises and the state budget is possible.

The report presents a summary of the workshop “The gender wage gap in Europe: What can we learn from linked employer-employee data?”.

Professor Enzo Weber presents his concept of Digital Social Security in this video interview and explains the first steps to put the concept into practice.