25. March 2025 | Labour Market Policy
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When Germany introduced its federal statutory minimum wage of 8.50 euro in 2015, it marked a major shift in labour policy. Fast forward to 2025, and the minimum wage is now 12.82 euro. Given annual ...weiterlesen
19. February 2025 | Interviews
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
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 ...weiterlesen
9. January 2025 | Interviews
Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes
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 ...weiterlesen
23. December 2024 | Erwerbsbeteiligung, Armut und Sozialpolitik
Subsidised jobs for the long-term unemployed: An evaluation of the German Participation Opportunities Act
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 ...weiterlesen
22. November 2024 | International and Regional Labour Markets
ELMI Policy Panel: Are labour shortages a problem everywhere?
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 ...weiterlesen
23. October 2024 | Labour Market Policy
Italian citizens’ income: Why the reform cannot be successful in activating people
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 ...weiterlesen
16. October 2024 | Education and the Labour Market
Who is most open to lifelong learning? Exploring the role of personality traits and skills
Due to structural changes in the labour market, the importance of lifelong learning has become increasingly apparent. However, employees in different skill groups participate in continued training to ...weiterlesen
16. September 2024 | Groups of Persons
Female university students may settle for considerably lower starting salaries than their male peers
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 ...weiterlesen
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 ...weiterlesen