16. October 2024 | Education and the Labour Market
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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 ...read more
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 ...read more
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 ...read more
Educational research is an essential part of labour market and occupational research. At IAB, it is primarily, but by no means exclusively, conducted in the research unit “Education, Training, and ...read more
12. June 2024 | Digital and ecological transformation
Vocational training: Occupations with green skills are in high demand
Tackling the climate crisis requires a restructuring of the economy, which increases the demand for particular skills. In Germany, this increased demand is confronted with an overall scarcity of ...read more
21. February 2024 |
Adult lifelong learning: Cross-country comparison with a focus on Germany
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, ...read more
1. December 2022 | Series "The Effects of the Ukraine War on the German Labour Market"
Vocational training in Ukraine – an overview
The longer Ukrainian refugees stay in their receiving countries, the more urgent questions about their integration into the local labour markets become. In this context, also the issue of which ...read more