All articles in: Migration and Integration
In the public debate in Germany, it is often assumed that it is financially more attractive for migrants and refugees to remain on mean-tested benefits for unemployed people than to work. On the ...read more
Since the start of the war on 24 February 2022, more than six million Ukrainians have sought refuge outside their homeland – and Europe has been their main destination. In the IAB Research Report ...read more
25. July 2024 | Interviews
“Institutional hurdles slow the integration of refugees down”
When refugees first arrive in Germany, apart from individual constraints, institutional hurdles hinder them from integrating into the labour market. However, seven years after arrival, 63 percent are ...read more
29. November 2023 | Interviews
“Not recognizing climate change related mobility will not obliterate it, but likely lead to more clandestine mobility”
Professor Filiz Garip from Princeton University talks in this interview about climate change, migration, and inequality. ...read more
2. March 2023 | Interviews
“Refugees from Ukraine face considerable uncertainty about their future”
More than one million people have fled Ukraine to find refuge in Germany. But how are they doing in the meantime? Between August and October 2022, the IAB together with three project partners ...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