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23. December 2024 | Labour Market, Employment and Social Policy

Subsidised jobs for the long-term unemployed: An evaluation of the German Participation Opportunities Act

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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 ...read more

22. November 2024 | International and Regional Labour Markets

ELMI Policy Panel: Are labour shortages a problem everywhere?

Bernd Fitzenberger

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 ...read more

16. September 2024 |

Female university students may settle for considerably lower starting salaries than their male peers

Paul Setzepfand , Ipek Yükselen

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

19. July 2024 | Interviews

An international comparison of the employment situation among older people: “Germany has caught up considerably”

Christiane Keitel , Jutta Winters , Martin Schludi

In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems. At the same time, it is not a given that older ...read more

9. July 2024 | Forms of Employment

Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector: Employment has increased significantly in recent years

Martin Friedrich , Ramona Jost , Julia Lang , Christoph Müller

Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform economy are keenly ...read more

10. April 2024 | Interviews

“The Research Data Centre provides a good example for other data areas”

Jutta Winters , Christiane Keitel , Laura Deckbar

The FDZ is now celebrating an anniversary: for twenty years, the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) has provided ...read more

8. March 2024 | video

Gender Pay Gap in the United Kingdom and in Germany

Jutta Winters

The 8th of March marks the annual International Women’s Day. Wages are an important factor in driving gender parity. In a video interview Professor Alan Manning talks about the gender pay gap ...read more

21. February 2024 |

Adult lifelong learning: Cross-country comparison with a focus on Germany

Teresa Sophie Friedrich , Agata Danuta Galkiewicz

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

29. December 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Younger and less satisfied? Young workers’ life satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

Juliane Achatz , Bernhard Christoph , Silke Anger

Adverse effects on workers’ employment situation are highly unequal for different groups. Young workers were particularly affected by the pandemic. They were less likely to receive short-time ...read more