8. February 2022 | Groups of Persons
All articles in: Education and Chances of Employment
How the transition from school to working life takes place sets the course for individual labour market opportunities. This transition is particularly difficult for disadvantaged young people. Here ...read more
20. August 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
Daughters of migrants often participate in further training
Participation in vocational further training is unequally distributed among different groups. Migrants daughters often participate in further training. Men, who immigrated themselves, seldom take ...read more
18. June 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
What do we know about the employment of refugees in Germany? Answers to some frequently asked questions.
In this interview, the authors Herbert Brücker and Yuliya Kosyakova answer key questions on the employment of refugees in Germany. ...read more
15. May 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
School closings during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from German high school students
The article presents empirical findings from German high school students during the school closing due to the COVID-19 ...read more
1. April 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
Effects of population changes on the labour market in Germany
The authors show four scenarios how population changes can effect the labour force potential in Germany and what parameters need to be adjusted ...read more
10. April 2018 | International Labour Markets
Labour market advice and job placement of refugees: Labour market integration is still a long way off
A few refugees get a job soon after they arrived in Germany. However, for most of them labour market integration is still a long way off. Bevor getting a job, many refugees have to learn German and ...read more
13. September 2017 | Education and Chances of Employment
Should the US introduce a dual vocational training system following the German example? Four questions to IAB researcher Simon Janssen
In an article in the renowned Wall Street Journal of 8 September 2016 (“Germany offers a promising jobs model”), the American labour market economist Edward Lazear and the IAB researcher ...read more
16. August 2017 | Education and Chances of Employment
The dual apprenticeship system in Germany: an interview with IAB Director Joachim Möller
Youth unemployment in Germany is very low by international standards. In an interview to the IAB-Forum magazine, IAB Director Joachim Möller attributes this success to three factors: the favourable ...read more