All articles about: employees 

27. April 2026 | Digital and ecological transformation

App-based delivery services in Germany: Why people take up gig-work and usually quit quickly

Martin Friedrich , Ines Helm , Ramona Jost , Julia Lang , Christoph Müller

App-based delivery services have spread rapidly in Germany in recent years. This has also fuelled public debate about the poor working conditions of the gig-workers in these services. However, there ...read more

24. April 2026 | Establishments and the Demand for Personnel

Trump’s trade policy: almost every fifth establishment in the manufacturing sector feels the consequences

Ignat Stepanok , Alexander Kubis

6 percent of German establishments report that they are predominantly negatively affected by the impact of the changes to US trade policy since the beginning of 2025. These establishments employ 11 ...read more

31. October 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

“The first six months expenditure for the Australian JobKeeper scheme lifted total national government expenditure by one quarter”

Martin Schludi

During the Covid-19-crisis Australia quickly introduced the “JobKeeper scheme” – a large scale and easy to implement wage subsidy program to keep firms and employees together. However, ...read more

9. November 2017 | International Labour Markets

EU project analyses international labor migration from different perspectives

The European network “Global mobility of employees” offers IAB a unique opportunity to transnationally co-operate with partners from academia, industry, and administration and to jointly train ...read more