All articles about: labour market integration 

25. July 2024 | Interviews

“Institutional hurdles slow the integration of refugees down”

Jutta Winters ,

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

28. November 2023 | International and Regional Labour Markets

Easy come, easy go: Return migration increases with tax incentives in the home country

Jacopo Bassetto , Guiseppe Ippedico

For many years, Germany has been facing an increasing skills shortage in key occupations and has sought to attract a growing number of highly-skilled immigrants. In striving for this goal, Germany is ...read more

15. July 2022 | Groups of Persons

Labour market integration in Germany: refugee women take significantly longer than men

Yuliya Kosyakova , Lidwina Gundacker , Zerrin Salikutluk , Parvati Trübswetter

Refugee women take for multiple reasons longer to be integrated into the German labour market than men. ...read more

24. June 2022 | Interviews

“We see good integration prospects for Ukrainian refugees”

Christiane Keitel , Jutta Winters

The interview compares the integration of Urkainian refugees into the German labour market and society with the integration of Syrian refugees in 2015. ...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.

Herbert Brücker , Yuliya Kosyakova

In this interview, the authors Herbert Brücker and Yuliya Kosyakova answer key questions on the employment of refugees in Germany. ...read more

30. April 2019 | International Labour Markets

Labour market integration of migrants in Austria, Germany, and Sweden. An interview with Regina Konle-Seidl

Jutta Winters

Regina Konle-Seidl, researcher at the IAB in Nuremberg, compares in our video interview policies and practices to faciliate labour market integration of migrants in Austria, Germany, and Sweden. She ...read more

17. October 2018 | Groups of Persons

Labour market integration of refugees gains momentum

Herbert Brücker

A good 70 percent of refugees in Germany come from eight non-European asylum seekers’ countries of origin. Their integration into the German labour market has increasingly gained momentum in ...read more

10. April 2018 | Education and Chances of Employment

Labour market advice and job placement of refugees: Labour market integration is still a long way off

Holger Bähr , Martin Dietz , Barbara Knapp

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