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March 2, 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

February 28, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis

“Short-time work proved to be a highly effective instrument in times of crisis.”

Martin Schludi

In Germany, short-time work has played a crucial role in stabilising the labour market both in the financial and the coronavirus crisis. At the same time, the administration of short-time allowance ...read more

Junge Frau arbeitet in einem Büro am Laptop. Auf der Pinnwand dahinter ist eine ukrainische Flagge befestigt.

December 1, 2022 | Series "The Effects of the Ukraine War on the German Labour Market"

Vocational training in Ukraine – an overview

Franziska Schreyer, Silke Anger, Tim-Felix Grabert, Olena Martyniuk

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

Eine männliche und eine weibliche Statue stehen jeweils auf einem Stapel an Münzen. Der Stapel des Mannes ist doppelt so hoch. Im Hintergrund ist eine digitale Weltkarte zu sehen.

November 22, 2022 | Digital and ecological transformation

Double-edged sword: How does digitalisation impact on gender inequality in the labour market?

Carola Burkert, Katharina Grienberger, Britta Matthes

More and more tasks can be automated with the help of modern technologies. Up to now, men in Germany are potentially more affected than women: 40 percent of men work in occupations with a high ...read more

Francesco Vona, Bernd Fitzenberger, Ana Salomons,

October 28, 2022 | Digital and ecological transformation

TASKS VI conference on the digital and ecological transformation of the labour market

Melanie Arntz, Kathrin Ehmann, Florian Lehmer

The labour market undergoes fundamental technological and ecological changes – all this on top of the Covid-19 crisis. Researchers from all over the world and from various disciplines discussed the ...read more

Portraitfoto von Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger

September 28, 2022 | Interviews

What will the labour market of the future look like?

Martin Schludi, Werner Winkler, Karolin Hiesinger

Interview with IAB director Bernd Fitzenberger on the effects of the current crises on the labour market of the ...read more

April 20, 2022 | International Labour Markets

The war in Ukraine, international trade and price effects on the German economy

Kamal Kassam, Ignat Stepanok

Russia’s exports account for a large share of world trade in a few goods and commodities classes. These are most notably nickel, fertilisers, mineral fuels and mineral oils, cereals and wood. Their ...read more

Eine Frau sitzt vor einem PC. Auf dem Bildschirm sind eine Konferenz und Grafiken zu sehen.

May 7, 2020 | Series "Covid-19 crisis: consequences for the labour market"

“Trust is the glue that holds it all together.” An interview with the teleworking expert at the International Labour Organization Jon C. Messenger

Lutz Bellmann, Jutta Winters

Interview with ILO telework expert Jon ...read more

Eine Wippe neigt sich nach rechts. Auf dem linken Ende sitzt ein rotes Püppchen mit einem kleinen Stapel an Geldmünzen, auf dem nach unten gesenkten rechten Ende sitzt ein blaues Püppchen mit zwei größeren Geldmünzenstapeln.

December 19, 2019 | Groups of Persons

The sources behind the gender wage gap of university graduates

Malte Sandner, Ipek Yükselen Saif

For every euro a man earned per hour in Germany in 2018, a woman earned on average only 0.79 euros. This amounts to a gender wage gap of 21 percent, which is even greater among high-skilled ...read more