Read moreIn an interview Matthew Desmond, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, gives insights into the situation of renters in the US, shows the consequences of the eviction crisis to society and ...read more
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Read moreJune 5, 2023 | Interviews
Alan Manning: "It is important to have institutions such as the minimum wage to adress the market power of employers"
Professor Alan Manning, one of the world's most renowned labour market economists, explains in this video-statement the basic idea of imperfect competition in the labour market. He elaborates on the ...read more
Read moreMay 16, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis
“At the peak, 40 percent of the French labour force were on short-time work”
In France, just like in many other European countries, short-time work has proved to be a powerful tool to prevent massive layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic. The traditional French short-time work ...read more
Read moreMay 9, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis
“Over one million temporary workers lost their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic, as companies preferred not to include them in short-time work schemes”
Spain used a short-time work scheme called “Expediente Temporal de Regulación de Empleo” during the Covid-19 crisis. In this interview, Marcel Jansen, Associate Professor of Economics at the ...read more
Read moreApril 11, 2023 | Interviews
ELMI: “Exchange often brings about entirely different ideas and projects one has not thought about before”
In the autumn of 2022, eleven European institutes for labour research established the “Network of European Labour Market Research Institutes” (ELMI). In this interview, the project’s initiators, ...read more
Read moreMarch 8, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis
“Extended coverage and benefit duration boosted the role of short-time work in Italy during the Covid-19 crisis”
In many European countries, short-time work proved to be a strong measure to combat massive layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the case of Italy, a scheme widely used in former times of crisis ...read more
Read moreMarch 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
Read moreFebruary 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.”
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
Read moreSeptember 28, 2022 | Interviews
What will the labour market of the future look like?
Interview with IAB director Bernd Fitzenberger on the effects of the current crises on the labour market of the ...read more