All articles on: International Labour Markets

December 22, 2021 | Series "Tracking youth joblessness during the Covid-19 crisis"

Is this crisis different? The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the economic and social situation of young people in Europe

In general, economic downturns have a greater impact on young people in the labour market than on other age groups. How does the contemporary Covid-19 crisis compare to the global financial crisis a ...read more

Ein Herr im Anzug steht auf einem Stapel Geldmünzen, ein Herr im Blaumann steht davor. Kleinere Geldmünzen liegen gestapelt daneben.

November 25, 2021 | Wages and Employment

Recent research on minimum wages – evidence from a virtual seminar series

Mario Bossler, Duncan Roth, Matthias Umkehrer

A recent seminar series focussed on the cutting-edge international research on minimum wage policies with regard to employment, consumer prices, wage inequality, and other ...read more

Puzzle mit einem Puzzleteil „Integration“ und einem Puzzleteil, das die deutschen Nationalfarben zeigt.

November 4, 2021 | Groups of Persons

The idea of integration varies greatly and shapes arrival processes

Stefan Röhrer

An IAB study on refugees in Germany sheds light on what integration means to these people and how this idea influences their future life ...read more

August 4, 2021 | Series "Tracking youth joblessness during the Covid-19 crisis"

Youth unemployment in Germany and the United Kingdom in times of Covid-19

Hans Dietrich, Golo Henseke, Silke Anger, Bernhard Christoph, Alexander Patzina

The article focusses on youth joblessness in times of the Covid-19 crisis in Germany and the United ...read more

October 20, 2020 | International Labour Markets

Launch of the “European Labour Market Barometer“

Enzo Weber, Christian Hutter

The new "European Labour Market Barometer" reflects the expected short-term development of unemployment and employment in the European labour ...read more

Das Bild zeigt eine Ansammlung von Lithium-Ionen-Akkumulatoren.

October 2, 2020 | Series "Covid-19 crisis: consequences for the labour market"

Germany’s trade with China at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic

Ignat Stepanok

Studying trade flows between China and Germany in February 2020 gives a clear picture of what happens when a major shock affects a single trading ...read more

Im Hintergrund ist eine leere Fabrikhalle zu sehen. Im Vordergrund sieht man die linke Körperhälfte eines Mannes in blauem Arbeitsoverall, der einen Schutzhelm unter den Arm geklemmt hat.

June 25, 2020 | Series "Covid-19 crisis: consequences for the labour market"

Short-time work in Europe: Rescue in the coronavirus crisis? An interview with IAB researcher Regina Konle-Seidl

Jutta Winters

IAB researcher Regina Konle-Seidl presents in this interview her research results on short-time work in Europe in the Corona ...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

Abstraktes Foto von Warenimporten nach dem Brexit mit einer Lkw-Linie aus Kunststoff

April 15, 2020 | International Labour Markets

German Exports to the UK: declining since the Brexit referendum in 2016

Ignat Stepanok, Sekou Keita

The rules defining trade between Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) have not changed despite Brexit. Nevertheless, there is a clear downward trend in German exports of goods to the UK since the ...read more