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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

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

Eine junge Fau mit mittelbrauner Hautfarbe hebt den Finger, um etwas zu sagen. Hinter ihr sitzen ein Mann mit dunkler Hautfarbe und eine blonde Frau.

August 20, 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment

Daughters of migrants often participate in further training

Ute Leber, Franziska Schreyer, Huy Le Quang

Participation in vocational further training is unequally distributed among different groups. Migrants daughters often participate in further training. Men, who immigrated themselves, seldom take ...read more

July 30, 2020 | Regional Labour Markets

Why digitisation affects some German federal states more than others

Gabriele Wydra-Somaggio

The extent to which jobs in the German federal state could be replaced by digitisation largely depends on sectoral and occupational structure in the ...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

Zwei Straßenarbeiter mit Migrationshuntergrund sitzen auf einer „unfertigen“ Straße und machen Pause.

June 18, 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 ...read more

May 15, 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment

School closings during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from German high school students

Silke Anger, Hans Dietrich, Alexander Patzina, Malte Sandner, Adrian Lerche, Sarah Bernhard, Carina Toussaint

The article presents empirical findings from German high school students during the school closing due to the COVID-19 ...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

A crowd of people (men, women, young, old, light skin, brown skin) walking, shown from the back.

April 1, 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment

Effects of population changes on the labour market in Germany

Sabine Klinger, Johann Fuchs

The authors show four scenarios how population changes can effect the labour force potential in Germany and what parameters need to be adjusted ...read more