All posts on: job transformation

Construction worker resting on concrete reinforcing bars.

January 15, 2026 | Labour Market Policy

Minimum wage and job reallocation: The hidden role of financial constraints

The introduction of Germany’s minimum wage in 2015 did not cause substantial changes to overall employment; rather, it triggered large shifts in the composition and allocation of types of employment. ...read more

January 9, 2025 | Interviews

Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes

Jutta Winters, Jonathan Latner

David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025. In this accompanying interview, he discusses the impact ...read more

Ein männlicher Fahrradkurier überprüft in der App auf seinem Handy die neue Bestellung.

July 9, 2024 | Forms of Employment

Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector: Employment has increased significantly in recent years

Martin Friedrich, Ines Helm, Ramona Jost, Julia Lang, Christoph Müller

Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform economy are keenly ...read more

This picture shows a portrait of Professor Giovanni Peri.

June 14, 2024 | Interviews

“Locations where new work creation has been larger were also locations where employment levels grew more quickly”

Max Gerber, Jutta Winters

Professor Giovanni Peri, a renowned economist from the University of California, will give a Special Lecture at the IAB on 20 June 2024. He will share his research on the rise of new work in the US, ...read more