All posts on: Labour market integration of migrants

Ein afrikanischer Arbeiter prüft in einem Neubau mit der Wasserwaage ob eine Wand gerade ist.

July 31, 2025 | Labour Market Policy

Drivers of employment growth: An overview of the integration of migrants into the German labour market

In the public debate in Germany, it is often assumed that it is financially more attractive for migrants and refugees to remain on mean-tested benefits for unemployed people than to work. On the ...read more

A teacher explains something to an female adult Muslim student wearing a hijab on the laptop they are both sitting in front of.

February 19, 2025 | Interviews

ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland

Jonathan Latner

How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? What about the gender ...read more

March 2, 2023 | Interviews

“Refugees from Ukraine face considerable uncertainty about their future”

Christiane Keitel, Jutta Winters

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