Read moreJuly 31, 2025 | Labour Market Policy
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
Read moreJune 17, 2024 | Interviews
Educational research is an essential part of labour market and occupational research. At IAB, it is primarily, but by no means exclusively, conducted in the research unit “Education, Training, and ...read more
Read moreJune 12, 2024 | Digital and ecological transformation
Tackling the climate crisis requires a restructuring of the economy, which increases the demand for particular skills. In Germany, this increased demand is confronted with an overall scarcity of ...read more
Read moreDecember 1, 2022 | Series "The Effects of the Ukraine War on the German Labour Market"
Franziska Schreyer, Silke Anger, Tim-Felix Grabert, Olena Martyniuk
The longer Ukrainian refugees stay in their receiving countries, the more urgent questions about their integration into the local labour markets become. In this context, also the issue of which ...read more
Read moreOctober 15, 2021 | Groups of Persons
Lea Ahrens, Melanie Fischer, Corinna Kleinert, Brigitte Schels
Youths often accept compromises when choosing vocational training since they navigate between personal interests and market conditions. The discrepancy between occupational aspirations at school and ...read more