All articles in: Groups of Persons

September 15, 2022 | Series "Tracking youth joblessness during the Covid-19 crisis"

Unemployment and the mental health of young people during the second phase of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

Hans Dietrich, Alexander Patzina, Laura Brunner

Young adults are tomorrow’s workforce in times of aggravating skill shortage. Their mental health and well-being decide over their labour market success and influence the future development of the ...read more

Ein Mann mit schwarzer Hautfarbe steht hinter einer Fleischtheke im Supermarkt als Verkäufer.

August 9, 2022 | Series "Covid-19 crisis: consequences for the labour market"

Essential occupations: what are the working conditions like?

Anton Nivorozhkin, Friedrich Poeschel

Most jobs in essential occupations in Germany have relatively good working conditions. Yet a substantial share of jobs has bad ones, and here migrants are ...read more

July 15, 2022 | Series "The Effects of the Ukraine War on the German Labour Market"

Labour market integration in Germany: refugee women take significantly longer than men

Yuliya Kosyakova, Lidwina Gundacker, Zerrin Salikutluk, Parvati Trübswetter

Refugee women take for multiple reasons longer to be integrated into the German labour market than ...read more

Mann mit Sohn liegen vor Hausaufgaben auf dem Boden. Im Hintergrund sitzt die Mutter mit der Tochter auf dem Bett, Laptop auf dem Schoß.

March 8, 2022 | Interviews

Work and family in times of lockdown: a step backwards for women?

Jutta Winters, Christiane Keitel

In spring 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic paralysed public life in many countries. Schools and daycare facilities closed. Many men and women started working from home or switched to short-time work. The ...read more

Jugendliche sitzt im Korridor eines Schulgebäudes und denkt nach

February 8, 2022 | Groups of Persons

Disadvantaged young people find the transition from school to work particularly difficult

Nancy Reims, Malte Sandner, Brigitte Schels

How the transition from school to working life takes place sets the course for individual labour market opportunities. This transition is particularly difficult for disadvantaged young people. Here ...read more

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

Regina Konle-Seidl

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

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

Vier junge Menschen in jeweils unterschiedlicher Berufskleidung: Ingenieurin, Pizza-Kurier, Koch, Gärtnerin

October 15, 2021 | Groups of Persons

Not all wishes come true: the occupational compromises youths accept when entering vocational training

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

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