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Read moreOctober 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
Read moreAugust 20, 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
Daughters of migrants often participate in further training
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
Read moreJuly 30, 2020 | Regional Labour Markets
Why digitisation affects some German federal states more than others
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
Read moreJune 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
IAB researcher Regina Konle-Seidl presents in this interview her research results on short-time work in Europe in the Corona ...read more
Read moreJune 18, 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
What do we know about the employment of refugees in Germany? Answers to some frequently asked questions.
In this interview, the authors Herbert Brücker and Yuliya Kosyakova answer key questions on the employment of refugees in ...read more
Read moreMay 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
Read moreMay 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
Interview with ILO telework expert Jon ...read more
Read moreApril 15, 2020 | International Labour Markets
German Exports to the UK: declining since the Brexit referendum in 2016
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
Read moreApril 1, 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
Effects of population changes on the labour market in Germany
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