Digitalising the economy: The future of employment and qualification in Germany
The new complex and intelligent digitalisation poses a significant challenge to the economies and the labour markets. In this context, the underlying…
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European unemployment insurance: finding the golden mean
Ever since Europe slipped into severe recession following the financial crisis in the U.S., people have been discussing how to make the European…
New book publication: Frontline Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Policies in Europe
Welfare-to-work or activation policies refer to programmes aimed at promoting the employability, labour-market and social participation of benefit…
The German job miracle: an interview with IAB Director Joachim Möller
From “the sick man of Europe” to the “German job miracle”: the German labour market has been performing extraordinarily well…
The German labour market in a nutshell
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Germany’s labour market was in such a poor state that the country was described as ’the sick man of Europe’. Since…
Knowledge at first click – IAB-Forum goes online
Labour markets have become more international, more interlinked. Many employees now expect that their work will take them abroad, to new labour…