Disadvantaged young people find the transition from school to work particularly difficult
How the transition from school to working life takes place sets the course for individual labour market opportunities. This transition is…
Education and Chances of Employment
8 Beiträge
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…
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 Germany.
School closings during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from German high school students
The article presents empirical findings from German high school students during the school closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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…
Labour market advice and job placement of refugees: Labour market integration is still a long way off
A few refugees get a job soon after they arrived in Germany. However, for most of them labour market integration is still a long way off. Bevor…
Should the US introduce a dual vocational training system following the German example? Four questions to IAB researcher Simon Janssen
In an article in the renowned Wall Street Journal of 8 September 2016 (“Germany offers a promising jobs model”), the American labour…
The dual apprenticeship system in Germany: an interview with IAB Director Joachim Möller
Youth unemployment in Germany is very low by international standards. In an interview to the IAB-Forum magazine, IAB Director Joachim Möller…