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15.12.2025

The role of migrants in the labour market

Germany needs immigration to overcome demographic challenges. What measures should immigration policy take and how can workers be successfully integrated?

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26.11.2025

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European Labour Market Barometer rises above 100 for the first time since mid-2023

‘The European Labour Market Barometer has left the low-pressure zone. However, this does not yet mean that the outlook is sunny,’ explains Enzo Weber, IAB head of forecast.

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18. December 2025

The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Initial Labour Market Outcomes

The minimum wage does not harm the education-to-work transition, but impacts the mix of both – firms and occupations in the labour market.

26. November 2025

European Labour Market Barometer rises above 100 for the first time since mid-2023

The European Labour Market Barometer has climbed above the neutral mark of 100 points for the first time since mid-2023.

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23. October 2025

The role of physical leisure activities in refugees’structural integration

This study investigates the role of engaging in physical leisure activities in facilitating refugees’ structural integration.

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14. October 2025

Retirement Age Reforms and Worker Substitutability: Implications for Employment of Older Workers

This paper studies how labor demand factors shape employment responses to a rise in the early retirement age.

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13. October 2025

Peer Effects in Old‑Age Employment Among Women

This paper studies how labor demand factors shape employment responses to a rise in the early retirement age.

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1. October 2025

Ethical Integration in Public Sector AI

This IAB-Discussion Paper addresses the ethical design of artificial intelligence in the public sector.

26. September 2025

European Labour Market Barometer moves upwards in small steps

After rising by 0.3 points, the leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB has reached the neutral mark of 100 points in September.

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24. September 2025

Survey on the IAB website

The IAB wishes to tailor its German and English online offering even more closely to your needs and requirements. We would therefore like to find out your views, wishes and ...

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29. August 2025

Gender convergence in all areas: Is it a myth?

Over the past few decades, there is increasing convergence between men’s and women’s employment rates, hours worked, pay, and occupational representation.

27. August 2025

European Labour Market Barometer: European labor markets lack stimulus

The European Labour Market Barometer remains at 99.7 points for the fourth consecutive month.

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The role of migrants in the labour market

Due to its demographic challenges, Germany is in urgent need of immigration. To what extent can the immigration of workers and skilled labour offset the decline and ageing of the working-age population? What recent developments in national and European immigration policy favour the immigration of workers and skilled labour? How can integration into the education and training system, access to the labour market, and conditions for social participation and cultural integration be improved?

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