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Abendroth, Anja-Kristin, Charlotte Katharina Schröder & Sophie-Charlotte Meyer (2026): The Social Structuring of Digital Monitoring: How Resource‐Rich Employees Are Shielded From More Invasive Levels of Digital Monitoring. In: New Technology, Work and Employment, Jg. 41, H. 2, S. 240-251. DOI:10.1111/ntwe.70019

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"Digital monitoring represents a new dimension of external control. We focus on variation in the experiences and perceptions of digital monitoring among employees with differing access to resources due to their embeddedness in differentially resource-rich organizations and jobs. Based on German linked employer–employee survey data, our results suggest that employees in resource-rich organizations that are able and willing to pay relatively high wages to secure work performance are less likely to experience the use of automatically stored data on work steps for performance evaluation and to perceive digital monitoring as constant surveillance. The same is true of employees in resource-rich jobs with high task complexity. These patterns did not emerge for the mere automatic storage of data about work steps, which suggests that—in contrast to more invasivelevels of digital monitoring—employees' experiences of this basic level are less likely structured by their embeddedness in organizational inequality regimes." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Alam, Afroza & André Diegmann (2026): Patents, Firm Rents, and Worker Compensation: Causal Evidence from Quasi-Random Patent Allocation. (IWH-Diskussionspapiere / Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle 2026,06), Halle, 75 S. DOI:10.18717/dp56nk-4g69

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"This paper provides new causal evidence on how patent allowances affect firms and their employees based on quasi-random assignment of patent applications to examiners. Exploiting employer–employee records with newly linked German firm data and web-scraped patent documents, we show that patent-induced shocks reduce firm exit, improve productivity, and increase wages, with rent-sharing elasticities between 0.10 and 0.21. Wage gains are broadly observed across occupational tasks, with high heterogeneity: managers benefit disproportionately in publicly traded firms, whereas broader wage increases accrue to workers in non-traded firms. Our findings highlight the role of institutional features and firm organization in shaping how rents are shared." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Alloatti, Magali & Tanja Fendel (2026): Is Germany Missing Out or Catching Up? Gender Inequality and the German Skilled Immigration Act. In: Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, S. 1-17. DOI:10.1080/15562948.2025.2606198

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"Germany’s Skilled Worker Immigration Act addresses labor shortages by targeting non-EU migrants. The literature emphasizes that such policies often overlook gender-specific challenges, reinforcing inequalities. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel (2013–2022), we reveal significant disadvantages for non-EU migrant women. We find that deskilling and the sexual division of paid and unpaid working time explain gender disparities in professional careers. Women migrating for work show lower disadvantages than other migrant women; however, they are predominantly young and without children. We advocate for gender-sensitive reforms to accompany migration laws, ensuring equitable labor market access for migrant women in Germany and especially those with children." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Taylor & Francis) ((en))

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Anker, Fritz, Marco Berg, Ralph Cramer, Christian Dickmann, Vincent Gerber, Reiner Gilberg, Birgit Jesske, Martin Kleudgen, Jonas Beste, Sandra Dummert, Corinna Frodermann, Sonja Malich, Valentina Prospero, Claudia Wenzig, Mark Trappmann, Sebastian Bähr, Matthias Collischon, Stefanie Gundert, Jan Mackeben, Marcel Müller, Jens Stegmaier & Anja Wunder (2026): Codebook and Documentation of the Panel Study „Labour Market and Social Security“ (PASS). Datenreport Wave 18. (FDZ-Datenreport 10/2025 (en)), Nürnberg, 184 S. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2510.en.v1

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"Die FDZ-Datenreporte beschreiben die Daten des FDZ im Detail. Diese Reihe hat somit eine doppelte Funktion: Zum einen stellen Nutzerinnen und Nutzer fest, ob die angebotenen Daten für das Forschungsvorhaben geeignet sind, zum anderen dienen sie zur Vorbereitung der Auswertungen. Dieser Datenreport dokumentiert die Aufbereitung der Welle 18 von PASS. Das Dokument basiert auf dem Datenreport der Welle 17: Marco Berg, Ralph Cramer, Christian Dickmann, Vincent Gerber, Reiner Gilberg, Birgit Jesske, Martin Kleudgen (alle infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH), Jonas Beste, Sandra Dummert, Corinna Frodermann, Sonja Malich, Stefan Schwarz, Claudia Wenzig, Mark Trappmann, Sebastian Bähr, Matthias Collischon, Stefanie Gundert, Benjamin Küfner, Jan Mackeben, Marcel Müller, Valentina Prospero, Jens Stegmaier, Nils Teichler, Anja Wunder (alle Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)): Codebuch und Dokumentation des Panel „Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung“ (PASS) Band I: Datenreport Welle 17, FDZ Datenreport, 12/2024 (de), Nürnberg." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Antoni, Manfred, Mattis Beckmannshagen, Markus M. Grabka, Sekou Keita & Parvati Trübswetter (2026): Befragungsdaten der SOEP-Core-, IAB-SOEP Migrationsstichprobe, IAB-BAMF-SOEP Befragung von Geflüchteten und SOEP-Innovationssample verknüpft mit administrativen Daten des IAB (SOEP-CMI-ADIAB) 1975-2023. (FDZ-Datenreport 02/2026 (de)), Nürnberg, 91 S. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2602.de.v1

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"Dieser Datenreport beschreibt die verknüpften Befragungsdaten der SOEP-Core-, IAB-SOEP Migrationsstichprobe, IAB-BAMF-SOEP Befragung von Geflüchteten und SOEP-Innovationssample mit administrativen Daten des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Arndt, Franziska, Paula Risius, Lydia Malin & Valeria Quispe (2026): Fachkräftemangel in KMU: Eine Analyse der Fachkräftesituation nach Betriebsgrößenklassen. (KOFA-Studie / Kompetenzzentrum Fachkräftesicherung 2026,02), Köln, 41 S.

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Aumüller, Anna, Andreas Winklbauer, Barbara Stiglbauer & Bernad Batinic (2026): Stable yet unequal: a decade of work-life balance in Germany. In: Current psychology, Jg. 45, H. 3. DOI:10.1007/s12144-025-08614-0

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"Societal shifts, digitalization, and flexibilization at the workplace have led to blurred boundaries between life and work, yet the overall development of work-life balance (WLB) over the past decade in the German population remains largely unexplored. This study leverages longitudinal quantitative data from the PASS panel, collected via telephone surveys by the Institute for Labor Market and Occupational Research (IAB) in Germany. Using Latent Growth Modeling, we analyzed the WLB trajectories of 1,806 German employees over a decade (2013–2022). Thus, unlike many cross-sectional studies, this research captures the long-term evolution of WLB, illuminating how it has responded to significant societal and workplace changes. Despite these changes, our findings indicate that WLB has remained generally stable over the past ten years. By incorporating person- and job-related factors (gender, parental status, career stage, job category, income group), we were also able to examine individual differences in WLB and its progression. Blue-collar workers and participants with children showed significantly lower WLB. White-collar workers were the only subgroup to show a slight decrease in WLB. These results highlight the importance of targeted interventions at both organizational and policy levels to address disparities in WLB and promote sustainable work environments." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer Nature) ((en))

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Bachbauer, Nadine (2026): NEPS-SC8-Erhebungsdaten verknüpft mit administrativen Daten des IAB (NEPS-SC8-ADIAB). (FDZ-Datenreport 05/2026 (de)), Nürnberg, 91 S. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2605.de.v1

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"Dieser Datenreport beschreibt die verknüpften Erhebungsdaten des Nationalen Bildungspanels der Startkohorte 8 „Bildung für die Welt von morgen“ (NEPS-SC8) mit administrativen Daten des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bachbauer, Nadine (2026): NEPS-SC8 survey data linked to administrative data of the IAB (NEPS-SC8-ADIAB). (FDZ-Datenreport 05/2026 (en)), Nürnberg, 91 S. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2605.en.v1

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"This data report describes the linked survey data of Starting Cohort 8 „Education for the World of Tomorrow” of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS-SC8) with administrative data of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB)." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bachmann, Ronald, Gökay Demir, Colin Green & Arne Uhlendorff (2026): Technologischer Wandel und Löhne: Die Anpassung der Berufe spielt eine entscheidende Rolle. (IAB-Kurzbericht 01/2026), Nürnberg, 8 S. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2601

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"Technischer Fortschritt verändert die Arbeitswelt - besonders in Berufen, in denen viele Tätigkeiten leicht automatisiert werden können. In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist der Anteil an Routinetätigkeiten in vielen Berufen deutlich zurückgegangen - häufig zugunsten nicht routine­mäßiger kognitiver Tätigkeiten wie Analysieren, Planen oder Beraten. Dabei verzeichnen Berufe, deren Tätigkeiten sich im Laufe der Zeit stärker an den technologischen Wandel angepasst haben, steigende Löhne. Sie zeichnen sich zudem durch intensivere Weiterbildungsaktivitäten aus. In Berufen, deren Tätigkeitsprofil sich kaum verändert hat, stagnieren die Löhne dagegen häufiger." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bachmann, Ronald, Gökay Demir, Colin Green & Arne Uhlendorff (2026): How important are within‐occupation task changes for wage growth? Evidence from administrative micro data. In: Economica, S. 1-40. DOI:10.1111/ecca.70054

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"We examine how changes in task content over time condition occupational wage development. Using survey data from Germany, we document substantial heterogeneity in within-occupation changes in task content. Combining this evidence with administrative data on individual employment outcomes over a 25-year period, we find important heterogeneity in wage penalties amongst jobs that were initially routine-task-intensive. While occupations that remain (relatively) routine-intensive generate substantial wage penalties, occupations with a decreasing routine intensity experience stable or even increasing wages. These findings suggest that changing task profiles of occupations is an important adaptation mechanism to technological change. They cannot be explained by composition or cohort effects." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bachmann, Rüdiger, Christian Bayer, Heiko Stüber & Felix Wellschmied (2026): Monopsony Makes Firms Not Only Small but Also Unproductive: Why East Germany has Not Converged. In: The Review of Economic Studies. DOI:10.1093/restud/rdag033

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"When employers face a trade-off between being large and paying low wages—and in thissense have monopsony power—some productive employers decide against building large business networks, forgo sales, and remain small. These decisions have adverse consequences for aggregate labour productivity. Using high-quality administrative data from Germany, we document that East German plants (compared to West German ones) face steeper size-wage curves, invest less in their business networks, remain smaller, and are less productive. A model with labour market monopsony, product market power, and business network investments matching these features of the data predicts a 10% lower aggregate labour productivity in East Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bareis, Alexander, Felix Hees & Lukas Andreas Wilzek (2026): Wie junge Menschen von Wehr- oder Zivildienst profitieren: Ein Pflichtdienst kann den Übergang in den Arbeitsmarkt begünstigen. In: IAB-Forum H. 12.02.2026. DOI:10.48720/IAB.FOO.20260212.01

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"Der Übergang von der Schule in den Arbeitsmarkt legt den Grundstein für den erfolgreichen Erwerbsverlauf junger Menschen. Angesichts der aktuellen Debatte über eine mögliche Wiedereinführung der Wehrpflicht gewinnt die Frage an Bedeutung, wie ein verpflichtender Dienst den Berufseinstieg junger Männer beeinflusst. Anhaltspunkte hierzu liefern Analysen für die Zeit der Wehrpflicht in Deutschland bis zu ihrer Aussetzung im Jahr 2011." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bellmann, Lisa, Miriam Gensicke, Katrin Grau, Susanne Kohaut, Iris Möller, Michael Oberfichtner, Barbara Schwengler, Nikolai Tschersich & Matthias Umkehrer (2026): IAB-Betriebspanel (IAB-BP) 1993-2024. (FDZ-Datenreport 01/2026 (de)), Nürnberg, 28 S. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2601.de.v1

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"Dieser Datenreport beschreibt das IAB-Betriebspanel (IAB-BP) 1993-2024. Das IAB-Betriebspanel ist eine jährliche repräsentative Arbeitgeberbefragung zu betrieblichen Determinanten der Beschäftigung. Die Erhebung wird seit 1993 in Westdeutschland und seit 1996 auch in Ostdeutschland durchgeführt. Sie stellt die zentrale Quelle für Analysen zur Arbeitskräftenachfrage auf dem Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland dar." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bellmann, Lisa, Miriam Gensicke, Katrin Grau, Susanne Kohaut, Iris Möller, Michael Oberfichtner, Barbara Schwengler, Nikolai Tschersich & Matthias Umkehrer (2026): IAB Establishment Panel (IAB-BP) 1993-2024. (FDZ-Datenreport 01/2026 (en)), Nürnberg, 28 S. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2601.en.v1

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"This data report describes the IAB Establishment Panel (IAB-BP) 1993-2024. The IAB Establishment Panel is an annual representative survey on various topics such as the determinants of labour demand. It has been conducted by the IAB since 1993 in West Germany and since 1996 in East Germany, too. The IAB Establishment Panel is the central basis for the analysis of labour demand in Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bellmann, Lisa, Philipp Grunau, Susanne Kohaut, Iris Möller & Michael Oberfichtner (2026): The IAB establishment panel – an updated overview. In: Journal for labour market research, Jg. 60, H. 1, 2026-06-23. DOI:10.1186/s12651-026-00434-4

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"This article provides an overview of the IAB Establishment Panel, an annual survey of about 15,000 establishments across all industries and size classes that has been tracking labour demand and its determinants since 1993 (including East Germany since 1996). The survey samples establishments with employees subject to social security contributions disproportionately from the Federal Employment Agency’s Establishment File. Survey weights support inference to this population. The panel combines a core questionnaire on employment, business development, industrial relations, and vocational training with ad hoc modules on current topics. We also describe recent methodological developments, including the transition from paper-based interviewing to computer-assisted and partly self-administered modes and associated response patterns. The survey can be linked to administrative employee data (LIAB) and complementary employer–employee surveys (LPP), enabling matchedanalyses. Researchers can access the data via the Research Data Centre of the German Federal Employment Agency." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer) ((en))

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Bellmann, Lutz, Christian Dustmann & Bernd Fitzenberger (2026): Collective Bargaining in Germany: Trends and Challenges. (RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 2026,171), Berlin, 49 S.

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"Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Entwicklung, institutionelle Ausgestaltung und gegenwärtigen Herausforderungen von Tarifverhandlungen in Deutschland. Tarifverhandlungen wirken Arbeitsmarktunvollkommenheiten entgegen, verteilen Produktivitätsgewinne und gestalten Arbeitsbedingungen. Das deutsche System beruht vor allem auf Branchentarifverträgen, ergänzt durch Firmentarifverträge und die freiwillige Tariforientierung formal nicht tarifgebundener Betriebe an den Ergebnissen von Branchentarifverhandlungen. Historisch haben Tarifverhandlungen kooperative Arbeitsbeziehungen gefördert und zugleich in wirtschaftlichen Abschwüngen Flexibilität ermöglicht. Wir beschreiben die langfristigen Rückgänge der Mitgliedschaft in Gewerkschaften und der Tarifbindung, die durch die Tariforientierung teilweise abgefedert werden. Zudem ist die Tarifbindung unter Niedriglohnbeschäftigten geringer. Abschließend erörtern wir die Zukunft des Systems von Tarifverhandlungen und der deutschen Tarifinstitutionen vor dem Hintergrund der wirtschaftlichen Transformationsprozesse und der wachsenden Bedeutung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns und unternehmen einen Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und den USA." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Berger, Viktoria, Justus Stadler & Stefanie Wolter (2026): Engagement von Betriebsräten: Schlüssel zu besserem Arbeitsschutz und mehr Gesundheit? In: Sicher ist sicher H. 1, S. 1-4. DOI:10.37307/j.2199-7349.2026.01.06

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"Der Anteil der Betriebe und Beschäftigten, die von einem Betriebsrat vertreten werden, ist seit Jahren rückläufig. Dabei sind Betriebsräte in bundesdeutschen Betrieben traditionell und gesetzlich verankert. Neben der allgemeinen Interessenvertretung haben sie ein Mitbestimmungsrecht im Bereich der Sicherheit und des Gesundheitsschutz bei der Arbeit (Arbeitsschutz). Unsere Studie zeigt, dass in Betrieben, in denen Betriebsräte engagiert wahrgenommen werden, Arbeitsbedingungen und Gesundheit positiver bewertet werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bossler, Mario, Ying Liang & Thorsten Schank (2026): The devil is in the details: Heterogeneous effects of the German minimum wage on working hours and minijobs. In: Journal of Public Economics, Jg. 253, 2025-11-18. DOI:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105540

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"Germany introduced a national minimum wage in 2015. While prior studies find limited effects on overall employment, we go into detail and examine its impact on working hours and minijobs. The minimum wage significantly reduces inequality in hourly and monthly wages. While average working hours remain stable, minijobbers experience notable cuts in working hours, which can be explained by the institutional context shaping the effects of the minimum wage. Employment in regular jobs remains unaffected, but minijobs decline, driven by transitions into both regular jobs and non-employment. The latter implies an employment elasticity of −0.16 for minijob employment. Following the first major minimum wage increase in 2022, we reveal a reduction in working hours that is not limited to minijobs, corresponding to an employment volume elasticity of −0.38." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.) ((en))

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Bossler, Mario & Martin Popp (2026): Labor Demand on a Tight Leash. In: ILR review, Jg. 79, H. 4, S. 617-651., 2025-10-21. DOI:10.1177/00197939261435961

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"Using detailed information on vacancies and job seekers, the authors study the effect of labor market tightness on labor demand for the near-universe of German firms. To this end, novel Bartik instruments are constructed that combine firms’ predetermined employment shares with nationwide shifts at the occupational level. The results show that tightness significantly reduces firms’ labor demand, implying that the observed doubling in tightness between 2012 and 2019 reduced employment by 5%. At the aggregate level, the negative tightness effect creates search externalities, which reduce the own-wage elasticity of labor demand from −0.7 to −0.5 through reallocation of workers between firms. To guide the analysis, the authors embed elements of the canonical search-and-matching model into a labor demand equation, while allowing vacancy posting costs to increase in tight markets. Through the lens of this model, the pre-match component of hiring costs amounts to 16–24% of annual wage payments." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Sage) ((en))