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11.06.2025

The labour market and artificial intelligence

How will these technologies based on artificial intelligence actually spread, and how will this affect employees? These are important questions that the IAB is addressing in its research.

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8. August 2025

From Assessment to Employment: The Impact of Skills Tests on Reemployment Outcomes in Germany

This study examines the long-term effects of a standardized skills assessment test on the employment outcomes of jobseekers without formal vocational qualifications in Germany.

7. August 2025

Direct and Indirect Effects of Investment Tax Incentives

In this paper published in 'American Economic Review', Adrian Lerche estimates the direct effects of investment tax credits.

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7. August 2025

Gender Divergence in Sectors of Work

This IAB-Discussion Paper shows that men’s and women’s sectors of employment actually diverged.

6. August 2025

17th interdisciplinary PhD-Workshop – Perspectives On (Un-)Employment

The IAB’s Graduate School (GradAB) and the FAU invites young researchers to its 17th interdisciplinary Ph.D. workshop 'Perspectives on (Un-)Employment'.

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6. August 2025

The Impact of Germany’s 2015 Dublin III Suspension on Migration Intentions in Arab Countries

This study investigates the impact of a remarkable shift in European foreign policy, Germany’s suspension of the Dublin III regulations in 2015.

4. August 2025

Living Conditions and Participation of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany

It shows that the group of Ukrainian refugees in the second half of 2023 is still predominantly made up of women.

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31. July 2025

Drivers of employment growth: An overview of the integration of migrants into the German labour market

In the public debate, it is often assumed that it is financially more attractive for migrants and refugees to remain on mean-tested benefits for unemployed people than to work.

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29. July 2025

European Labour Market Barometer: Mixed picture of European labour markets

There are ups and downs in the countries, but overall, the European labour market is not budging.

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17. July 2025

No negative wage effects when transitioning to fixed-term employment

Fixed-term contracts do not necessarily have to be disadvantageous, but they are not preferable from the employees' point of view.

17. July 2025

Immigrants earn about 18 percent less on average than a country’s native population

Multinational study published in the journal "Nature", with contributions from IAB researcher Malte Reichelt.

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The labour market and artificial intelligence

Technologies based on artificial intelligence have been impressing us with their seemingly ever-increasing potential benefits and the rapid speed with which they complete tasks. There are strong expectations that these technologies will have a lasting impact on the world of work. How will these technologies actually spread, and how will this affect employees? These are important questions that the IAB is addressing in its research.

We have compiled a list of IAB publications and projects related to the subject of the labour market and artificial intelligence on a dedicated page.