The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is hosting a second workshop on "Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market" on July 20 and 21, 2026.
13.03.2026
Call for Papers: Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market
Call for Papers: Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market
The IAB invites you to its second workshop on imperfect competition in the labor market from 20 July to 21 July 2026. The deadline for submissions is 31 March.
29.08.2025
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.
While men and women are increasingly found in the same occupations, a surprising trend has emerged: Sectors are becoming more gender-segregated over time.
14.05.2025
Call for papers: Jobs, Skills, and Productivity in Structural Transformations
The third ELMI International Conference will take place from 7 until 8 October 2025 in Warsaw.
Organised by the Institute for Structural Research (IBS), Institute for Employment Research (IAB), and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), the international ...
22.04.2025
Artificial intelligence in the workplace: insights into the transformation of customer services
Initial results suggest that AI can have a positive impact on employee productivity, especially for new employees.
How does the use of artificial intelligence in training affect employee productivity? These and other questions were investigated as part of the long-term research project ...
09.01.2025
Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes
David Autor discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on wages and employment.
David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025.
02.09.2024
Job Mobility and Assortative Matching
This paper examines the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility.
We examine the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility. Using administrative employer-employee data covering the universe of German employees, we ...
19.07.2024
An international comparison of the employment situation among older people
In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems.
09.07.2024
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Working conditions in the so-called platform economy are controversially discussed in public discourse.
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
29.08.2025
Gender convergence in all areas: Is it a myth?
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.
While men and women are increasingly found in the same occupations, a surprising trend has emerged: Sectors are becoming more gender-segregated over time.
14.05.2025
Call for papers: Jobs, Skills, and Productivity in Structural Transformations
The third ELMI International Conference will take place from 7 until 8 October 2025 in Warsaw.
Organised by the Institute for Structural Research (IBS), Institute for Employment Research (IAB), and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), the international ...
22.04.2025
Artificial intelligence in the workplace: insights into the transformation of customer services
Initial results suggest that AI can have a positive impact on employee productivity, especially for new employees.
How does the use of artificial intelligence in training affect employee productivity? These and other questions were investigated as part of the long-term research project ...
09.01.2025
Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes
David Autor discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on wages and employment.
David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025.
02.09.2024
Job Mobility and Assortative Matching
This paper examines the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility.
We examine the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility. Using administrative employer-employee data covering the universe of German employees, we ...
19.07.2024
An international comparison of the employment situation among older people
In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems.
09.07.2024
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Working conditions in the so-called platform economy are controversially discussed in public discourse.
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
While men and women are increasingly found in the same occupations, a surprising trend has emerged: Sectors are becoming more gender-segregated over time.
14.05.2025
Call for papers: Jobs, Skills, and Productivity in Structural Transformations
Call for papers: Jobs, Skills, and Productivity in Structural Transformations
The third ELMI International Conference will take place from 7 until 8 October 2025 in Warsaw.
Organised by the Institute for Structural Research (IBS), Institute for Employment Research (IAB), and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), the international ...
22.04.2025
Artificial intelligence in the workplace: insights into the transformation of customer services
Initial results suggest that AI can have a positive impact on employee productivity, especially for new employees.
How does the use of artificial intelligence in training affect employee productivity? These and other questions were investigated as part of the long-term research project ...
09.01.2025
Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes
David Autor discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on wages and employment.
David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025.
02.09.2024
Job Mobility and Assortative Matching
This paper examines the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility.
We examine the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility. Using administrative employer-employee data covering the universe of German employees, we ...
19.07.2024
An international comparison of the employment situation among older people
In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems.
09.07.2024
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Working conditions in the so-called platform economy are controversially discussed in public discourse.
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
Organised by the Institute for Structural Research (IBS), Institute for Employment Research (IAB), and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), the international ...
22.04.2025
Artificial intelligence in the workplace: insights into the transformation of customer services
Artificial intelligence in the workplace: insights into the transformation of customer services
Initial results suggest that AI can have a positive impact on employee productivity, especially for new employees.
How does the use of artificial intelligence in training affect employee productivity? These and other questions were investigated as part of the long-term research project ...
09.01.2025
Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes
David Autor discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on wages and employment.
David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025.
02.09.2024
Job Mobility and Assortative Matching
This paper examines the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility.
We examine the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility. Using administrative employer-employee data covering the universe of German employees, we ...
19.07.2024
An international comparison of the employment situation among older people
In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems.
09.07.2024
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Working conditions in the so-called platform economy are controversially discussed in public discourse.
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
How does the use of artificial intelligence in training affect employee productivity? These and other questions were investigated as part of the long-term research project ...
09.01.2025
Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes
Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes
David Autor discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on wages and employment.
David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025.
02.09.2024
Job Mobility and Assortative Matching
This paper examines the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility.
We examine the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility. Using administrative employer-employee data covering the universe of German employees, we ...
19.07.2024
An international comparison of the employment situation among older people
In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems.
09.07.2024
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Working conditions in the so-called platform economy are controversially discussed in public discourse.
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025.
02.09.2024
Job Mobility and Assortative Matching
Job Mobility and Assortative Matching
This paper examines the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility.
We examine the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility. Using administrative employer-employee data covering the universe of German employees, we ...
19.07.2024
An international comparison of the employment situation among older people
In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems.
09.07.2024
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Working conditions in the so-called platform economy are controversially discussed in public discourse.
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
We examine the development of worker-firm matching over the career due to job mobility. Using administrative employer-employee data covering the universe of German employees, we ...
19.07.2024
An international comparison of the employment situation among older people
An international comparison of the employment situation among older people
In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems.
09.07.2024
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Working conditions in the so-called platform economy are controversially discussed in public discourse.
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
In many developed countries the baby boomers are gradually reaching retirement age. This creates challenges for both labour supply and pension systems.
09.07.2024
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Gig-work in the German delivery-services sector
Working conditions in the so-called platform economy are controversially discussed in public discourse.
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
Drivers working for app-based delivery services have become an integral part of the urban landscape in Germany. At the same time, working conditions in the so-called platform ...
19.06.2023
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Professor David Card: “The results we obtained were quite controversial“
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks about imperfect competition, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections to the IAB.
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
Nobel Prize Winner David Card speaks on the sidelines of an IAB workshop about imperfect competition in the labour market, his research on minimum wage, and about his connections ...
12.05.2023
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Video: “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023.
YouTube video
Professor Wolfgang Dauth discussed “The labor market consequences of living in social housing“ in his keynote speech at the EALE Job Market Tour 2023. YouTube video