Dr. Tim Kovalenko

ongoing Projects

• Do German firms adjust their employment plans in response to monetary policy announcements?
• Job creation and job destruction in Germany since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic
• Linkage between Registered Vacancies in the FEA Job Board and Hires in the IAB Job Vacancy Survey
• Patterns of regional firm mobility in Germany
• IAB-Special-Lecture
• The fall and rebound of average establishment size in West Germany
• Betriebsräten und Stellenbesetzungsdauern

• Changes in the German labor market since the COVID-19 pandemic: More job shifts between sectors

  Kovalenko, T. (2025): Veränderungen am deutschen Arbeitsmarkt seit der Covid-19-Pandemie: Mehr Verschiebungen von Arbeitsplätzen zwischen den Branchen. (IAB-Kurzbericht 16/2025), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2516

• IAB-Stellenerhebung: Betriebsbefragung zu Stellenangebot und Besetzungsprozessen, Welle 2000 bis 2022 mit Folgequartalen von 2006 bis 2023

  Diegmann, A., Gürtzgen, N., Kovalenko, T., Kubis, A., Pirralha, A., Pohlan, L., Popp, M. & Vetter, F. (2025): IAB-Stellenerhebung: Betriebsbefragung zu Stellenangebot und Besetzungsprozessen, Welle 2000 bis 2022 mit Folgequartalen von 2006 bis 2023. (FDZ-Datenreport 09/2025 (de)), Nürnberg, 30 p. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2509.de.v1

• The IAB Job Vacancy Survey: Establishment survey on labour demand and recruitment processes, waves 2000 to 2022 and subsequent quarters 2006 to 2023

  Diegmann, A., Gürtzgen, N., Kovalenko, T., Kubis, A., Pirralha, A., Pohlan, L., Popp, M. & Vetter, F. (2025): The IAB Job Vacancy Survey: Establishment survey on labour demand and recruitment processes, waves 2000 to 2022 and subsequent quarters 2006 to 2023. (FDZ-Datenreport 09/2025 (en)), Nürnberg, 29 p. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2509.en.v1

• Patterns of regional firm mobility in Germany

  Kovalenko, T. & Schröpf, B. (2024): Patterns of regional firm mobility in Germany. (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Lehrstuhl für Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik. Diskussionspapiere 129), Nürnberg, 44 p.

• The fall and rebound of average establishment size in West Germany

  Kovalenko, T., Sauerbier, T. & Schröpf, B. (2024): The fall and rebound of average establishment size in West Germany. (Discussion paper / Deutsche Bundesbank 2024,11), Frankfurt am Main, 69 p.

• Uncertainty shocks and employment fluctuations in Germany: the role of establishment size

  Kovalenko, T. (2024): Uncertainty shocks and employment fluctuations in Germany: the role of establishment size. In: Oxford economic papers, Vol. 76, No. 2, p. 451-468. DOI:10.1093/oep/gpad013

• Cyclical dynamics and the gender pay gap: A structural VAR approach

  Kovalenko, T. & Töpfer, M. (2021): Cyclical dynamics and the gender pay gap: A structural VAR approach. In: Economic Modelling, Vol. 99. DOI:10.1016/j.econmod.2021.03.007

• Is the German labour market granular?

  Kovalenko, T., Schnabel, C. & Stüber, H. (2022): Is the German labour market granular? In: Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 41-48. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2020.1855300

• Is the German labour market granular?

  Kovalenko, T., Schnabel, C. & Stüber, H. (2022): Is the German labour market granular? In: Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 41-48. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2020.1855300