When Germany introduced its federal statutory minimum wage of 8.50 euro in 2015, it marked a major shift in labour policy.
25.03.2025
The unexpected effects of the German minimum wage on income equality in firms
The unexpected effects of the German minimum wage on income equality in firms
20.03.2025
Immigrants’ recruitment chances in the German labor market
The employment prospects of applicants born abroad and members of religious minorities are analyzed.
Members of certain minority groups are disadvantaged in different areas of society, such as the labor and housing market and the healthcare system.
12.03.2025
Firm Pay and Worker Search
This IAB Discussion Paper examines how pay and working conditions influence job search.
Whether and how workers search on the job depends on their beliefs about pay and working conditions in other firms. Yet little is known about workers’ knowledge of outside pay.
07.03.2025
Health Insurance as Economic Stimulus? Evidence from Long-Term Care Jobs
It is being investigated whether the expansion of social insurance can have a positive impact on the local economy.
Decades of administrative data and quasi-experimental variations on the introduction of general long-term care insurance in Germany in 1995 are used to examine whether expanding ...
04.03.2025
Call for papers: CREST – IFAU Workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies: Methods and Results
The IFAU workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies will take place from 12 to 13 June 2025.
The IFAU workshop from 12 to 13 June 2025 is being planned by the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and ...
26.02.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: First increase in 5 months – Spain included for the first time
The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB stands at 99.5 points in February.
The European Labour Market Barometer recorded its first increase in five months in February. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the ...
24.02.2025
Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market
This paper examines the prevalence and importance of individual wage bargaining in wage setting.
We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employeedata, to study the prevalence and importance of individual bargaining in wagedetermination.
19.02.2025
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
At the 5th ELMI Policy Talk, three speakers presented findings on their country's immigration integration services.
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
20.03.2025
Immigrants’ recruitment chances in the German labor market
Immigrants’ recruitment chances in the German labor market
The employment prospects of applicants born abroad and members of religious minorities are analyzed.
Members of certain minority groups are disadvantaged in different areas of society, such as the labor and housing market and the healthcare system.
12.03.2025
Firm Pay and Worker Search
This IAB Discussion Paper examines how pay and working conditions influence job search.
Whether and how workers search on the job depends on their beliefs about pay and working conditions in other firms. Yet little is known about workers’ knowledge of outside pay.
07.03.2025
Health Insurance as Economic Stimulus? Evidence from Long-Term Care Jobs
It is being investigated whether the expansion of social insurance can have a positive impact on the local economy.
Decades of administrative data and quasi-experimental variations on the introduction of general long-term care insurance in Germany in 1995 are used to examine whether expanding ...
04.03.2025
Call for papers: CREST – IFAU Workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies: Methods and Results
The IFAU workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies will take place from 12 to 13 June 2025.
The IFAU workshop from 12 to 13 June 2025 is being planned by the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and ...
26.02.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: First increase in 5 months – Spain included for the first time
The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB stands at 99.5 points in February.
The European Labour Market Barometer recorded its first increase in five months in February. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the ...
24.02.2025
Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market
This paper examines the prevalence and importance of individual wage bargaining in wage setting.
We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employeedata, to study the prevalence and importance of individual bargaining in wagedetermination.
19.02.2025
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
At the 5th ELMI Policy Talk, three speakers presented findings on their country's immigration integration services.
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
Members of certain minority groups are disadvantaged in different areas of society, such as the labor and housing market and the healthcare system.
12.03.2025
Firm Pay and Worker Search
Firm Pay and Worker Search
This IAB Discussion Paper examines how pay and working conditions influence job search.
Whether and how workers search on the job depends on their beliefs about pay and working conditions in other firms. Yet little is known about workers’ knowledge of outside pay.
07.03.2025
Health Insurance as Economic Stimulus? Evidence from Long-Term Care Jobs
It is being investigated whether the expansion of social insurance can have a positive impact on the local economy.
Decades of administrative data and quasi-experimental variations on the introduction of general long-term care insurance in Germany in 1995 are used to examine whether expanding ...
04.03.2025
Call for papers: CREST – IFAU Workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies: Methods and Results
The IFAU workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies will take place from 12 to 13 June 2025.
The IFAU workshop from 12 to 13 June 2025 is being planned by the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and ...
26.02.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: First increase in 5 months – Spain included for the first time
The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB stands at 99.5 points in February.
The European Labour Market Barometer recorded its first increase in five months in February. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the ...
24.02.2025
Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market
This paper examines the prevalence and importance of individual wage bargaining in wage setting.
We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employeedata, to study the prevalence and importance of individual bargaining in wagedetermination.
19.02.2025
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
At the 5th ELMI Policy Talk, three speakers presented findings on their country's immigration integration services.
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
Whether and how workers search on the job depends on their beliefs about pay and working conditions in other firms. Yet little is known about workers’ knowledge of outside pay.
07.03.2025
Health Insurance as Economic Stimulus? Evidence from Long-Term Care Jobs
Health Insurance as Economic Stimulus? Evidence from Long-Term Care Jobs
It is being investigated whether the expansion of social insurance can have a positive impact on the local economy.
Decades of administrative data and quasi-experimental variations on the introduction of general long-term care insurance in Germany in 1995 are used to examine whether expanding ...
04.03.2025
Call for papers: CREST – IFAU Workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies: Methods and Results
The IFAU workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies will take place from 12 to 13 June 2025.
The IFAU workshop from 12 to 13 June 2025 is being planned by the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and ...
26.02.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: First increase in 5 months – Spain included for the first time
The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB stands at 99.5 points in February.
The European Labour Market Barometer recorded its first increase in five months in February. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the ...
24.02.2025
Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market
This paper examines the prevalence and importance of individual wage bargaining in wage setting.
We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employeedata, to study the prevalence and importance of individual bargaining in wagedetermination.
19.02.2025
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
At the 5th ELMI Policy Talk, three speakers presented findings on their country's immigration integration services.
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
Decades of administrative data and quasi-experimental variations on the introduction of general long-term care insurance in Germany in 1995 are used to examine whether expanding ...
04.03.2025
Call for papers: CREST – IFAU Workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies: Methods and Results
Call for papers: CREST – IFAU Workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies: Methods and Results
The IFAU workshop on Evaluating Labor Market Policies will take place from 12 to 13 June 2025.
The IFAU workshop from 12 to 13 June 2025 is being planned by the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and ...
26.02.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: First increase in 5 months – Spain included for the first time
The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB stands at 99.5 points in February.
The European Labour Market Barometer recorded its first increase in five months in February. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the ...
24.02.2025
Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market
This paper examines the prevalence and importance of individual wage bargaining in wage setting.
We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employeedata, to study the prevalence and importance of individual bargaining in wagedetermination.
19.02.2025
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
At the 5th ELMI Policy Talk, three speakers presented findings on their country's immigration integration services.
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
The IFAU workshop from 12 to 13 June 2025 is being planned by the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and ...
26.02.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: First increase in 5 months – Spain included for the first time
European Labour Market Barometer: First increase in 5 months – Spain included for the first time
The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB stands at 99.5 points in February.
The European Labour Market Barometer recorded its first increase in five months in February. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the ...
24.02.2025
Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market
This paper examines the prevalence and importance of individual wage bargaining in wage setting.
We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employeedata, to study the prevalence and importance of individual bargaining in wagedetermination.
19.02.2025
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
At the 5th ELMI Policy Talk, three speakers presented findings on their country's immigration integration services.
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
The European Labour Market Barometer recorded its first increase in five months in February. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the ...
24.02.2025
Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market
Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market
This paper examines the prevalence and importance of individual wage bargaining in wage setting.
We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employeedata, to study the prevalence and importance of individual bargaining in wagedetermination.
19.02.2025
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
At the 5th ELMI Policy Talk, three speakers presented findings on their country's immigration integration services.
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employeedata, to study the prevalence and importance of individual bargaining in wagedetermination.
19.02.2025
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
At the 5th ELMI Policy Talk, three speakers presented findings on their country's immigration integration services.
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on labour market outcomes? ...
29.01.2025
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
European Labour Market Barometer: Outlook gloomy
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January.
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
The European Labour Market Barometer falls by 0.2 points compared to the previous month to 99.2 points in January. The leading indicator of the European Network of Public ...
27.01.2025
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
What about the men, though? Relative wage opportunities and the persistence of employment gaps in couples
Results indicate women respond positively, albeit at a diminishing rate, to relative wage improvements.
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...
Gender gaps in employment have narrowed but remain substantial, particularly among couples. To estimate how improved female wage opportunities influence partners’ employment ...