All articles published so far
June 12, 2024 | Digital and ecological transformation
Vocational training: Occupations with green skills are in high demand
Udo Brixy, Markus Janser, Andreas Mense
Tackling the climate crisis requires a restructuring of the economy, which increases the demand for particular skills. In Germany, this increased demand is... Read more
May 2, 2024 | Research Data and Methods
Pioneers in world-class data access: Moving the frontier in labor data from 2004 to 2024
Max Gerber, Jutta Winters
The Federal Employment Agency's Research Data Centre (FDZ) at the IAB recently marked its 20th anniversary, a milestone celebrated with a keynote address... Read more
April 10, 2024 | International Labour Markets
"The Research Data Centre provides a good example for other data areas"
Jutta Winters, Christiane Keitel, Laura Deckbar
The FDZ is now celebrating an anniversary: for twenty years, the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at... Read more
March 8, 2024 | Groups of Persons
Gender Pay Gap in the United Kingdom and in Germany
Jutta Winters
The 8th of March marks the annual International Women’s Day. Wages are an important factor in driving gender parity. In a video interview... Read more
February 21, 2024 | Education and the Labour Market
Adult lifelong learning: Cross-country comparison with a focus on Germany
Teresa Sophie Friedrich, Agata Danuta Galkiewicz
In the modern and highly digitalised world constant updating one’s qualifications seems inevitable. Thus the importance of lifelong education has been increasing. Despite... Read more
February 1, 2024 | Erwerbsbeteiligung, Armut und Sozialpolitik
“Eroding trust in the state and in frontline workers can become a catalyst for the rise of populism”
Jutta Winters
Professor Gabriela Spanghero Lotta explores the dynamics of citizen-state interactions in Latin America, outlines the role of frontline workers in dealing with situations... Read more
December 29, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Younger and less satisfied? Young workers’ life satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Juliane Achatz, Bernhard Christoph, Silke Anger
Adverse effects on workers' employment situation are highly unequal for different groups. Young workers were particularly affected by the pandemic. They were less... Read more
December 15, 2023 | International and Regional Labour Markets
Recent Developments in the Distribution of Labour Income and Skills
Lutz Bellmann
Contributing to a better understanding of wage determination and wage distribution as well as job skills – that was the aim of the... Read more
November 29, 2023 | Interviews
“Not recognizing climate change related mobility will not obliterate it, but likely lead to more clandestine mobility”
Jutta Winters
Professor Filiz Garip from Princeton University talks in this interview about climate change, migration, and inequality.... Read more