All articles for: employment
November 21, 2019 | Labour Market Trends and Forecasts
Scarcity drives employment growth
Sabine Klinger, Enzo Weber
What is driving Germany’s continued upturn in employment? It has been a while since Hartz reforms and business cycles have lost much of... Read more
October 9, 2019 | International Labour Markets
"Exclusion from steady employment is widespread in Denmark, Finland, and Germany." An interview with Regina Konle-Seidl
Jutta Winters
Regina Konle-Seidl explains the concept of chronic unemployment in Denmark, Finland, and Germany in this video interview.... Read more
August 8, 2019 | Forms of Employment
Marginal part-time employment in Germany: live or let die?
Ulrich Walwei
For many mini-jobber it has not been worthwhile to work longer hours up to now. This is a serious obstacle for securing a... Read more
July 2, 2018 | Groups of Persons
European youth unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Recession
Hans Dietrich
As a consequence of the Great Recession, starting in most European countries in 2009, the number of unemployed young people increased significantly. Using... Read more
May 9, 2018 | Forms of Employment
Forms of employment in European comparison
Thomas Rhein, Ulrich Walwei
Germany does not stand alone in having experienced changes in the landscape of work. However, these changes differ in comparison to other countries... Read more
April 3, 2018 | Forms of Employment
Bogus self-employment in Germany. Also a question of definition
Hans Dietrich, Alexander Patzina
Based on a large-scale empirical study with 30,000 participants, the IAB explored the dissemination of bogus self-employment in Germany. In particular, the study... Read more
February 23, 2018 | International Labour Markets
Long-term unemployment: a European comparison
Regina Konle-Seidl, Thomas Rhein
For many years, Germany was notable for its high levels of long-term unemployment compared to other countries. However, in contrast to the European... Read more
December 1, 2017 | International Labour Markets
The German Employment Performance in an International Context
Thomas Rhein, Enzo Weber
If you want to use a single indicator to understand how the German labour market compares internationally, then the employment rate is a... Read more
October 19, 2017 | International Labour Markets
Walking between the worlds – labour market economist and former Secretary of State Pedro S. Martins
Silke Anger, Martin Schludi
Pedro S. Martins is an expert spanning boundaries between science and politics: Martins, who is now doing research at Queen Mary University of... Read more