All articles for: labour-market-integration
August 29, 2025 | Social Inequality, Joblessness and Social Inclusion
Gender convergence in all areas: Is it a myth?
Sena Coskun
While men and women are increasingly found in the same occupations, a surprising trend has emerged: Sectors are becoming more gender-segregated over time.... Read more
July 31, 2025 | Labour Market Policy
Drivers of employment growth: An overview of the integration of migrants into the German labour market
Herbert Brücker
In the public debate in Germany, it is often assumed that it is financially more attractive for migrants and refugees to remain on... Read more
February 19, 2025 | Interviews
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
Jonathan Latner
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on... Read more
December 23, 2024 | Erwerbsbeteiligung, Armut und Sozialpolitik
Subsidised jobs for the long-term unemployed: An evaluation of the German Participation Opportunities Act
Juliane Achatz, Frank Bauer, Jenny Bennett, Nadja Bömmel, Mustafa Coban, Martin Dietz, Kathrin Englert, Philipp Fuchs, Jan Gellermann, Claudia Globisch, Sebastian Hülle, Zein Kasrin, Peter Kupka, Anton Nivorozhkin, Christopher Osiander, Laura Pohlan, Markus Promberger, Miriam Raab, Philipp Ramos Lobato, Brigitte Schels, Maximilian Schiele, Mark Trappmann, Stefan Tübbicke, Claudia Wenzig, Joachim Wolff, Cordula Zabel, Stefan Zins
Long-term unemployment remains a significant challenge for the German labour market. The IAB evaluated two programmes that had been introduced in response. The... Read more
July 25, 2024 | Interviews
“Institutional hurdles slow the integration of refugees down”
Jutta Winters
When refugees first arrive in Germany, apart from individual constraints, institutional hurdles hinder them from integrating into the labour market. However, seven years... Read more
November 28, 2023 | International and Regional Labour Markets
Easy come, easy go: Return migration increases with tax incentives in the home country
Jacopo Bassetto, Guiseppe Ippedico
For many years, Germany has been facing an increasing skills shortage in key occupations and has sought to attract a growing number of... Read more
March 2, 2023 | Interviews
“Refugees from Ukraine face considerable uncertainty about their future”
Christiane Keitel, Jutta Winters
More than one million people have fled Ukraine to find refuge in Germany. But how are they doing in the meantime? Between August... Read more
July 15, 2022 | Groups of Persons
Labour market integration in Germany: refugee women take significantly longer than men
Yuliya Kosyakova, Lidwina Gundacker, Zerrin Salikutluk, Parvati Trübswetter
Refugee women take for multiple reasons longer to be integrated into the German labour market than men.... Read more
June 24, 2022 | Interviews
“We see good integration prospects for Ukrainian refugees"
Christiane Keitel, Jutta Winters
The interview compares the integration of Urkainian refugees into the German labour market and society with the integration of Syrian refugees in 2015.... Read more