All articles for: vocational-training
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
June 17, 2024 | Interviews
A broad field: Silke Anger and Bernd Fitzenberger on the importance of educational research at IAB
Martin Schludi
Educational research is an essential part of labour market and occupational research. At IAB, it is primarily, but by no means exclusively, conducted... Read more
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
December 1, 2022 | Education and the Labour Market
Vocational training in Ukraine – an overview
Franziska Schreyer, Silke Anger, Tim-Felix Grabert, Olena Martyniuk
The longer Ukrainian refugees stay in their receiving countries, the more urgent questions about their integration into the local labour markets become. In... Read more
October 15, 2021 | Groups of Persons
Not all wishes come true: the occupational compromises youths accept when entering vocational training
Lea Ahrens, Melanie Fischer, Corinna Kleinert, Brigitte Schels
Youths often accept compromises when choosing vocational training since they navigate between personal interests and market conditions. The discrepancy between occupational aspirations at... Read more
June 18, 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
What do we know about the employment of refugees in Germany? Answers to some frequently asked questions.
Herbert Brücker, Yuliya Kosyakova
In this interview, the authors Herbert Brücker and Yuliya Kosyakova answer key questions on the employment of refugees in Germany.... Read more
September 13, 2017 | Education and Chances of Employment
Should the US introduce a dual vocational training system following the German example? Four questions to IAB researcher Simon Janssen
Martin Schludi
In an article in the renowned Wall Street Journal of 8 September 2016 ("Germany offers a promising jobs model"), the American labour market... Read more