The paper describes the "Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) Forecasting Dashboard (ForDas)". This tool aims at providing, on a non-commercial basis, historical and actual macroeconomic forecast data for the Germany economy to researchers and interested audiences. The database renders it...

The number of new apprenticeship training contracts has been declining for years. The decline can be explained by a variety of factors. It can initially be assumed that the economic development due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated loss of training places offer an explanation. However,...

Using unique (bi)monthly panel data (IAB-HOPP) covering the immediate postlockdown period from June to August 2020, as well as the subsequent period up until the second lockdown in January/February 2021, we investigate opposing claims of widening/closing the gender gap in parental childcare...

Der Forschungsbericht geht der Frage nach, in welchen Kontexten erwerbsfähige Mütter im SGB- II-Bezug nach der Geburt ihres ersten Kindes den Leistungsbezug verlassen und welche Rolle dabei die Aufnahme einer Beschäftigung und die Familienform spielen. Grundlage ist eine repräsentative...