Junge Menschen mit allgemeiner Hochschulreife haben beim Erwerbseinstieg einen kurzzeitigen Startvorteil, wenn sie ihr Studium nicht an einer Universität, sondern an einer anderen Hochschule abschließen. Im weiteren Erwerbsverlauf müssen aber Personen mit einem anderen Hochschulabschluss im...

How much did young people suffer from the COVID-19 pandemic? A growing number of studies address this question, but they often lack a comparison group that was unaffected by the pandemic, and the observation window is usually short. Here, we compared the 2-year development of life satisfaction...

This study on false self-employment (which the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) performed in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) is based on 4,500 quantitative interviews with the active workforce in Germany. The study delivers a representative...

In einer aktuellen Studie des IAB wurden für 2014 in Deutschland 235.000 Erwerbstätige im Haupterwerb als scheinselbständig eingestuft – in Anlehnung an die herrschende Rechtssprechung, bei der die persönliche Abhängigkeit als zentrales Abgrenzungskriterium gilt. ..Bei einem erweiterten...

This study examines the immediate and intermediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of two high school graduation cohorts (2020 and 2021). We also investigate how changes in well-being at the transition to post-secondary education affect educational plans and outcomes. Our...

This study examines the immediate and intermediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of two high school graduation cohorts (2020 and 2021). We also investigate how changes in well-being at the transition to post-secondary education affect educational plans and outcomes. Our...

This study analyzes the influence of mental and physical health, coping abilities, cooperativeness, and work commitment on the transition from apprenticeship training to a first job. In doing so, we first investigate transitions to regular employment within six months post-graduation. Second, we...

This paper sheds light on the impact of the COVID-19 policy measures on a wide set of career expectations, occupational beliefs, and well-being of high-school students in their final grades. For this purpose, we use a unique panel data collection, which surveyed around 6,000 students in their...