In the last decade the available labor force has expanded in Germany-despite the decline in the working-age population. The reason: labor market participation has increased, for women in particular and older people in general. Also noticeable was a rise in qualification level because...

Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt ist die Zahl der in Deutschland verfügbaren Arbeitskräfte gestiegen - trotz rückläufiger Bevölkerung im erwerbsfähigen Alter. Das liegt daran, dass die Erwerbsbeteiligung zugenommen hat, insbesondere bei Frauen sowie generell bei Älteren. Dabei macht sich auch...

The enlargement of the EU in 2004 has had numerous effects- and the German labor market has not been left untouched. Among migrant laborers coming to Germany, self-employment has been the most frequent form of labor market participation to date. Despite barriers to immigration and the need to...

In the last decade the available labor force has expanded in Germany-despite the decline in the working-age population. The reason: labor market participation has increased, for women in particular and older people in general. Also noticeable was a rise in qualification level because...

Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt ist die Zahl der in Deutschland verfügbaren Arbeitskräfte gestiegen – trotz rückläufiger Bevölkerung im erwerbsfähigen Alter. Das liegt daran, dass die Erwerbsbeteiligung zugenommen hat, insbesondere bei Frauen sowie generell bei Älteren. Dabei macht sich auch...

Open and flexible labor markets foster growth, development and integration in Europe. The single European labor market is still a vision, however, whereas the core challenge is a lack of sufficient mobility. The presentation discusses the value of labor mobility for economic prosperity and its...

While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...

Previous research on internal mobility has neglected the role of local identity contrary to studies analyzing international migration. Examining social identity and labor market outcomes in China, the country with the largest internal mobility in the world, closes the gap. Instrumental variable...

European Union economies are pressed by (i) a demographic change that induces population ageing and a decline of the workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low -skilled people and a simultaneous shortage of skilled workers. This lack of...

Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using...