The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

Wegen der zunehmenden Lebenszeit und der Schrumpfung der Arbeitsbevölkerung steigt künftig der gesellschaftliche Bedarf für Ältere im Arbeitsmarkt. Dies wird auch in Deutschland möglich sein. Dafür spricht nicht nur, dass die Erwerbsquoten im internationalen Vergleich noch gering sind....

Short-time work was the "German answer" to the economic crisis. The number of short-time workers strongly increased in the recession and peaked at more than 1.5 million. Without the extensive use of short-time work, unemployment would have risen by approximately twice as much as it actually did....