New data sources and products developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census highlight the fluid character of U.S. labor markets. Private-sector job creation and destruction rates average nearly 8% of employment per quarter. Worker flows in the form of hires and...

This paper examines the manner in which owner-occupiers housing costs are incorporated in the official inflation index. In particular, the focus is on the net acquisitions and the payments approach, which are currently used by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The paper provides a detailed...

Aus dem Vorwort: Die im Mai 1975 vom Europäischen Rat ins Leben gerufene Europäische Stiftung zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen (Eurofound) ist eine Agentur der Europäischen Union, die das Thema der Verbesserung der Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen in Europa als zentrales...

In the context of Vietnam’s impressive economic growth over the last two decades, several studies have documented gender disparities, but few have studied the underlying constraints that drive the disparities. The Vietnamese government is working to increase its support to job seekers. To help...

Zur Vorbereitung des Jahresgutachtens 20/2021 des Sachverständigenrats zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung wurde das IAB um seine Expertise zur Konjunktur und Situation auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt sowie zur Bedeutung des Kurzarbeitergeldes und der Rücklagenpolitik der...

The Yale Labor Survey (YLS) uses online panels to estimate the state of the US labor market in real time. It is designed to parallel the US government's monthly labor force survey and present weekly information rapidly and inexpensively. Using an experimental design, the YLS estimates that the...

Despite widespread recognition that the aggregate labour market is composed of a number of heterogeneous submarkets, there is little guidance on how to appropriately delineate such submarkets when conducting economic research. This paper contributes to a small but growing body of work addressing...

"Zur Vorbereitung des Jahresgutachtens 2019/2020 des Sachverständigenrats zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung wurde das IAB um seine Expertise zur Konjunktur und Situation auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt sowie zu Kurzarbeit und geförderter Weiterbildung von Beschäftigten...

Higher education graduates with work experience enter the labour market more smoothly. This paper analyses how work experience from vocational education and training (VET) affects labour market outcomes after higher education. To account for selection into VET we use the regional enrolment rate...

This working paper presents the results of the ETUI Internet and Platform Work Survey conducted in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia in 2018-2019. The objective is to map the extent of digital labour in central and eastern Europe (CEE). We analyse two types of online sources for...

Die Studie untersucht ausgewählte Arbeitsmarktergebnisse von Studierenden, die die Universität ohne Abschluss verlassen haben. Datengrundlage sind Stichproben aus dem SOEP. Es werden ökonometrische Schätzverfahren mit Hilfe des maschinelles Lernen verwendet.

How technological change affects wages, employment and the income distribution are core topics in economics since the very beginnings of modern economic research. Who are the winners and losers of innovations? Is technological progress always to the advantage of some groups and to the...

In recent years, Germany and other European countries face the strongest immigration flow in their history. Experts unanimously agree that one of the core factors of a successful social integration is the labor market participation of the new arrivals. This paper investigates the impact of...

The purpose of CEMETS' initial research project is to understand why the implementation of labor market-oriented education systems reforms succeed and fail. Findings should be generalizable to theory and to concrete situations so that we can inform both research and practice. We build and...

In dieser Stellungnahme legt das IAB Erkenntnisse aus seiner Mindestlohnforschung vor. Der Mindestlohn stand einer positiven gesamtwirtschaftlichen Beschäftigungsentwicklung nicht entgegen. Die Zahl der vom Mindestlohn begünstigten Personen ist derzeit noch schwer zu quantifizieren. Hinzu...