Das Forschungsmonitoring Nr. 28 gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Studien und Publikationen zur Arbeitswelt der Zukunft für den Berichtszeitraum Oktober bis Dezember 2024. Es orientiert sich an den Schwerpunkten der Forschungsstelle "Arbeit der Zukunft": Digitalisierung und Arbeit der...

The labour market integration of migrants is a heavily politicised topic in Europe. Using detailed and recently updated data on migrant's motivations this paper places a much needed emphasis upon the heterogeneity of migrant groups and the pathways to their labour market integration. We focus on...

This paper highlights recent trends in the Kosovo labor market and emigration. Like other Western Balkan countries, Kosovo experienced a sharp decline in population over the previous decade, as emigration increased. Using a structural model of the labor market and migration, the paper examines...

This paper analyzes the role of health for refugees' integration into host societies' labor markets. We exploit the quasi-random dispersal policies of refugees across regions in Germany to analyze the causal effect of health on employment. Based on regional and temporal heterogeneity in a policy...

Das Forschungsmonitoring Nr. 28 gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Studien und Publikationen zur Arbeitswelt der Zukunft für den Berichtszeitraum Oktober bis Dezember 2024. Es orientiert sich an den Schwerpunkten der Forschungsstelle "Arbeit der Zukunft": Digitalisierung und Arbeit der...

This paper examines the impact of a Swedish policy allowing manufacturing firms to influence the curricula of local educational institutions. Our analysis shows that the program has contributed to a significant reduction in youth unemployment, as well as an increase in marriage rates and male...

Work Integrated Social Enterprises (WISEs) have emerged as a powerful and dynamic force in redefining the established norms while enhancing sustainability, promoting integration and nurturing more inclusive working societies by addressing employment barriers for marginalized groups. Using data...

Inequality is a dynamic phenomenon, and the relative and absolute positions of individuals are subject to frequent shocks. It is important to know if preventive interventions mitigate adverse inequality effects of labor market shocks. We consider individuals up to three months before the...

The CILS4NEPS project combined and harmonized panel data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU) and Starting Cohort 4 of the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS SC4). This unlocks additional research potential beyond the scope of both...

Der Hauptgrund für die chronisch niedrige Erwerbsbeteiligung von Frauen im Vergleich zu Männern ist die "Child Penalty". Das Phänomen beschreibt die beruflichen Nachteile, die Frauen nach der Geburt des ersten Kindes erfahren, während Männer keine Einbußen verzeichnen. Wie beeinflusst...

In international comparison, dual systems of vocational education and training are often considered to be more successful than school-based systems for managing sustainable transitions from school to work. This assessment is particularly valid for Switzerland, while the German dual system has...

This paper examines the short- to long-term effects of large-scale refugee inflows on labour markets and anti-asylum attitudes. Using the exogenous arrival of Yugoslav refugees to Switzerland in the 1990s and municipal-level data with an instrumental variables strategy, we find that refugee...

We evaluate a labor market integration program that fast-tracked asylum seekers into the Italian labor market through personalized job mentoring, placement assistance, and on-the-job training. Leveraging randomized assignment across reception centers and individual-level administrative records,...

Aus dem einleitenden Teil: "Im Zentrum des Forschungsprojektes "Teilhabechancen Tirol 2030", das vom AMS Tirol an die Prospect Unternehmensberatung GmbH beauftragt wurde, standen die Bedarfe jener langzeitlosen Kund:innen des AMS Tirol, die auch durch eine Transitmitarbeit in einem Sozialen...

Aus dem einleitenden Teil: "Im Zentrum des Forschungsprojektes "Teilhabechancen Tirol 2030", das vom AMS Tirol an die Prospect Unternehmensberatung GmbH beauftragt wurde, standen die Bedarfe jener langzeitlosen Kund:innen des AMS Tirol, die auch durch eine Transitmitarbeit in einem Sozialen...

The labor market integration of asylum seekers remains a contested issue. Using the EU-Labor-Force-Survey, we characterize the state of asylum seekers’ labor market integration in Europe, and provide representative statistics on several dimensions of integration. We compare asylum seekers to...

This study examines the labour market outcomes of second-generation migrants in 32 countries (30 European countries, Australia and the United States of America). Drawing on data from labour force surveys and other household surveys contained in the ILO Microdata Repository, it focuses on labour...

Aus dem einleitenden Teil: „Die Sozialökonomischen Betriebe (SÖB) und Gemeinnützigen Beschäftigungsprojekte (GBP) haben in Tirol eine lange Tradition und eine hohe Bedeutung bei der Beschäftigung und arbeitsmarktorientierten Reintegration von langzeitarbeitslosen Personen. Diese...

We examine whether gig jobs in online food delivery (OFD) are a stepping stone for refugees entering the Austrian labor market. Our identification strategy combines the quasi-random assignment of refugees to Austrian regions with the expansion of gig firms across the country. The local...

We evaluate the First-Generation Graduate Scholarship scheme implemented in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which waives tuition fees for first-generation college students in technical education. Using household survey data in difference-in-differences (DiD) and synthetic DiD frameworks, we find...

In 2005, displaced workers in Finland with at least three years of work history were given the option to enroll in a Re-employment Program. Participants met with a caseworker at the beginning of their unemployment and drafted an employment plan. In return, they became eligible for higher...

We evaluate a labor market integration program that fast-tracked asylum seekers into the Italian labor market through personalized job mentoring, placement assistance, and on-the-job training. Leveraging randomized assignment across reception centers and individual-level administrative records,...

We evaluate a labor market integration program that fast-tracked asylum seekers into the Italian labor market through personalized job mentoring, placement assistance, and on-the-job training. Leveraging randomized assignment across reception centers and individual-level administrative records,...

This study investigates how the economic structure of host regions shapes the labor market impacts of refugee inflows, focusing on the case of the Syrian refugee influx into Germany in 2014-2015. Utilizing a fuzzy difference-in-differences approach, the analysis introduces a novel measure of...

We study an active labor market program aimed at immigrants with very limited language skills. The program consists of a three-month on-the-job training program in a regular workplace, facilitated by bilingual caseworkers speaking the participant's native language. The aim of the program is to...

Do men negatively respond when women first enter an occupation? We answer this question by studying the end of one of the final explicit occupational barriers to women in the U.S.: in 2016, the U.S. military opened all positions to women, including historically male-only combat occupations. We...

Der Fachbeitrag stellt den Nachteilsausgleich in der Berufsbildung als Schlüssel und Stellschraube zur Inklusion behinderter Menschen und zur Fachkräftequalifizierung vor. Grundlegende Ausführungen zur rechtlichen Verankerung des Anspruchs auf Nachteilsausgleich in Grundgesetz, VN-Konvention...

Dieser Forschungsbericht untersucht die Arbeitsmarktintegration ukrainischer Geflüchteter in verschiedenen europäischen Ländern, darunter viele EU-Mitgliedsstaaten sowie Großbritannien, die Schweiz und Norwegen, im Zeitraum vom 4. Quartal 2022 bis zum 1. Quartal 2024. Ein direkter Vergleich...

Aufgrund des demografischen Wandels wird Erwerbsmigration aus Nicht-EU-Staaten immer wichtiger. Um sie zu unterstützen, wurden im Jahr 2020 im Rahmen des Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz verschiedene gesetzliche Reformen umgesetzt. Im Kurzbericht werden die Arbeitsmarktintegration, der...

Aus der Einleitung: "Anfang April 2024 wurde die Anerkennung- und Bewertungsstatistik 2022/2023 durch die Statistik Austria veröffentlicht. Von 1. Oktober 2022 bis 30. September 2023 wurden 13.302 Anträge auf Anerkennung oder Bewertung gestellt. Im Vergleichszeitraum der Vorperiode waren es...

A key objective of Canada's International Education Strategy (2014) isto leverage Canada's postsecondary institutions to attract and retain the world's "best and brightest" students to raise the average skill of the Canadian population and boost economic growth. However, evidence suggests that...

Wie kann die Arbeitsmarktpolitik Jugendliche beim Berufseinstieg unterstützen? Alban Knecht analysiert politische Diskurse und institutionelle Veränderungen der Beschäftigungsförderung benachteiligter Jugendlicher in Österreich vor dem Hintergrund der Ressourcentheorie. Er diskutiert die...

While Western countries worry about labor shortages, their institutional barriers to skill transferability prevent immigrants from fully utilizing foreign qualifications. Combining administrative and survey data in a difference-in-differences design, we show that a German reform, which lifted...

Comparative school-to-work research has long emphasised the role of institutions in shaping youth labour market integration. This paper provides an overview of this research stream, consisting of four main sections. The first section introduces a variety of labour market outcomes of young...

The integration of migrants and refugees into the labour market remains a critical challenge for EU countries. This study reviews recent academic research on effective policies to remove the barriers that hinder migrant integration in host countries. The study identifies nine key integration...