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October 25, 2023 | Social Inequality, Joblessness and Social Inclusion

How men and women differ when searching for a job: application behaviour can explain half of the residual earnings gap

On average, women earn less than men. So far, gender-specific application behaviour has received little attention in this context. It can, however, explain... Read more

July 17, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis

“At the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, short-time work covered one in five jobs across the OECD – ten times more than at the height of the global financial crisis”

Alexander Hijzen, a senior economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), gives an overview of the country-specific application of short-time... Read more

December 29, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Younger and less satisfied? Young workers’ life satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

Adverse effects on workers’ employment situation are highly unequal for different groups. Young workers were particularly affected by the pandemic. They were less... Read more

August 14, 2023 | Research Data and Methods

The IAB-LinkedIn Reallocation Radar: “Great Resignation” is not a trend

The Great Resignation debate suggests that during the coronavirus crisis, workers would have increasingly switched the industry in which they were previously employed.... Read more

May 16, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

“At the peak, 40 percent of the French labour force were on short-time work”

In France, just like in many other European countries, short-time work has proved to be a powerful tool to prevent massive layoffs during... Read more

May 9, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

“Over one million temporary workers lost their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic, as companies preferred not to include them in short-time work schemes”

Spain used a short-time work scheme called “Expediente Temporal de Regulación de Empleo” during the Covid-19 crisis. In this interview, Marcel Jansen, Associate... Read more

September 28, 2022 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic