"Some 20 years after German reunification, living conditions and the economic base in East Germany are approaching that of West Germany in many areas. In view of this anniversary and against the backdrop of the global financial crisis that intensified in autumn 2008, this research report uses...

Die Wirtschaftskraft und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit einer Region hängen gerade vor dem Hintergrund des demographischen Wandels und dem daraus folgenden Fachkräftemangel ganz wesentlich von der Qualifikation der Beschäftigten sowie der Bevölkerungsstruktur und -entwicklung ab. Der...

Das Mobilitätssystem unterliegt gegenwärtig einem tiefgreifenden Wandel. Die Ergebnisse des MoveOn-Szenarios, das im Rahmen des QuBe-Projekts vom Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB) und dem IAB gemeinsam mit der Gesellschaft für wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung (GWS) auf Bundesebene...

"The resilience and growth prospects of a region depend crucially on the extent to which industry-specific human capital can be redeployed across the industries of a regional economy. To this end, we present a toolbox to analyse a region's industrial structure, development prospects and economic...

"Since 2006, the IAB develops classifications of job centres, which are regulated according to the Social Code Book (SGB) II. These classifications account for the fact that there are substantial disparities in the economic or social structure of German regions. These disparities affect the work...

"Economic power and competiveness of a region depend to a great extent on the qualification of employees and on the demographic structure and the development of the population, especially because of demographic change and skilled worker shortage in future. This paper analyses the qualification...