"The article analyses how the hidden labour force has developed in the recent past and what role the far-reaching modifications ensuing from the labour market reforms of 2005 (Hartz IV) have played. Estimations published by IAB in 2005 are used as a starting point. On the basis of these...

"Using German data this study applies an unobserved-components approach to disentangle the unemployment rate into a (stochastic) trend and a cyclical part and to estimate the influence of these components on labor participation. The persistent trend component of unemployment, which triggers...

"This article provides the most recent population projections of the IAB. The results confirm the well-known overall development: The forecast shows a substantially decreasing and ageing population in Germany up to 2060. This trend is attributable only to fertility, as low birth rates determine...

"Die Arbeit untersucht, wie stabil die Ergebnisse der jüngst vom Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung veröffentlichten Berechnungen zur Stillen Reserve für den Zeitraum von 1970 bis 2002 hinsichtlich der zentralen Modellannahme über die Höhe der Vollbeschäftigung sind. Dazu...

"Prognosen sind unsicher, vor allem wenn sie sich auf die Zukunft beziehen. Dieses bekannte Bonmot gilt auch für Bevölkerungsprognosen, obwohl die nach dem Selbstverständnis der 'Prognostiker' keine Prognosen sondern eher Projektionen oder Modellrechnungen sind. Solche Rechnungen sind...

"This paper provides a decomposition of the projected change in the overall labour force in East and West Germany into three parts. The first, called the 'demographic component', shows the effects of fertility, mortality and a changing age structure of the population. The second effect is the...

"Forecasts show a substantially decreasing and ageing labour force in Germany. This paper provides a decomposition of the projected change in the overall labour force into three parts. The first, called the 'demographic component', shows the effects of fertility, mortality and a changing age...

"Whereas projections for the regional labour demand have been developed by the regional network of the IAB for a while, comparable regional differentiated projection of the labour supply are available for West and East Germany each, but not on a deeper regional level up to now. The reasons are...

"This paper provides a decomposition of the projected change in the overall labour force in East and West Germany into three parts. The first, called the 'demographic component', shows the effects of fertility, mortality and a changing age structure of the population. The second effect is the...

"Der Forschungsbericht beschreibt die IAB-Projektion des Erwerbspersonenpotenzials bis zum Jahr 2050. Die Vorausschätzung basiert auf den zwei Grundbausteinen Bevölkerungsprojektion und Projektion der Potenzialerwerbsquoten. Die Rechnungen sind disaggregiert nach Altersgruppen und Geschlecht...