Cognitive skills, such as reading and numeric skills, are key determinants of wages, employment and long-term economic growth. Good cognitive skills also reduce poverty risk and improve non-material wellbeing, such as health and social cohesion. Non-cognitive skills, such as skills to use...

Zur Vorbereitung des Jahresgutachtens 2019/2020 des Sachverständigenrats zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung wurde das IAB unter anderem um seine Expertise zu folgenden Themen gebeten: Einschätzung der Leistungsinanspruchnahme und der Arbeitsanreize in der Grundsicherung...

Germany’s manufacturing sector, which plays an important role for exports, has been performing well over the past decade in terms of labour productivity growth and international competitiveness. However, the services sector has had much slower growth rates. Competition often appears to be...

Non-residential investment has fallen over the past 20 years as a share of GDP and is now lower than in several other high-income OECD countries. Business investment growth has been weak since the outbreak of the global financial and economic crisis. Government investment has been low,...

Population ageing is setting in earlier in Germany than in most other OECD economies and will be marked. It could lead to a substantial decline in employment, weighing on GDP per capita, and will raise demand for health-related public services. Germany has already implemented far-reaching...

In dieser Stellungnahme äußert sich das IAB zu den Anträgen der Bundestagsfraktion Die Linke: "Gute Arbeit und eine sanktionsfreie Mindestsicherung statt Hartz IV" (Bundestagsdrucksache 18/3549) und "Sanktionen bei Hartz IV und Leistungseinschränkungen bei der Sozialhilfe abschaffen"...