Estimating the causal effect of immigration on the labor market outcomes of native workers has been a major concern in the literature. Because immigrants decide whether and where to migrate, immigrant populations generally consist of individuals with characteristics that differ from those of a...

Der vorliegende Report greift die laufenden Diskussionen um die Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft und Arbeitswelt auf. Aus Sicht der Beschäftigten und ihrer Interessensvertretungen stellen sich aktuell viele Fragen: Wo werden Veränderungen durch Digitalisierung in unserer Wirtschaft und...

Turning unemployment into self-employment is a suitable alternative to traditional active labor market policies in many developed countries. Start-up subsidies can assist unemployed workers in setting up their own business. This option can be especially interesting for people whose work is...

This paper investigates the effects of offshoring on individual job satisfaction and perceived risk of job loss. The authors merge microdata from the German Socio‐economic Panel dataset (SOEP) with indicators of insertion in global value chains at the industry level for the period 2000‐2013....