Based on the Linked-Employer-Employee data from the IAB (LIAB) we show how the horizontal occupational segregation of men and women in German establishments developed between 1996 and 2005. For this purpose we apply the dissimilarity index and the standardized dissimilarity index at the...

Since 2009, the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) provides a statistical tool - named Logib-D - for firms to measure their internal wage inequality voluntarily. We use our estimation model of firm-specific gender pay gaps, developed in the DFG...

In Germany, temporary wage subsidies (Eingliederungszuschüsse) can be granted to employers if they hire workers with obstacles to placement. Based on the 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 waves of the IAB Establishment Panel, this paper looks into the following questions: Is there a connection between...

Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen (ABM) waren lange Zeit ein wichtiges Instrument aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik (AAMP) in Deutschland. Im Zeitraum 2000 bis 2004 nahmen insgesamt knapp 1 Mio. Personen - teils mehrfach - an diesen Maßnahmen teil und es wurden fast 12 Mrd. Euro dafür ausgegeben. Eine...

Der Forschungsbericht enthält Auswertungen zur Entwicklung der Niedriglohnschwelle (2/3 des Medianlohns) und zum Umfang des Niedriglohnsektors in Westdeutschland (seit 1980) und in Ost- und Gesamtdeutschland (seit 1993), die bis zum Jahre 2004 reichen. Daran anschließend zeigen gesonderte...

Job creation schemes (JCS) have been one important programme of active labour market policy (ALMP) in Germany for a long time. They aim at the re-integration of hard-to-place unemployed into regular employment. A thorough microeconometric evaluation of these programmes was hindered by the fact,...

Using two nationally representative establishment data sets, this paper investigates collective bargaining coverage and firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both countries have experienced a substantial decline in...

Das hohe Preisniveau bei Energie, Rohstoffen und Vorleistungen beeinflusst die deutsche Wirtschaft zum Teil er- heblich. Die aktuellen Daten des IAB- Betriebspanels 2023 geben Aufschluss darüber, wie viele und welche Betrie- be hiervon negativ betroffen sind. Wir untersuchen, wie sich in diesen...

"Based on the two IAB establishment surveys - the IAB Establishment Panel and the IAB Job Vacancy Survey - this report sheds light on the German labour market from the firms' perspective and gives information about the labour demand and resulting skills shortages for the years 2006 to 2012. With...

"Based on the Linked-Employer-Employee data from the IAB (LIAB) we show how the horizontal occupational segregation of men and women in German establishments developed between 1996 and 2005. For this purpose we apply the dissimilarity index and the standardized dissimilarity index at the...