This paper provides an analysis of the labour market entry of migrant youth in Germany after completion of an apprenticeship. We are particularly interested in the impact of local cultural diversity on a successful career start. Focusing on the cohort of people completing apprenticeships in...

The paper analyzes the agglomeration wage differerential using panel micro data with regional information for the time period 1984-1997. Referring to new contributions to regional economics, several theoretical explanations for spatial wage differentials are discussed. The empirical approach...

The role of mobility is central to the debate on reducing unemployment. A further question is to what extent a lack of mobility enforces regional disparities. Using a micro data set containing information about two cohorts we analyse the impact of regional unemployment at district level to...

In the last years the analysis of flow figures turned out to be essential for labour market research and policy advice. The ongoing debate about how flexible is the German labour market could not been answered just analysing stock figures or turnover rates. Here we follow the useful analytical...

We start referring to the striking phenomena that over the past decades commuting distances in Germany have steadily risen, although commuting costs increased over-proportionally. This is surprising, as urban economic theory predicts increasing commuting distances especially for higher income,...

Over the past decades, commuting has become more and more important as a means for labor market adjustment. This is reflected in increasing commuter shares and distances. Nevertheless, identifying the determinants of commuting distances is by no means straightforward due to complex job and...

Over the past several decades, most industrialized countries have experienced a rise in commuting distances, spurring scholarly interest in its determinants. The primary theoretical explanation for longer commuting distances is based on higher wages; however, empirical evidence is minimal. We...

Commuting is, therefore, an important equilibrating vehicle in a city network constellation. Cities act as attractors of commuters, as most economic activity occurs in cities, thus providing a high share of attractive workplaces. Cities that are centrally connected in a network may act as both...

Die Bundesregierung will mit ihrem Gesetzentwurf zur Verbesserung der Eingliederungschancen am Arbeitsmarkt (Bundestagsdrucksache 17/6277) die Integration in Arbeit oder Ausbildung beschleunigen und den Bereich der öffentlich geförderten Beschäftigung neu ordnen. Die Absicht der...

Das IAB nimmt nach einer allgemeinen Einschätzung des Fachkräftebedarfs und einer Darstellung der Erwartungen für die Zukunft Stellung zu den folgenden Punkten der Anträge der Fraktionen Die Linke und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: Ausbau von Ganztagsschulen, Konzept DualPlus, Grüner Pakt für...