Designing internal labour markets and reducing frictions in employee retention is an important challenge for human resource management (HRM). The aim of the project was twofold. The first part investigated…
The increased use of automation and digitization at the work place is an important part of the public and academic debate on the future role of work in modern societies and potential reforms of the welfare state.…
Modern information and communication technologies (ICT) are an important source of changing working conditions. Recently, employees continuously increased their job-related…
In the years 2015 and 2016 more than one million asylum seekers arrived in Germany affecting the labour market in different ways: On the one hand these asylum seekers had to be accommodated and taken care of,…
Jointly with a team around Professor Dirk Sliwka, University of Cologne, and Prof. Patrick Kampkötter, University of Tübingen, and on behalf of the Institute for Labour Market Research (IAB), this project develops…
The project examines individual and fiscal returns to education. The project has two sections. Section one analyses the relationship between educational background and unemployment, employment, and hours of…
The aim of this project was to provide a review of the literature on technological change and the future of work in the EU and its member states including an overview of potential policy options at the EU,…
The aim of this research project was the investigation of the link between an employers` use of human resource management practices and employees` perceived quality of work as well as their decision to stay with…
The central purpose of the Priority Program was to advance top level research to develop a deeper understanding of the challenges facing labor markets in Germany in particular and throughout Europe in a global…