The IW's Education, Immigration and Innovation competence area is researching how education and immigration contribute to securing skilled labor.
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The experts scrutinise the educational system from early-childhood teaching, primary and secondary schools right up to tertiary education. The focus is on both monitoring educational processes and policy developments as well as issues of funding and fairness with respect to the education system. Our economists analyse the contribution of migration to securing a skilled workforce, examine the importance of workers qualified in STEM subjects (science, technology, electronics and mathematics) for a country’s innovation performance and investigate whether such workers are sufficiently available to the labour market. The unit identifies potential bottlenecks and suggests how these might be removed.
Immigration from North Africa:
Initial successes and further potential for securing skilled labor
Wido Geis-Thöne
With the baby boomers retiring from the labour market, Germany will be increasingly dependent on skilled workers from abroad in the coming years in order to avoid massive bottlenecks in the labour market and to secure growth and prosperity.
Educational attainment of the population in a European comparison
Wido Geis-Thöne
With the increasing shortage of skilled labour against the backdrop of demographic change and the changing demands on employees in the context of digitalisation, decarbonisation and de-globalisation, it is becoming increasingly important for Germany and Europe that the working population achieves the highest possible level of qualification.
Integration needs of children in regional comparison
Wido Geis-Thöne
While the citizenship says little about the state of integration of adults, it is a good indicator of a recent migration history in the case of children.
Parental contributions for all-day care for primary school children
Wido Geis-Thöne
The organisation of all-day care for primary school children varies greatly from region to region in Germany. In most of the eastern German states it takes place mainly in after-school care centres, which are part of the child and youth welfare services, whereas in North Rhine-Westphalia these functions are taken over by the open all-day schools.
Securing Skilled Labour by Attracting and Retaining International Students:
The Status Quo and Suggested Approaches for Policymakers
Wido Geis-Thöne
The demographic transition is expected to leave Germany with a serious shortage of skilled workers. To alleviate this bottleneck, more young people from abroad should be trained at German universities and offered the prospect of long-term residence.
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