Education, Immigration and Innovation

In recent years, more and more children in Germany have been growing up in educationally disadvantaged environments.

Wido Geis-Thöne IW

Germany faces the challenge of coping with demographics, decarbonisation, digitalisation and deglobalisation at the same time. Innovative strength and securing skilled labour are crucial for this.

Axel Plünnecke IW

In a country comparison of international patent applications from the higher education sector, Switzerland excels in efficiency. The USA dominate in terms of the number of patent applications and in the ranking of the 1,767 patent-active universities across the globe. Germany performs well across all categories, placing just behind the USA in efficiency.

Maike Haag / Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel IW

This study is the annual update of the IW labor market extrapolation with data up to 2022. The methodology is described in detail by Burstedde (2023). The update shows how employment and skilled labor shortages could develop during the next five years if the empirical trends of the last seven years were to continue. This is different from a forecast.

Alexander Burstedde / Jurek Tiedemann IW

Against the backdrop of demographic change, Germany is increasingly dependent on skilled labour from abroad to secure growth and prosperity.

Wido Geis-Thöne IW