The field of competence Labor Market and Working World deals with the question of how the labour market is changing due to globalisation and digitalisation, among other things.
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The researchers look both at individual companies and the economy as a whole and investigate qualitative and quantitative aspects of employment. They analyse and evaluate how the different actors in the labour market – companies, employees, managers and works councils, unions and employers’ associations, and legislators – react to changes in the economic environment. The work of the research unit extends from economic policy issues and empirical research to the practical implementation of detailed HR strategies.
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Sections of the Research Unit
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Our studies show how labour market regulations and external shocks may affect the level of both employment and unemployment. The researchers identify the key drivers that can contribute to increasing labour demand, boosting labour force participation, raising labour mobility and supporting the unemployed to return into employment. In addition, we regularly comment on the current state of employment and its forecast.
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Research in this area reveals how work organisation, skill requirements and the quality of jobs have been changing. In this respect the development of job satisfaction and its determinants is of particular interest to learn how employees evaluate working conditions in a changing environment.
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Our research and consulting activities show how companies both have shaped and should adapt work to cope with an increasing need for flexibility while improving employer branding. In addition, establishments are advised and supported in designing and implementing HR concepts, policies and programmes.
This study presents a retrospective and an outlook on the spread and structure of the spatial and temporal flexibilization of work in Germany, Europe and the U.S.
Factors Influencing the Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Companies
Christiane Flüter-Hoffmann / Andrea Hammermann / Roschan Monsef
The Coronavirus pandemic has shone a spotlight on the extreme importance of social cohesion and professional interaction in the workplace for employees’ well-being and job satisfaction.
Christiane Flüter-Hoffmann / Andrea Hammermann / Roschan Monsef IW
Low-Wage Employment in Germany: Opportunity or Risk
Holger Schäfer
Low-wage employment is often perceived as a societal problem to be minimised by means of legislation. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this study shows that while there are indeed indications that low-wage workers experience social problems more frequently than higher-wage employees, they are generally better off than the unemployed.
IW-Forschungsgruppe Gesamtwirtschaftliche Analysen und Konjunktur
In the course of 2021 Germany’s economic recovery has once again perceptibly lost momentum. After the strain brought about at the beginning of the year by the lockdown for the second and third waves of the Covid19 pandemic, manufacturing and construction companies are now struggling with a shortage of materials, while higher prices for fossil fuels are imposing an additional burden.
IW-Forschungsgruppe Gesamtwirtschaftliche Analysen und Konjunktur IW
Christiane Flüter-Hoffmann / Andrea Kurtenacker / Jörg Schmidt
This IW Analysis provides an empirical overview of the labour market situa¬tion of people with officially recognized disabilities based on official statistics and of people with impairments using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
Christiane Flüter-Hoffmann / Andrea Kurtenacker / Jörg Schmidt IW
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