From an economic perspective, it is beneficial if policymakers invest in the bright minds of tomorrow and create a competitive, innovative and equitable education system in Germany. The Education Monitor - one of the most important studies on education in Germany - shows that Germany can do even better here.
About the topic
Schools and universities are not producing enough well-educated young people. This is leading to shortages of skilled workers, which are being exacerbated by demographic change and, as a result, falling numbers of schoolchildren and students as the workforce ages. This makes it all the more important for the state to invest in education and provide the best possible training for existing children and young people. The expansion of early childhood education and all-day care at daycare centers and schools will have a particularly strong impact. Good foundations at the start of education benefit later phases of education, when more is learned. At the same time, families can better realize their employment aspirations and thus also contribute to securing a skilled workforce. Through its subsidiary IW Junior, the IW is also committed to expanding economic education.
Alexander Burstedde / Jurek Tiedemann IW-Report No. 33 9. August 2024
IW labor market forecast 2027: Immigration can compensate for ageing
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.
Graduates in Germany are distributed very unevenly across the country. Taking the population aged between 35 and 44, who have generally already completed their higher education, in 2019 the highest proportions of university graduates were to be found in Berlin ...
The Regional Distribution of Low-skilled Workers in Germany
Low-skilled workers in Germany are heavily concentrated in urban areas. In 2019, the proportion of 25- to 64-year-olds who had not completed at least two years of vocational training or higher education was almost twice as high in cities with a population of ...
Research Unit: Vocational Education and Professionals
From an economic perspective, it is beneficial if policymakers invest in the bright minds of tomorrow and create a competitive, innovative and equitable education system in Germany. The Education Monitor - one of the most important studies on education in Germany - shows that Germany can do even better here.
Research Unit: Education, Immigration and Innovation
From an economic perspective, it is beneficial if policymakers invest in the bright minds of tomorrow and create a competitive, innovative and equitable education system in Germany. The Education Monitor - one of the most important studies on education in Germany - shows that Germany can do even better here.
IW labor market forecast 2027: Immigration can compensate for ageing
Alexander Burstedde / Jurek Tiedemann
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.
Graduates in Germany are distributed very unevenly across the country. Taking the population aged between 35 and 44, who have generally already completed their higher education, in 2019 the highest proportions of university graduates were to be found in Berlin and the Munich regional planning area.
The Regional Distribution of Low-skilled Workers in Germany
Wido Geis-Thöne
Low-skilled workers in Germany are heavily concentrated in urban areas. In 2019, the proportion of 25- to 64-year-olds who had not completed at least two years of vocational training or higher education was almost twice as high in cities with a population of over 100,000 (20.8 per cent) as in small municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants (10.7 per cent).
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