Labor Markets, Education, Population

Overview

The research department “Labor markets, Education, Population” pursues two main areas of interest. Labor economics and labor market policies constitute the first research focus. In this context, the department evaluates labor market policies and institutions such as parental leave benefits (“Elterngeld”) and minimum wages. Furthermore, “classical” labor economics topics play an important role. This includes the analysis of labor market dynamics in Europe as well as the role of atypical employment, such as temporary agency work and marginal employment, for the labor market.

Within the main focus on population economics, the research group “Migration and Integration” investigates several issues in the economics of migration. Current research addresses mainly the determinants of the social and economic integration of immigrants as well as the consequences of migration for the source countries. Regarding education economics, the main research interest lies on the determinants of acquiring education, returns to education, as well as the causal effects of education reforms, with respect to both (pre-)school and further education.