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Ninth joint workshop organised by the ‘Women and Work’ contact points and the equal opportunities officers for the labour market. Stuttgart, Haus der Wirtschaft.

Keynote presentation:

Women’s employment in Baden-Württemberg – The role of work-life balance measures. A study based on the IAB Baden-Württemberg Firm Panel.

Dr Jochen Späth [IAW]

Panel discussion:

What support do businesses need from employment agencies, job centres and contact points?

Themed discussion in a World Café format:

Work-life balance in small businesses – what are the obstacles, and what helps?

June 10, 2026: Brown Bag Seminar, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Berlin.

Legally equal – but disadvantaged in practice? EU migrants in Germany (in German).

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Boockmann [IAW]

May 4, 2026: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart.

Employment of women in Baden-Württemberg – The role of work-life balance measures. A study based on the IAB Establishment Panel Baden-Württemberg (in German).

Dr. Jochen Späth [IAW]

More women in employment – structural barriers remain.


The IAW today presented a new report on gender-specific employment trends in the state, commissioned by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism (title: “Employment trends and recruitment practices in Baden-Württemberg. A gender-specific analysis based on the IAB Establishment Panel"). The report shows that female employment in Baden-Württemberg has developed positively in recent years. At the same time, structural differences between women and men persist in the labour market.

Press release (in German)

More women in employment – structural barriers remain.


The IAW today presented a new report (in German) on gender-specific employment trends in the state, commissioned by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism (title: “Employment trends and recruitment practices in Baden-Württemberg. A gender-specific analysis based on the IAB Establishment Panel"). The report shows that female employment in Baden-Württemberg has developed positively in recent years. At the same time, structural differences between women and men persist in the labour market.

Press release (in German)

Publications

Anne Zühlke, Maren Baumgärtner

Weiterbildung im Kontext von befristeter Beschäftigung und Kurzarbeit

Eine empirische Analyse auf der Basis des IAB-Betriebspanels Baden-Württemberg, IAW-Kurzbericht 1/2022

Natalie Herdegen, René Kalweit

The minimum wage: An effective means to regain the electorate’s confidence?
July 2022, available at Social Science Research Network - SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4153785

Mario Bossler, Nicole Gürtzgen, Erik-Benjamin Börschlein, Jan Simon Wiemann

Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf Betriebe und Unternehmen.
IAB-Forschungsbericht, 09/2022, Nürnberg, 224 S., Anhang. https://doi.org/10.48720/IAB.FB.2209

Bernhard Boockmann, Natalie Herdegen, René Kalweit, u.a.

Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf Löhne und Arbeitszeiten

RWI-IAW-Studie im Auftrag der Mindestlohnkommission, 31. Januar 2022, Essen und Tübingen.

Andrea Kirchmann, Andreas Koch, Anastasia Maier, Marcel Reiner, Tobias Scheu, u.a.

Folgen der Corona-Pandemie für Mindestlohnbeschäftigte und vom Mindestlohn betroffene Betriebe

Final report to the Minimum Wage Commission, 30 June 2022, Tübingen and Bonn.