Overall, the different types of courses offer heterogeneous groups of participants good opportunities to further develop their linguistic and social integration. On the other hand, job-related German language support only partially achieves the desired effects in terms of labour market integration in the period of up to 30 months after the start of a vocational language course. During the language acquisition phase, vocational language courses, which are usually full-time programmes, can only be combined with gainful employment to a limited extent. Even after completing the course, former participants are less likely to be employed than comparable non-participants during the observation period.
Overall, the different types of courses offer heterogeneous groups of participants good opportunities to further develop their linguistic and social integration. On the other hand, job-related German language support only partially achieves the desired effects in terms of labour market integration in the period of up to 30 months after the start of a vocational language course. During the language acquisition phase, vocational language courses, which are usually full-time programmes, can only be combined with gainful employment to a limited extent. Even after completing the course, former participants are less likely to be employed than comparable non-participants during the observation period.
March 14, 2024: Event "Racism versus immigration of skilled workers - How can we attract and retain international skilled workers?" organized by the Böblingen district council
Contexts and causes of the emigration of foreign skilled workers from Germany (in German).
Coaching, Counseling, Case-Working: Do They Help the Older Unemployed out of Benefit Receipt and back into the Labor Market?
In: German Econ Rev, 20: e436-e468. Decemeber 7, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1111/geer.12174
Healing or Deepening the Scars of Unemployment? The Impact of Activation Policies on Unemployed Workers
In: Work, Employment and Society, 1-18, 2019 (online advance access: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0950017019882904)
