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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

Ronald Bachmann, Bernhard Boockmann, Christina Vonnahme, Jan Simon Wiemann

International data innovations: Potentials for German labor market and social policy (in German).
In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 73 (1), 1-23, 2024.

Holger Bonin, Bernhard Boockmann, Philipp Kugler, u.a.

Evaluation der berufsbezogenen Deutschsprachförderung nach § 45a AufenthG

BMAS-Forschungsbericht 635, ISSN 0174-4992, March 2024

Jan Simon Wiemann, Lena Walser

Digitale Technologie und Weiterbildungsbedarfe

Auswertung des IAB-Betriebspanels Baden-Württemberg, IAW-Kurzbericht 2/2023

Tobias Brändle, Andreas Koch

The German Pay Transparency Act Does Not Achieve Its Goal
In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (12), S. 842-849, Dezember 2023; https://www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/inhalt/jahr/2023/heft/12/beitrag/entgelttransparenzgesetz-erreicht-ziel-nicht.html

Tobias König, Lena Berner

Betriebliche Fort- und Weiterbildung in Baden-Württemberg 2022

Eine empirische Analyse auf der Basis des IAB-Betriebspanels, IAW-Kurzbericht 4/2023