Christian Dustmann, Director at RFBerlin and Professor of Economics at University College London was quoted by WELT am Sonntag in an article on wages, productivity and Germany’s competitiveness. In the article, Dustmann cautions against the simple assumption that higher wages...

Andrea Weber, Professor of economics at the Central European University and Project Leader at RFBerlin, was recently interviewed by the Austrian newspaper Der Standard on the ongoing debate surrounding gender quotas and representation in leadership positions. In the interview, Weber...

RFBerlin director Christian Dustmann spoke with Table Briefings about Germany’s position in the global competition for highly qualified migrants. In the interview, he discusses the challenges Germany faces in attracting skilled workers and the role of labor migration in addressing...

CReAM at RFBerlin published a new report on “Immigrant Educational Attainment in the European Union: Origin, Gender and Cross-Country Differences”, written by Christian Dustmann, Tommaso Frattini and Camilla Piovesan. The report examines educational attainment among natives, EU-born immigrants, and non-EU-born...

On April 24th, CReAM at RFBerlin director Tommaso Frattini was interviewed on Zapping, a programme on Rai Radio 1 to discuss the findings of the latest CReAM Report “The Immigrant Population in the European Union: Growth, Concentration and Dispersion“. The...

CReAM at RFBerlin published a new report on “The immigrant Population In the European Union: Growth, Concentration and Dispersion”, written by Tommaso Frattini and Camilla Piovesan. The report shows that the number of foreign-born residents rose to 64.2 million in...

In a ZEIT article on Germany’s economic outlook and the legacy of the Agenda 2010 reforms, Christian Dustmann, Director of RFBerlin, is cited questioning the common view that labour market reforms alone drove Germany’s past employment success. He highlights the...

The RFBerlin Research Insight on How Germany Could Raise Its Low Birth Rate by Hanna Wang was covered in multiple German media outlets. It was picked up by Reuters, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Wirtschaftswoche, as well as the German Ippen papers.

RFBerlin Director Christian Dustmann was cited in Handelsblatt commenting on proposed labour market reforms, specifically the idea of loosening dismissal protections for higher earners. He noted that such a measure could make firms more willing to hire workers for riskier...

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of Germany’s leading newspapers, published an interview with Christian Dustmann following the publication of the CReAM at RFBerlin report “Migration Aspirations, Diaspora Networks and Refugee Destinations from Iran and Lebanon”. In the interview Dustmann elaborates on...