35 years after reunification: How effective was the Treuhand?
2025 marks the 35th anniversary of German reunification. A central chapter in this history is the work of the Treuhandanstalt, the government agency which decided in the early 1990s which GDR companies should be privatised and which should be closed...
Christian Dustmann on Tackling Germany’s Labor Shortages
The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung published an article on Germany’s labor shortages, citing research and expert commentary from Christian Dustmann. Dustmann stressed the importance of adapting workplaces for older employees, noting that companies should “create positions where the experience of...
Christian Dustmann on Refugee Integration in Germany’s Labor Market on DW Podcast
Christian Dustmann was a guest on the podcast Wirtschaft im Gespräch (“Economy in Dialogue”) by Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, hosted by Thomas Kohlmann. The episode explored the state of refugee integration in Germany’s labor market, ten years after Angela...
Christian Dustmann comments on the new EU-US tariff policies in the car sector
The Parliament Magazine, a Brussels-based outlet, featured a comment from Christian Dustmann on the U.S. decision to reduce tariffs on European cars. In the article Dustmann stresses that German manufacturers have been “sluggish” in adapting to the electric transition, warning...
Migration Talks: Forced or free to move? Insights from Finland and Mozambique on displacement, climate and the cost of starting over.
In this episode of Migration Talks, researchers Sandra Sequeira (London School of Economics) and Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich) take us into two very different contexts with surprising parallels. From post-conflict displacement in Mozambique to internal migration policies in post-war Finland,...
Research on Employment Among Immigrants to the EU in the Media
The report by RFBerlin, “Employment Among Immigrants to the EU Reaches Record High – Gender Gaps Persist,” was featured in several Danish media outlets, including Berlingske and Politiken, underscoring the relevance of migration research to current public debate and journalism...
