IW-Panels

A firm survey conducted in March/April 2024 as part of the IW-Zukunftspanel among around 900 German companies from the manufacturing and industrial services sectors shows that around 350 of the companies surveyed have Chinese competitors in their markets.

Jürgen Matthes / Edgar Schmitz IW

This study, based on the IW-People Survey 2024, shows that around 62% of Germans consider the election of the European Parliament to be important. This is the result of around 5,200 respondents. The proportion is therefore roughly as high as the voter turnout in 2019.

Matthias Diermeier / Judith Niehues / Samina Sultan IW

The German labor market has been growing since 2005. The dip in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic between 2020 and 2022 is an exception, as the German labor market has reached a record level of 45.9 million people in employment by 2023.

Michael Grömling / Stefanie Seele IW

Many companies in Germany report having difficulties not only in recruiting employees, but also in filling vacant management positions.

Carolin Fulda / Oliver Stettes IW

In 2023, half of the companies in Germany reported increasing problems in filling vacancies for management positions because employees are not aiming for a career. Larger companies are less affected than small companies.

Andrea Hammermann / Oliver Stettes IW