WSI-Mitteilungen

The EU Directive on platform work represents a significant step toward regulating digitally mediated forms of employment. It aims to prevent bogus self-employment, increase transparency in algorithmic management, and facilitate access to forms of...

This year’s report on the distribution of income examines the development of income inequality in Germany from 2010 to 2022 and its political implications. Based on data from the GSOEP and the WSI Labour Force Survey, it shows that income...

Until recently, benefit schemes for trade union members were a marginal topic in collective bargaining policy. Continuing membership losses and declining levels of organisation are prompting German trade unions to make greater use of this instrument...

In this article we first examine the implications of recent research on the macroeconomic and labor market implications of climate change and climate action for the existing system of old-age provision in Germany. We focus mainly on risks to pension...