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Press releaseCountering the shortage of skilled workers – concrete starting points for the labour market

The skills and labour shortage is already posing major challenges for the labour market in Germany. The BiB has identified in its research ways to offset the future decline in the labour force.

Miscellaneous PublicationsSterblichkeit in Deutschland muss schneller und besser erfasst werden – Lehren aus der Covid-19-Pandemie

Schneider, Norbert F.; Mueller, Ulrich; Klüsener, Sebastian (2020)

BiB Working Paper 1/2020. Wiesbaden: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung

The COVID-19-Pandemic has uncovered major deficiencies in the registration and documentation of mortality events. This includes delays in the registration, the lack of a centralised mortality register, and limited access to detailed data for researchers and the public. This Working Paper discusses these deficiencies and possible solutions.