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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.

Journal ArticlesSubjektives Wohlbefinden und demografische Ereignisse im Lebenslauf

Cihlar, Volker; Genoni, Andreas; Milewski, Nadja; Spiess, C. Katharina; Stawarz, Nico (2023)

WISTA 6/2023. Wiesbaden: Statistisches Bundesamt: 69–80

What role does subjective well-being play as an indicator to describe the quality of life of individuals and societal wealth? After a brief introduction to the topic, the article discusses the relationship between subjective well-being and demographic events and processes, like fertility behaviour, international migration and ageing, from an international perspective. In addition to its importance as an indicator of wealth, subjective well-being supports evidence-based policies aimed at ensuring societal wealth. This requires the representative and differentiated collection and analysis of indicators on subjective well-being.