We generate knowledge about challenges to the welfare society
and possible new solutions

Research
Podcast
RF Berlin Talks: Director Christian Dustmann on our new research institute in Berlin

Research
Tools and graphics
Global Migration Information Hub

Research
Podcast
Handbook of Labor Economics vol. 5 and 6: Frontier research within labor economics

Research
Research report
Globalisation and the Gender Gap in Mental Well-being

Research
Research report
College access and immigrant productivity

Research
Research report
The Different Sources of Intergenerational Income Mobility in High and Low Income Families
Highlights from media
and scientific journals
Intergenerational spillover effects of language training for refugees
“The German car industry will no longer exist in 20 to 30 years”
Interview with Director of The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Christian Dustmann, introducing the research institute.
Social mobility across generations may be substantially overstated, study shows
New research measuring resources passed from parents to children shows that current estimates of intergenerational mobility may be substantially overstated.

Research
We conduct research that contributes to assuring the social and economic sustainability of the welfare state.

Interventions
We generate knowledge about challenges to the welfare society and possible new solutions.