Arbeitsmarkt: Von wegen faul: Generation Z arbeitet häufiger als alle Vorgänger
Seit jeher gilt die Jugend als faul, der Gen Z wird das besonders nachgesagt. Daten der Bundesagentur widerlegen jetzt das gängige Klischee von der mangelnden Arbeitsbereitschaft der Jungen.
Berlin - Chancellor demands Germans work more, CSU boss Markus Söder believes an extra hour of work per week would bring significant economic growth and is not too much to ask. The younger generation could fulfill this need, according to a study by the Institute for Employment and Labor Research (IAB) at the Federal Agency for Labor.
The research shows that Generation Z is as active in the labor market as younger people haven't been for decades. The researchers have reevaluated the labor participation of Generation Z based on the microsurvey. Specifically, the employment rate of 20- to 24-year-olds increased by 7.1 percentage points between 2015 and 2025, reaching now 76.8 percent.
The trend continued even during the recent economic crisis: since 2023, the employment rate of younger people has risen by another 0.9 percentage points. The IAB researchers Timon Hellwagner and Enzo Weber emphasize that the labor market participation among young adults has "increased remarkably" since 2015. The comparison reveals that while the 25- to 64-year-old age group continued its decade-long upward trend, the increase between 2015 and 2025 was only 3.1 percentage points, from 0.4 percentage points from 2023 to 2025.
The researchers primarily attribute the long-term trend of more work to the growing labor participation of women and older adults.
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