Job market: Increasing care needs weigh on German job market
By 2045, the associated loss of employment could rise to 229,000 full-time equivalent jobs. The reason for this is the demographic change.
A study by Bertelsmann Stiftung and Prognos AG warns that the shortage of workers due to family care is expected to worsen drastically by 2045. The loss of working hours could rise to 229,000 full-time jobs, a 25% increase from 2026. This is attributed to the demographic shift, with 13.3% of the working-age population expected to care for a family member by 2045, up from 8.7% in 2023. Experts urge that the growing care needs should not come at the cost of setbacks in gender equality.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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