Dietrich, HansHansDietrichPatzina, AlexanderAlexanderPatzina0000-0001-5039-7016Brunner, LauraLauraBrunner2023-09-182023-09-1820221861-7522https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/90898Young adults are tomorrow’s workforce in times of aggravating skill shortage. Their mental health and well-being decide over their labour market success and influence the future development of the economy. Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, associated containment measures, and the economic downturn, the mental health of young people declined – more severely than for older age-groups. A new IAB study shows that being employed or non-employed during the pandemic played an important role for the well-being of young adults.engunemploymentmental health300Unemployment and the mental health of young people during the second phase of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germanyarticle10.48720/IAB.FOO.20220915.01