Publications & Documents

Public Procurement in Germany - Strategic Dimensions for Well-being and Growth

Transfer Pricing Country Profiles

These country profiles focus on countries' domestic legislation regarding key transfer pricing principles, including the arm's length principle, transfer pricing methods, comparability analysis, intangible property, intra-group services, cost contribution agreements, transfer pricing documentation, administrative approaches to avoiding and resolving disputes, safe harbours and other implementation measures.

Migration policy affects attractiveness of OECD countries to international talent

The most attractive OECD countries for highly qualified potential immigrants are Australia, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand and Canada, in part because of favourable admission and stay conditions.

Skills Strategy Germany Country Note

This document describes the key findings for Germany from the OECD Skills Strategy 2019.

Skills Outlook: How does Germany Compare

The Skills Outlook Scoreboard assesses the extent to which Germany is able to make the most of digitalisation. Germany’s performance is measured along 3 main dimensions: Skills for digitalisation, Digital exposure and Skillsrelated policy effort.

Deutschland im Vergleich: OECD Beschäftigungsausblick 2019

In Deutschland sind mehr Arbeitsplätze einem hohen Automatisierungs- bzw. Änderungsrisiko ausgesetzt als im Durchschnitt der OECD. Das höhere Risiko der Automatisierbarkeit ist zum Teil auf die Bedeutung des verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland zurückzuführen.

Launch of 2019 Employment Outlook

igitalisation, globalisation and demographic change are having a profound impact on our societies, our daily lives and our work. New technologies are creating new employment opportunities. Between 2006 and 2016, four out of ten new jobs in OECD countries were created in highly digital-intensive sectors.

OECD Employment Outlook 2019 - Key findings for Germany

In Germany, more jobs are at a high risk of automation or a significant risk of change than in the OECD on average. The higher risk of automatability is in part the result of the large manufacturing sector in Germany. Low-skilled jobs with routine tasks are generally at a higher risk of automation than high-skilled jobs with cognitive tasks.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Berlin on 25 April 2019

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Berlin on 25 April 2019 to present THE FUTURE OF WORK - the OECD 2019 Employment Outlook.

Taxing Wages: Key findings for Germany

The tax wedge for the average single worker in Germany decreased by 0.1 percentage points from 49.6 in 2017 to 49.5 in 2018. The OECD average tax wedge in 2018 was 36.1 (2017, 36.2).