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Labour Market Participation of Non-Germans in the Health Sector in Germany ,
Source: BAMF
In addition to the economic significance of the healthcare sector, the Small-scale Study II presents the legal basis for the immigration of workers in the healthcare sector and offers detailed data on employment for the individual professional groups and countries of origin.
The study starts by providing an overview of the healthcare sector in order to be able to categorise its economic significance. The legal foundations which apply to gainful employment of foreigners are then explained, together with the specific vocational preconditions which must be met in the healthcare professions. This is followed by a portrayal of the employment situation on the basis of the statistics of the Federal Employment Agency (employment subject to obligatory social insurance) and of the German Medical Association, of the German Dental Association, as well as of the National Union of German Pharmacists’ Associations. The data analysis encompasses the period from 1999 to 2005, and hence makes it possible to emphasise the development of the number of employed foreigners in individual vocational groups and from individual countries of origin.
Peter Derst, Barbara Heß, Hans Dietrich von Loeffelholz