May 9, 2016
By Milena Nikolova Population aging—the increase of the share of older individuals in a society due to fertility declines and […]
May 2, 2016
“In past decades, Germany has made great strides with the integration of foreigners. Those achievements must be defended prudently and […]
March 1, 2016
I have just begun my tenure as Editor-in-Chief of IZA World of Labor (WoL), and I am thrilled to be […]
November 20, 2015
In a recent podcast by the WorkLife HUB, an online platform focusing on work-life balance topics, Werner Eichhorst speaks about […]
June 26, 2015
By Werner Eichhorst In the aftermath of the 2008/09 recession, long-term unemployment has increased in many EU member states. Even […]
May 1, 2015
On May Day 2015, which also marks the first anniversary of IZA World of Labor, IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmermann […]
January 9, 2015
The current public debate in many developed countries about the future of paid employment is characterized by strong feelings of […]
May 14, 2014
The era of U.S. economic dominance would appear to be over. New calculations from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program, […]
April 2, 2014
By Eswar Prasad Since the 2007-8 global financial crisis, the public debt of the United States government has soared to […]
November 11, 2013
By Eswar Prasad Cataloguing China’s economic risks has become a popular parlour game. In the past decade, a steady drumbeat […]
October 23, 2013
By Rafel Lalive, Camille Landais and Josef Zweimüller The global crisis that erupted in 2008 has put millions of worker […]
October 21, 2013
EU commissioner Laszlo Andor has been under fire since he claimed last week that welfare tourism is “neither widespread nor […]
October 16, 2013
By Miles Corak The Great Recession has disrupted the lives of families and their children in an unprecedented way. It […]