Klaus F. Zimmermann
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August 5, 2016
Women’s chances in STEM fields better than often thought
One of the most common explanations why women are underrepresented in many areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) […]
October 12, 2015
Mental health costs of access to unsafe drinking water
Fulfilling one of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals five years before schedule, 2.6 billion people gained access to sources of […]
October 3, 2015
On occasion of German Reunification Day: New Article on “Children of the Wall”
Today marks the 25th anniversary of German reunification. The signing of the German unification treaty had set in stone what […]
May 1, 2015
International Workers’ Day Address: The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor
On May Day 2015, which also marks the first anniversary of IZA World of Labor, IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmermann […]
March 12, 2015
Roadmap to vocational education and training: IZA research in ILR Review symposium on skills
The latest issue of the Industrial and Labor Relations Review addresses the closely linked topics of skill shortages, skill mismatch […]
February 16, 2015
New volume on gender convergence in the labor market
For most countries in recent years women’s labor force participation has risen while men’s has fallen. At the same time, […]
August 18, 2014
The state of European integration: What labor market experts think
Recent developments challenge the idea of free mobility in Europe. The rise in Euroskepticism, the perceived threat of welfare migration […]
April 30, 2014
Roma face blatant discrimination in Europe – IZA Director calls for better integration
The German government is planning to pass new legal provisions for asylum seekers. This would also facilitate the deportation of […]
March 17, 2014
The Crimea Crisis: Consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian Divide
The recent serious developments in the Ukraine expose growing tensions between ethnic Russians and Ukrainians in the country, evident since […]
February 24, 2014
Ethnic segregation: boon or bane for cultural integration?
Immigrants are not evenly distributed within countries: they tend to agglomerate in mainly urban areas. In the public eye – […]
October 21, 2013
Welfare benefits are no magnet for migrants
EU commissioner Laszlo Andor has been under fire since he claimed last week that welfare tourism is “neither widespread nor […]
April 5, 2013
The Guardian reports on IZA study: No ‘welfare migration’ within EU
According to a comprehensive study of 19 European countries over a period from 1993 to 2008, national differences in unemployment […]
March 14, 2013
Ten years of “Agenda 2010”
A decade ago the German labor market was regarded as a sick patient. Today it is performing exceptionally well and […]
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- Eric Thode
- Frank Wießner
- Gerard J. van den Berg
- Hilmar Schneider
- Holger Bonin
- Jacob Steinwede
- Jochen Kluve
- Karl Brenke
- Klaus F. Zimmermann
- Lena Jacobi
- Lutz C. Kaiser
- Marc Schneider
- Marco Caliendo
- Nico Pestel
- Paul Marx
- René Fahr
- Rosemarie Zenker
- Sebastian Siegloch
- Steffen Künn
- Tina Hinz
- Ulf Rinne
- Uwe Sunde
- Verena Tobsch
- Werner Eichhorst
- Zhong Zhao
March 12, 2013
Germany, the North Star of labor policy
Germany has not only successfully managed to escape the unemployment trap it was caught in for a couple of decades, […]