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Opinion

August 22, 2017

The impact of repealing “Obamacare” on children’s academic performance

By Michael A. Leeds (Temple University and IZA) There are many reasons to feel relieved by the recent failure to […]

  • Affordable Care Act
  • child development
  • cognitive development
  • extracurricular activities
  • health care
  • Medicaid
  • Obamacare
  • Patient Protection Act
  • USA
  • Michael A. Leeds
  • Michael Lechner
Research

February 20, 2015

Sports and exercise boost labor market performance and earnings

Many public policy campaigns aim at encouraging people to be more physically active. Sports and exercise enhance physical and mental […]

  • active labor market policy
  • earnings
  • employment
  • fitness
  • health
  • IZA World of Labor
  • soft skills
  • sports
  • Dan-Olof Rooth
  • Michael Lechner
Research

November 6, 2014

Which kids are born in a crisis? Evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall

By Arnaud Chevalier and Olivier Marie Do individuals born at different points of the economic cycle have different outcomes, and […]

  • arrest rates
  • Berlin Wall
  • children
  • criminal activity
  • East Germany
  • economic uncertainty
  • educational attainment
  • fertility
  • kids
  • mothers
  • parental selection
  • parenting
  • risk-taking
  • Arnaud Chevalier
  • Christoph Conrad
  • Michael Lechner
  • Olivier Marie
  • Welf Werner
Research

December 16, 2013

After-school care allows parents to share work more equally

While more and more women with children work in OECD countries, less than a half of them have a full-time […]

  • after-school child care
  • career opportunities
  • employment
  • female labor supply
  • full-time position
  • parental working hours
  • school children
  • Christina Felfe
  • Michael Lechner
  • Petra Thiemann
Research

November 22, 2013

People who play sports do better on the job

Does playing sports or going to the gym help your career? In a new IZA discussion paper, Paul Downward and […]

  • employability
  • employment
  • health
  • income
  • labor market
  • sports
  • sports participation
  • team sports
  • Michael Lechner
  • Paul Downward
Research

October 11, 2013

Firms do not benefit from active labor market policies

Do firms benefit from active labor market policies? In order to answer this question, Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch and Patrycja […]

  • active labor market policies
  • firm performance
  • Germany
  • local employment agencies
  • subsidized employment
  • training programs
  • Conny Wunsch
  • Michael Lechner
  • Patrycja Scioch

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