June 12, 2017
By Bruce A. Weinberg (Ohio State University and IZA) Science funding is intended to support the production of new knowledge […]
May 24, 2017
A new IZA World of Labor report looking at the US labor market (2000-2016) finds a remarkable drop in the […]
May 9, 2017
The family environment is among the most important factors in the development of a child’s personality. It is evident that […]
May 5, 2017
Working hours vary substantially, both between and within countries, due to differences in the regulation of the standard workweek and […]
April 20, 2017
Much of the public debate on migration centers on the skill level of migrants. While receiving countries are concerned about […]
April 7, 2017
Depression, which is the focus of this year’s World Health Day, is also an important topic for labor economists as […]
March 29, 2017
Sixty years after the Treaties of Rome, the European Union faces several contemporary challenges on both the political and economic […]
March 17, 2017
Diskriminierung oder strukturelle Unterschiede?
March 15, 2017
A growing literature in economics has demonstrated that grammatical features of languages influence our economic decisions. For example, whether or […]
March 3, 2017
The recent political success of right-wing populists in the US and in many European countries is often attributed to a […]
February 20, 2017
The UN has proclaimed February 20 the “World Day of Social Justice” to support efforts of the international community in […]
February 14, 2017
In the last 25 to 30 years, recoveries from recessions in the US have been plagued by weak employment growth. […]
February 3, 2017
Research on minimum wages focuses mainly on their impact on employment. More recently some papers have looked also at prices, […]
February 1, 2017
Monetary incentives are not always the most cost-effective way to make employees more productive. Three recent IZA World of Labor […]