January 23, 2017
Recently, there has been strong interest in the decline of manufacturing in the United States. Although the share in real […]
December 22, 2016
In the last two decades, economists’ interest in social networks has increased dramatically. This has come with a parallel awareness […]
December 16, 2016
In 2013, IZA Research Affiliate Abel Brodeur (University of Ottawa) and his co-authors published an IZA discussion paper titled “Star […]
December 8, 2016
Immigration issues are at the top of many western countries’ political agendas. The EU is still processing all of the […]
December 6, 2016
Job creation is at the heart of development. This was the central message of the World Bank’s “World Development Report […]
December 3, 2016
December 3rd marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In Europe, about one in eight people of working age […]
November 30, 2016
Unemployment insurance (UI) schemes face a dual challenge: By partly replacing forgone labor income, they should enable unemployed individuals to […]
November 24, 2016
Does the racial mix of students’ classmates affect their behavior later on in life? A new IZA Discussion Paper by […]
November 21, 2016
Differences in educational outcomes based on socioeconomic background is a well-documented phenomenon and a key driver of inequalities later in […]
November 11, 2016
Family stability is a prerequisite for a number of social outcomes that policy makers care about, not the least being […]
November 8, 2016
Technological change has advanced digitalization and automation in a number of industries, raising fears that human workers will eventually become […]
November 7, 2016
Economists seem to have a conspicuous interest in unexpected, far-reaching or even catastrophic events. In most cases, though, this interest […]
October 26, 2016
When you ask an applied economist what distinguishes economics from other social sciences, the likely answer will include economists’ use […]
October 19, 2016
Recent research suggests that workers living in places with a heavy manufacturing presence in the U.S. have experienced both a […]