October 18, 2016
by Milena Nikolova and Boris Nikolaev The United Kingdoms’s decision to leave the European Union, or the so-called Brexit, poses […]
September 29, 2016
Immigrants typically do not settle evenly across the countries in which they move. Rather, they tend to cluster in particular […]
September 20, 2016
Germany is currently experiencing a high influx of Muslim migrants. Their labor market integration is a crucial policy goal. However, […]
September 19, 2016
What can genetic information teach us about the intergenerational transmission of economic inequality? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Nicholas […]
September 15, 2016
By Xi Chen (Yale University and IZA) Social pensions are designed to provide the elderly population, especially those with low […]
September 13, 2016
A recent IZA World of Labor article suggests that gender differences in attitudes toward risk are less significant than previously […]
September 7, 2016
Girls largely outperform boys academically in middle and high school. Performance gaps begin to arise as early as in third […]
September 5, 2016
Do teacher expectations matter? In particular, can teacher expectations influence student educational outcomes? Yes, says a new IZA paper authored […]
August 30, 2016
In recent decades labor markets in many developed countries have become increasingly polarized: middle-wage occupations have been declining, while employment […]
August 23, 2016
All parents are faced with the difficult decision of how to organize childcare. Parents preferring to return to the labor […]
August 15, 2016
The recent rise in the number and intensity of fundamentalist Islamic terrorist attacks occurring in several Western cities could, as […]
August 5, 2016
One of the most common explanations why women are underrepresented in many areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) […]
August 4, 2016
Minimum wages are a not just a hot policy issue in the United States and other highly developed nations. They […]
August 2, 2016
Does the social environment influence what individuals buy? Are mothers more likely to work when other women in the neighborhood […]
July 20, 2016
Over the last century, female labor participation has increased in almost all developed countries. The availability of child care and […]