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 […]
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 […]