April 5, 2016
By Daniel Borowczyk-Martins (Sciences Po and IZA) and Etienne Lalé (University of Bristol and IZA) When assessing the state of […]
March 31, 2016
A new article published on IZA World of Labor finds that legalizing illegal immigrants can boost tax revenues, prevent worker […]
March 29, 2016
In order to curb unemployment, OECD countries have made enormous efforts and spent considerable sums on active labor market policies […]
March 21, 2016
Demographic aging and accompanying shrinking labor forces are common phenomena throughout the developed world. There is a widespread notion that […]
March 18, 2016
Today is World Sleep Day! As recent IZA research shows, a good night of sleep is not just a matter […]
February 29, 2016
Skill mismatch has become an issue of increasing policy concern in the aftermath of the economic crisis, which saw high […]
February 26, 2016
Recruitment is one of the most important decisions businesses face. To ensure productivity and profitability remains high it is crucial […]
February 18, 2016
Uber, Airbnb, TaskRabbit, and other online platforms have drastically reduced the price of micro-contracting and grown a “gig” economy, where […]
February 17, 2016
Early childhood years are highly formative and often provide the basis for educational, professional and social achievements in adulthood. IZA […]
February 15, 2016
Income inequality levels and trends are increasingly a subject of public discussion and have been analyzed in depth by economists […]
February 9, 2016
Electronic self-service platforms can help job-seekers find suitable vacancies and facilitate self-development. But the results of a recent research project […]
February 3, 2016
A large empirical literature supports the view that linking payment to performance is highly effective in raising productivity. However, often […]
January 20, 2016
By Patrick Arni, Gerard van den Berg, and Rafael Lalive The standard empirical evaluations of labor market policy only consider […]
January 14, 2016
What many have already suspected has now been scientifically proven: Employers are screening job candidates through Facebook. In fact, your […]
January 8, 2016
The study by Reed Walker (UC Berkeley) on “The Transitional Costs of Sectoral Reallocation: Evidence from the Clean Air Act […]