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 […]
July 15, 2016
Young adults who are still living with their parents and still in compulsory education finance their independent consumption using either […]
July 11, 2016
In 2014, the OECD average in public social spending was about 22% of GDP, with upward trends being observed in […]
June 30, 2016
Standing or walking in the rain is an activity best avoided. In New York City (NYC), when faced with such […]
June 27, 2016
Established in 1998, starting with 100 papers in the first two years, the IZA Discussion Paper series now includes more […]
June 22, 2016
Although empirical economics often claims to provide rigorous estimates of behavioral parameters which must be judged against a gold standard […]