June 21, 2016
The Great Recession has revived aggregate demand management policies. In particular, “automatic stabilizers” are praised since they are rule-based and […]
June 14, 2016
Ever since minimum wages were first introduced into labor markets, policy controversies have been fought out over the question of […]
June 8, 2016
It is often thought that a goal just before half-time serves as a morale-booster and will increase a team’s chances […]
June 3, 2016
Entrepreneurship has been shown to account for a large share of job creation and to promote innovation and growth. Hence […]
May 30, 2016
European leaders have failed to devise any short-term solutions to address the underlying drivers forcing refugees to flee Africa and […]
May 24, 2016
When a U.S. state passes a medical marijuana law (MML), effectively lowering the costs of obtaining marijuana for both patients […]
May 6, 2016
In most OECD countries, general practitioners (GPs) play several fundamentally different roles. Clearly, on the one hand, they are responsible […]
April 26, 2016
Despite the remarkable increase of female participation in education, the labor market and political life that has taken place over […]
April 22, 2016
People have different propensities to tell the truth, particularly when there is an incentive to lie. According to an experiment […]
April 21, 2016
Anti-discrimination legislation has been largely ineffective at improving the employment prospects of the disabled. A new report, just published by […]
April 20, 2016
As the flow of asylum seekers reaching Europe’s shores is rising again with the onset of spring, the European Union […]
April 19, 2016
In January 2016, China formally changed its one-child policy, now allowing all couples to have two children. Fei Wang, Liqiu […]
April 13, 2016
Since the 2008/09 global recession unemployment and inequality have been on a rise. Reforms of labor markets have been one […]
April 11, 2016
Even though life expectancy is rising in most OECD countries, participation rates for older workers remain low. The fact that […]
April 5, 2016
By Daniel Borowczyk-Martins (Sciences Po and IZA) and Etienne Lalé (University of Bristol and IZA) When assessing the state of […]