May 20, 2015
Tertiary education is a costly thing. How to design its financing is a major topic in public policy. Around the […]
May 19, 2015
Cities are home to more than half the population of developing countries. Many cities struggle to deal with large-scale urban […]
May 15, 2015
By Filipa Sá (King’s College London and IZA) The coalition government’s increase of university tuition fees in England in 2012 […]
May 7, 2015
Held in Dakar, Senegal, this year’s IZA Annual Migration Meeting acquired a tragic topicality: The ongoing loss of lives in […]
May 4, 2015
A new generation of serfs could be created if employers don’t take more action to create shared ownership of companies […]
April 29, 2015
A series of small wars have recently erupted between researchers in labor, development, and other fields of economics. They involve […]
April 17, 2015
Air pollution is the top environmental risk factor of premature death. Annual costs of environmental damage for the European countries […]
April 9, 2015
In the face of increasing migrant flows, public discourse often focuses on the perceived negative effects on the native population. […]
March 31, 2015
What have industrial robots done for growth and employment? IZA affiliate Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels answer this question using […]
March 25, 2015
Dishonesty is a pervasive and costly phenomenon that may threaten mutual trust and social cohesion. But why is it that […]
March 18, 2015
Should the recreational use of cannabis be legalized? In recent years, there has been a momentum towards more liberal drug […]
March 17, 2015
The migration of skilled labor is often seen as unfair, benefiting rich countries (through receiving well-skilled workers to fill labor […]
March 12, 2015
The latest issue of the Industrial and Labor Relations Review addresses the closely linked topics of skill shortages, skill mismatch […]
March 10, 2015
The labor market success of ethnic and religious minorities often lags behind the average population. Discrimination, segregation and cultural frictions […]
March 6, 2015
The majority of empirical research in economics ignores the potential benefits of nonparametric methods, while the majority of advances in […]