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Should colleges share the burden of student loan debt?

Tertiary education is a costly thing. How to design its financing is a major topic in public policy. Around the […]

Innovative approach to reduce violence and crime in Liberia: New research supported by DFID and IZA

Cities are home to more than half the population of developing countries. Many cities struggle to deal with large-scale urban […]

What happens to student applications when university tuition fees go up?

By Filipa Sá (King’s College London and IZA) The coalition government’s increase of university tuition fees in England in 2012 […]

Interview: Costs and benefits of emigration from West Africa

Held in Dakar, Senegal, this year’s IZA Annual Migration Meeting acquired a tragic topicality: The ongoing loss of lives in […]

“Who owns the robots rules the world”

A new generation of serfs could be created if employers don’t take more action to create shared ownership of companies […]

A new definition for ‘replications’ in social science

A series of small wars have recently erupted between researchers in labor, development, and other fields of economics. They involve […]

Air pollution impairs productivity of professional soccer players

Air pollution is the top environmental risk factor of premature death. Annual costs of environmental damage for the European countries […]

Debunking the myth of job-stealing immigrants: NYT article draws on research from the IZA network

In the face of increasing migrant flows, public discourse often focuses on the perceived negative effects on the native population. […]

Robots at work: Boosting productivity without killing jobs?

What have industrial robots done for growth and employment? IZA affiliate Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels answer this question using […]

On the origins of dishonesty: Do kids learn to cheat from their parents?

Dishonesty is a pervasive and costly phenomenon that may threaten mutual trust and social cohesion. But why is it that […]

‘High’ achievers? Students banned from cannabis shops perform better at university

Should the recreational use of cannabis be legalized? In recent years, there has been a momentum towards more liberal drug […]

Global Skill Partnership: Regulate skilled migration for global equity

The migration of skilled labor is often seen as unfair, benefiting rich countries (through receiving well-skilled workers to fill labor […]

Roadmap to vocational education and training: IZA research in ILR Review symposium on skills

The latest issue of the Industrial and Labor Relations Review addresses the closely linked topics of skill shortages, skill mismatch […]

The negative labor market outcomes of a Muslim minority: How policy can make a big difference

The labor market success of ethnic and religious minorities often lags behind the average population. Discrimination, segregation and cultural frictions […]

Interview with the authors of Applied Nonparametric Econometrics

The majority of empirical research in economics ignores the potential benefits of nonparametric methods, while the majority of advances in […]

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