November 22, 2013
Does playing sports or going to the gym help your career? In a new IZA discussion paper, Paul Downward and […]
November 18, 2013
Many immigrants arriving in America in the early 20th century started a new life, and often they started it with […]
November 15, 2013
Paid maternity leave has become more and more popular over the past few decades as mothers have increasingly entered the […]
November 13, 2013
How much of adult well-being is determined by childhood influences? The answer to this question is very important to policy-makers […]
November 8, 2013
Despite the great popularity of international educational mobility schemes like the European Erasmus scholarship program, relatively little research has been […]
November 4, 2013
Many women see themselves as the better providers of care for their children, and thus refrain from delegating child care. […]
November 1, 2013
A commonly acknowledged problem in running a business is that the more that is produced, the lower the quality due […]
October 28, 2013
Choosing the right field of study at college is a very important, but also a very difficult decision. Many prospective […]
October 25, 2013
Many firms run employee-of-the-month or job promotion contests. Stock brokers get additional money if they beat the index. Bonus payment […]
October 21, 2013
EU commissioner Laszlo Andor has been under fire since he claimed last week that welfare tourism is “neither widespread nor […]
October 14, 2013
What happens to a worker’s own productivity if one of her less productive colleagues is replaced by a highly productive […]
October 11, 2013
Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the […]
October 11, 2013
Do firms benefit from active labor market policies? In order to answer this question, Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch and Patrycja […]
October 7, 2013
Do children do better in school if mothers stay longer at home after birth? A new IZA Discussion Paper by […]
October 4, 2013
Do female-led firms perform differently than male-led ones? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Pierpaolo Parrotta and Nina Smith investigates […]