June 14, 2013
What if you are too skilled for your job? Previous research has shown that over-skilled workers receive lower wages. A […]
June 10, 2013
Hiring job applicants who were referred by current employees is a common and empirically well-supported practice, but there is relatively […]
June 7, 2013
Religious norms on family formation and the respective roles of husband and wife are likely to influence labor market outcomes […]
June 3, 2013
The world’s poorest people lack capital and skills and work in occupations that others shun. Using a large-scale and long-term […]
May 31, 2013
Older workers often have difficulties to find a new job after becoming unemployment. While this problem is often attributed to […]
May 27, 2013
Do higher corporate taxes reduce wages? While this question has heavily been discussed in economics since the 1960s, compelling empirical […]
May 24, 2013
Institutions such as the World Health Organization and national blood agencies have for 40 years promoted policy guidelines that oppose […]
May 15, 2013
Unemployment insurance (UI) benefits typically are available for 26 weeks in the United States. In response to the Great Recession […]
May 11, 2013
Language acquisition of immigrants is crucially affected by the dissimilarity between the immigrant’s mother tongue and the language of the […]
May 8, 2013
Child labor is a common consequence of economic shocks in developing countries. A new IZA discussion paper by Andreas Landmann […]
April 29, 2013
Extending the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) bene fits is one of the most important policy instruments to ease economic hardships […]
April 26, 2013
In the United States the well-being of blacks is still below the well-being of whites. This has been shown by […]
April 19, 2013
Internet facilitates searching tremendously. This should not only be true when you shop online for books or software, but also […]
April 15, 2013
People tend to be more honest if they are not rewarded immediately but rather in the distant future. This is […]
April 12, 2013
Over the past 20 years, female labor participation in the U.S. has decreased remarkably relative to other Western countries: In […]