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 […]
September 30, 2013
Have the benefits from marriage changed over the past decades? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Shelly Lundberg and Robert […]
September 27, 2013
Human beings are happy when they are in the mid-20s and when they are hitting the 60s, but they experience […]
September 23, 2013
Governments are increasingly concerned about the capacity of pensions systems to meet demands in the coming years. According to the […]
September 20, 2013
How much harder do people work when they believe in the mission of their organization? And equally important: How much […]
September 16, 2013
The goal of employment protection legislation is to increase workers’ job security by making it more difficult and costly for […]
September 13, 2013
Women have been found to do worse when it comes to negotiating their salaries: first, because they renegotiate less, and, […]
September 11, 2013
Does the level of testosterone, which is associated with more aggressive and competitive behavior, explain why men earn more than […]
September 6, 2013
Does early retirement affect how long people live? In a new IZA Discussion Paper, Hans Bloemen, Stefan Hochguertel and Jochem […]