July 8, 2013
Subsidizing unemployed workers to start their own business has been proven an effective policy tool to improve long-term employment and […]
July 5, 2013
With 10% of the population in the Western world affected, depression and anxiety are two major health disorders. While the […]
July 1, 2013
Do victims of bullying at school still suffer later in their working lives? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Nick […]
June 28, 2013
A new research project coordinated by IZA experts Werner Eichhorst and Michael Kendzia and commissioned by the EP Committee on […]
June 24, 2013
Discrimination is omnipresent in today’s labor markets: women receive lower wages, foreigner are less likely to be hired. While the […]
June 21, 2013
How does a tax system’s complexity affect people’s reaction to tax changes? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Johannes Abeler […]
June 17, 2013
The widening wage gap between college educated and non-college educated workers in the US and around the world has raised […]
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 […]