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Research

March 29, 2022

How COVID-19 affects educational choices in high school

Students in Sweden moved away quickly from service-oriented vocational programs

  • career
  • COVID-19
  • education
  • field of study
  • high school
  • Aino-Maija Aalto
  • Dagmar Müller
  • J. Lucas Tilley
Research

January 24, 2022

How people’s feelings evolved during the pandemic

Analysis of Twitter data provides insights on the impact of COVID-19 on well-being in Europe

  • COVID-19
  • Europe
  • sentiment
  • twitter
  • well-being
  • Chiara Peroni
  • Francesco Sarracino
  • Kelsey J. O'Connor
  • Stephanié Rossouw
  • Talita Greyling
Research

November 16, 2021

Schools may contribute to stemming the pandemic

Mandatory COVID-19 tests at German schools helped curb infections after the summer break

  • COVID-19
  • pandemic
  • schools
  • testing
  • Ingo Isphording
  • Marc Diederichs
  • Nico Pestel
  • Reyn van Ewijk
Research

September 17, 2021

Costs and benefits of postponing elections during the pandemic

New study on voting, contagion and the trade-off between public health and political rights

  • COVID-19
  • elections
  • mass gatherings
  • public health
  • voting
  • Giuseppe Moscelli
  • Marco Mello
Research

July 9, 2021

Rapid tests effectively contain COVID-19

New research shows that antigen testing has played a major role in curbing the pandemic in Germany

  • antigen testing
  • COVID-19
  • rapid tests
  • seasonality
  • vaccination
  • Hans-Martin von Gaudecker
  • Janos Gabler
  • Klara Röhrl
  • Tobias Raabe
Research

June 4, 2021

Loneliness and social isolation in Europe

The pandemic's toll on loneliness could have consequences long after the virus recedes

  • COVID-19
  • Europe
  • loneliness
  • social isolation
  • Beatrice d'Hombres
  • Martina Barjaková
  • Sylke V. Schnepf
Research

May 28, 2021

Zooming to class?

Experimental study provides evidence on college students' online learning during COVID-19

  • academic achievement
  • COVID-19
  • online learning
  • students
  • Dallas Gilmore
  • Lucas Gebhart
  • Michael S. Kofoed
  • Ryan Moschitto
Research

May 27, 2021

Working from home may hurt productivity

New research based on workplace analytics data finds employees work more hours for the same output

  • collaboration
  • COVID-19
  • future of work
  • output
  • productivity
  • remote work
  • work from home
  • work hours
  • Christoph Siemroth
  • Friederike Mengel
  • Michael Gibbs
Research

May 20, 2021

Short-time work reduces unemployment and stabilizes aggregate demand

Lower risk of income loss moderates drop in consumption

  • aggregate demand
  • consumption
  • COVID-19
  • savings
  • short-time work
  • unemployment
  • Britta Gehrke
  • Thomas Dengler
Research

May 18, 2021

Covid-19 scrambled European country ranking of labor market performance

Small changes in unemployment and inactivity, but notable differences between countries in 2020

  • COVID-19
  • crisis
  • European Union
  • inactivity
  • unemployment
  • Stijn Baert
Research

February 1, 2021

Targeted COVID-19 relief programs improve compliance with confinement measures

Study from Italy analyzes the impact of a food stamp program on social distancing

  • compliance
  • COVID-19
  • fairness
  • food relief
  • Italy
  • social distancing
  • Andrea Geraci
  • Claudio Deiana
  • Fabio Sabatini
  • Gianluca Mazzarella
IZA News

January 20, 2021

IZA Crisis Monitor assesses national policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

Second wave of qualitative survey among country experts now available

  • COVID-19
  • crisis monitor
  • policy response
Research

November 20, 2020

Vacancy postings reflect trend towards working from home

Study from Austria analyzes how COVID-19 has affected labor demand

  • Austria
  • COVID-19
  • hiring
  • job ads
  • labor demand
  • remote work
  • telework
  • vacancy
  • Lennart Ziegler
  • Omar Bamieh
Research

November 16, 2020

How was the U.S. presidential election affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?

Analysis suggests Trump would likely have won if there had been 5% fewer COVID-19 cases

  • Biden
  • COVID-19
  • Trump
  • U.S. elections
  • Abel Brodeur
  • Leonardo Baccini
  • Stephen Weymouth
Opinion

October 28, 2020

Coping with the COVID-19 labor market crisis: Views from the Netherlands

Interview with Egbert Jongen and Paul Verstraten

  • COVID-19
  • Netherlands
  • Egbert Jongen
  • Paul Verstraten
Research

October 13, 2020

School re-openings after summer breaks in Germany did not increase SARS-CoV-2 cases

New IZA study suggests that hygiene measures in German schools worked well to contain the spread of the virus

  • Bildung
  • COVID-19
  • Schule
  • Ingo Isphording
  • Marc Lipfert
  • Nico Pestel
Opinion

October 13, 2020

Coping with the COVID-19 labor market crisis: Views from Canada

Interview with Steven Tobin

  • Canada
  • COVID-19
  • Steven Tobin
Research

October 7, 2020

Future earnings gap due to COVID-19 school closures

Today’s global cohort of students may lose up to US$ 15 trillion over a lifetime

  • COVID-19
  • earnings
  • education
  • schooling
  • wages
  • Emiliana Vegas
  • George Psacharopoulos
  • Harry A. Patrinos
  • Victoria Collis
Research

September 30, 2020

From pandemic shock into recession

Change in working hours shows evolution of the COVID-19 crisis

  • COVID-19
  • recession
  • working hours
  • Bettina M. Siflinger
  • Christian Zimpelmann
  • Hans-Martin von Gaudecker
  • Lena Janys
  • Radost Holler
Opinion

September 15, 2020

Coping with the COVID-19 labor market crisis: Views from Austria

Interview with René Böheim and Thomas Leoni

  • Austria
  • COVID-19
  • René Böheim
  • Thomas Leoni
Opinion

September 1, 2020

Coping with the COVID-19 labor market crisis: Views from Sweden

Interview with Lena Hensvik and Oskar Nordström Skans

  • COVID-19
  • Sweden
  • Lena Hensvik
  • Oskar Nordström Skans
IZA NewsResearch

August 31, 2020

Graduating in a pandemic may lead to long-term income losses

IZA Expert Panel reveals country differences in labor market researchers’ expectations

  • career
  • COVID-19
  • education
  • graduate
  • school-to-work
  • youth unemployment
Research

July 3, 2020

Poor air quality increases COVID-19 deaths

Moving at-risk patients out of polluted areas could reduce the case fatality rate

  • COVID-19
  • death
  • environment
  • health
  • particulate matter
  • pollution
  • Ingo E. Isphording
  • Nico Pestel
IZA NewsResearch

June 25, 2020

High-skilled workers expected to suffer less from the COVID-19 crisis

IZA expert survey: Large differences by qualification, small differences by gender

  • COVID-19
  • IZA Expert Panel
Research

June 15, 2020

Does social capital help contain COVID-19?

New study provides insights from seven European countries

  • COVID-19
  • social capital
  • Alina Kristin Bartscher
  • Michaela Slotwinski
  • Nils Wehrhöfer
  • Sebastian Seitz
  • Sebastian Siegloch
Research

June 9, 2020

Face masks substantially reduce COVID-19 cases in Germany

Analysis exploits regional variation in point in time when masks became compulsory

  • COVID-19
  • face masks
  • Johannes Rode
  • Klaus Wälde
  • Reinhold Kosfeld
  • Timo Mitze
Research

June 8, 2020

Flattening the COVID-19 curve: What works

Preventing close contacts in large groups has been most effective

  • COVID-19
  • social distancing
  • Bertrand Verheyden
  • Konstantinos Tatsiramos
  • Nikos Askitas
IZA NewsResearch

June 4, 2020

U.S. experts regard income support for the unemployed as the most useful policy to mitigate the COVID-19 labor market crisis

IZA Expert Panel reveals large transatlantic differences in top labor economists’ assessment of policy responses

  • COVID-19
  • IZA Expert Panel
Research

May 22, 2020

Occupational exposure to contagion and the spread of COVID-19 in Europe

Patterns of social contacts at work help explain why richer countries recorded more serious outbreaks

  • COVID-19
  • occupations
  • social contacts
  • Piotr Lewandowski
Research

May 14, 2020

How firms in Germany react to the COVID-19 crisis

Mitigation responses are stronger among weak firms and those with expectations of a long shutdown

  • business conditions
  • COVID-19
  • expectations
  • Germany
  • mitigation
  • shutdown
  • Carla Krolage
  • Jonas Dovern
  • Lukas Buchheim
  • Sebastian Link
Research

May 6, 2020

How role models influence prosocial behavior during COVID-19

Actions of fellow citizens and political leaders affect donations and volunteering in different ways

  • COVID-19
  • donations
  • norms
  • prosocial behavior
  • role models
  • Trust
  • volunteering
  • Martin Abel
  • Willa Brown
Research

April 29, 2020

Short-term consequences of COVID-19 on labor market outcomes in the United States

Negative impacts especially for men, younger workers, immigrants, Hispanics and less-educated workers

  • COVID-19
  • employment
  • remote work
  • wages
  • Abel Brodeur
  • Louis-Philippe Béland
  • Taylor Wright
Research

April 23, 2020

Helping job seekers online

COVID-19 increases joblessness but also prevents the provision of face-to-face employment assistance

  • Australia
  • COVID-19
  • field experiment
  • job search
  • labor market policy
  • online services
  • unemployment
  • Giulio Zanella
  • Guglielmo Briscese
  • Veronica Quinn
Research

April 17, 2020

Low-income earners suffer most from the COVID-19 crisis

Having the option to work from home is largely a matter of education

  • COVID-19
  • home office
  • telecommuting
  • telework
  • Bettina M. Siflinger
  • Christian Zimpelmann
  • Hans-Martin von Gaudecker
  • Lena Janys
  • Radost Holler
Opinion

April 5, 2020

Making sure that SURE works

A preliminary assessment of the European short-time work support scheme

  • corona crisis
  • COVID-19
  • employment protection
  • Europe
  • short-time work
  • SURE
  • unemployment
  • Paul Marx
  • Werner Eichhorst
Research

March 30, 2020

How expectations affect compliance with COVID-19 social-distancing measures in Italy

People’s willingness to comply is related to their expected end date of self-isolation measures

  • compliance
  • coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • expectations
  • lockdown
  • self-isolation
  • Guglielmo Briscese
  • Mario Macis
  • Mirco Tonin
  • Nicola Lacetera

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