Posts tagged with 'employment'
October 5, 2018
Does faster reintegration of the unemployed reduce job quality?
Two studies from Switzerland analyze the effects of job search requirements and assistance
February 14, 2017
Does modern technology slow down employment growth after recessions?
In the last 25 to 30 years, recoveries from recessions in the US have been plagued by weak employment growth. […]
December 8, 2016
How deporting all undocumented workers would hurt the U.S. economy
Immigration issues are at the top of many western countries’ political agendas. The EU is still processing all of the […]
June 14, 2016
The effect of minimum wages on firm value
Ever since minimum wages were first introduced into labor markets, policy controversies have been fought out over the question of […]
April 21, 2016
How to close the disability employment gap
Anti-discrimination legislation has been largely ineffective at improving the employment prospects of the disabled. A new report, just published by […]
February 18, 2016
New forms of work and shady employers: How reputation can discipline the “gig economy”
Uber, Airbnb, TaskRabbit, and other online platforms have drastically reduced the price of micro-contracting and grown a “gig” economy, where […]
June 11, 2015
Why labor market policies should be guided by happiness
Happiness should be a guiding factor in the governance of labor markets, argues Jo Ritzen in his most recent IZA […]
May 1, 2015
International Workers’ Day Address: The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor
On May Day 2015, which also marks the first anniversary of IZA World of Labor, IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmermann […]
March 31, 2015
Robots at work: Boosting productivity without killing jobs?
What have industrial robots done for growth and employment? IZA affiliate Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels answer this question using […]
March 11, 2015
David Neumark on the employment effects of minimum wages
In a video interview, IZA Fellow David Neumark (University of California, Irvine) talks about the employment effects of minimum wages […]
March 10, 2015
The negative labor market outcomes of a Muslim minority: How policy can make a big difference
The labor market success of ethnic and religious minorities often lags behind the average population. Discrimination, segregation and cultural frictions […]
February 20, 2015
Sports and exercise boost labor market performance and earnings
Many public policy campaigns aim at encouraging people to be more physically active. Sports and exercise enhance physical and mental […]
February 12, 2015
Immigrants and host countries benefit from liberalized access to citizenship
Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that many immigrants fail to integrate economically. Research shows that the option […]
December 22, 2014
Active Labor Market Policy reduced crime in Denmark
The fact that it has been difficult to document a consistent positive effect of the often huge public spending on […]
September 12, 2014
Chinese imports push low-skilled Norwegians into unemployment
China’s rise to global economic power has had a major impact on the recent globalization process. In 2009, China became […]
September 8, 2014
Union threat: Where is it highest?
What kind of businesses do unions approach to organize workers? Much is known about what happens to a business after […]
August 26, 2014
Fixed-term contracts: Dead-end jobs or useful stepping stones? Video interview with Werner Eichhorst
Fixed-term contracts have become a major form of employment in Europe. While proponents regard them as an important stepping stone […]
August 1, 2014
Hiring credits stimulated employment during recession in France
In response to soaring unemployment during the Great Recession, the French government introduced a hiring credit in December 2008. The […]
June 27, 2014
What happens when employers are free to discriminate? Evidence from the English Fantasy Football Premier League
Research on employers’ hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Observational studies report lower wages for minority, […]
March 3, 2014
The predictive power of reservation wages: Workers tend to overestimate their prospects
Reservation wages represent the lowest wage for which an individual is willing to work. They are an important economic variable […]
January 7, 2014
Making work more attractive: increase the VAT and reduce labor taxes
What is the right mix between direct taxes, such as personal income taxes or social security contributions, and indirect taxes […]
December 23, 2013
Overcoming the educational mismatch
Nobel laureate Chris Pissarides suggests that in times of recession it’s good for young people to acquire more education. Nonetheless, […]
December 20, 2013
Women are not scared of competing with males, field experiment shows
Despite increasing female labor market participation, gender differences in labor market outcomes persist: men earn more, have better employment perspectives […]
December 16, 2013
After-school care allows parents to share work more equally
While more and more women with children work in OECD countries, less than a half of them have a full-time […]
November 22, 2013
People who play sports do better on the job
Does playing sports or going to the gym help your career? In a new IZA discussion paper, Paul Downward and […]
November 8, 2013
Study abroad programs boost labor market careers
Despite the great popularity of international educational mobility schemes like the European Erasmus scholarship program, relatively little research has been […]
October 21, 2013
Welfare benefits are no magnet for migrants
EU commissioner Laszlo Andor has been under fire since he claimed last week that welfare tourism is “neither widespread nor […]
September 2, 2013
How effective is high school mentoring?
Is it worthwhile paying special attention to high school students from disadvantaged social backgrounds? Núria Rodríguez-Planas put this question to […]
July 1, 2013
How being a victim of school bullying affects your labor market career
Do victims of bullying at school still suffer later in their working lives? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Nick […]
March 29, 2013
What happens to the careers of European workers when immigrants “take their jobs”?
A new IZA Discussion paper by Cristina Cattaneo, Carlo V. Fiorio and Giovanni Peri evaluates the effect of immigrants on […]