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December 1, 2021

What if working from home will stick?

Distributional and climate impacts for Germany

  • climate
  • energy
  • inequality
  • telework
  • Marion Bachelet
  • Matthias Kalkuhl
  • Nicolas Koch
IZA News

September 6, 2021

IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists celebrates 20th anniversary

Researchers discussed topics related to labor market inequalities and policy responses

  • gender pay gap
  • inequality
  • labor economics
  • minimum wage
  • SOLE
  • Transatlatic Meeting
Research

August 20, 2021

Hotter temperatures increased workplace injuries in California

New study finds that incidents are undercounted in official records

  • climate change
  • heat
  • inequality
  • workplace safety
  • Jisung Park
  • Nora Pankratz
  • Patrick Behrer
Research

November 27, 2019

How earthquakes affect social preferences

When people are exposed to a disaster, their demand for redistribution increases

  • inequality
  • Italy
  • natural experiment
  • redistribution
  • Fabio Sabatini
  • Giovanni Gualtieri
  • Marcella Nicolini
Research

October 10, 2019

Legacy and athlete preferences at Harvard

Admissions advantages of privileged applicants have gone up over time

  • education
  • elite
  • inequality
  • privilege
  • students
  • university
  • Josh Kinsler
  • Peter Arcidiacono
  • Tyler Ransom
IZA NewsResearch

April 15, 2019

briq/IZA Workshop on Behavioral Economics of Education

How behavioral insights can contribute to equality of opportunity

  • behavioral economics
  • education
  • inequality
  • students
  • teacher
Research

November 6, 2018

Shrinking gender pay gap has made boys more ambitious

More women succeed in male-dominated sectors, but few men choose traditionally female occupations

  • gender gap
  • income
  • inequality
  • nature vs. nurture
  • occupational sorting
  • STEM
  • Grace Lordan
  • Warn N. Lekfuangfu
Research

September 17, 2018

School reforms and socioeconomic inequality in Germany

15 years after the PISA shock

  • achievement
  • education
  • education policy
  • Germany
  • inequality
  • migration background
  • PISA
  • reforms
  • school
  • Horst Entorf
  • Maddalena Davoli
Research

May 5, 2018

The costly consequences of just failing a high-stakes exam

Education systems around the world increasingly apply standardized high school exit exams to make achievement more comparable among graduates (see […]

  • academic achievement
  • career progression
  • education
  • exam
  • fail
  • high stakes
  • higher education
  • inequality
  • Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela
  • Sandra McNally
  • Stephen Machin
Research

February 16, 2018

Searching on campus: Marriage market effects of the student gender composition

The growing success of online dating platforms seems to indicate that finding your partner in the “real” world becomes harder. […]

  • education
  • female
  • gender
  • inequality
  • male
  • marriage
  • university
  • Nico Pestel
Research

September 12, 2017

Who are the women in the top 1% and how do they make their money?

A lot of attention has been given to rising inequality and, in particular, to the increasing income share going to […]

  • capital
  • gender balance
  • gender disparities
  • gender gap
  • income distribution
  • income inequality
  • inequality
  • social mobility
  • women
  • Anne Boschini
  • Jesper Roine
  • Kristin Gunnarsson
Research

February 20, 2017

On World Day of Social Justice: Insights on economic inequality from IZA World of Labor

The UN has proclaimed February 20 the “World Day of Social Justice” to support efforts of the international community in […]

  • Developing Countries
  • economic inequality
  • education
  • inclusion
  • inequality
  • poverty
  • preschool
  • racial inequality
  • skills
  • wealth inequality
  • World Day of Social Justice
  • Abebe Shimeles
  • Alvaro Forteza
  • Graziella Bertocchi
  • Jamele Rigolini
  • Jane Waldfogel
  • Jo Blanden
  • Lorenzo Cappellari
  • Martin Biewen
  • Stijn Broecke
Research

September 19, 2016

Genes, education and labor market outcomes

What can genetic information teach us about the intergenerational transmission of economic inequality? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Nicholas […]

  • ability
  • childhood poverty
  • education
  • genes
  • genetic endowments
  • inequality
  • intergenerational
  • labor market outcomes
  • socioeconomic status
  • wages
  • Kevin Thom
  • Nicholas W. Papageorge
Opinion

July 7, 2016

What politicos get wrong in Germany’s retirement debate

A crucial reality check for all Germany’s politicians eager to hand out even more retirement benefits: They need to ensure […]

  • demography
  • generations
  • Germany
  • inequality
  • pay-as-you-go
  • pensions
  • retirement
  • social security
  • Werner Eichhorst
IZA NewsResearch

April 13, 2016

From a global perspective: Assessing the effects of labor market reforms

Since the 2008/09 global recession unemployment and inequality have been on a rise. Reforms of labor markets have been one […]

  • active labor market policy
  • flexicurity
  • inequality
  • labor market
  • labor market institutions
  • labor market reforms
  • post-crisis reforms
  • Caroline Wehner
  • Paul Marx
  • Werner Eichhorst
Research

May 4, 2015

“Who owns the robots rules the world”

A new generation of serfs could be created if employers don’t take more action to create shared ownership of companies […]

  • employee ownership
  • inequality
  • robots
  • technological change
  • Richard B. Freeman
Research

March 4, 2015

The last will: Unequal division between children is more common than you think

There are many reasons why parents may consider distributing their inheritance unevenly among their children. One of them might have […]

  • bequest
  • children
  • death
  • distribution
  • estate
  • family
  • inequality
  • inheritance
  • parents
  • patrimony
  • Domenico Tabasso
  • Marco Francesconi
  • Robert Pollak
Research

September 11, 2013

High testosterone, high wages?

Does the level of testosterone, which is associated with more aggressive and competitive behavior, explain why men earn more than […]

  • earnings
  • gender
  • gender wage gap
  • inequality
  • natural experiment
  • Netherlands
  • twins
  • Anne C. Gielen
  • Caitlin Knowles Myers
  • Jessica Holmes
Research

March 9, 2013

U.S. budget cuts likely to aggravate income inequality

The U.S. budget cuts bear large economic and political risks for U.S. citizens as they will aggravate income inequality. This […]

  • austerity
  • crisis
  • debt
  • inequality
  • tax policy
  • U.S. economy
  • Andreas Peichl
  • Dirk Neumann
  • Herwig Immervoll
  • Mathias Dolls
  • Nico Pestel
  • Olivier Bargain
  • Sebastian Siegloch

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