Posts tagged with 'labor market'
May 31, 2019
Causes, costs and benefits of migration
IZA's 16th Annual Migration Meeting discussed the labor market implications of refugee flows and migrant integration
April 9, 2019
What was the effect of Hartz IV on German unemployment?
A macroeconomic controversy and a solution
November 29, 2018
Early retirement increases mortality risk among men
Unhealthy retirement lifestyles may lead to more premature deaths
November 5, 2018
Ten years after the financial crisis
Labor market adjustment in emerging and post-transition economies
March 1, 2018
How China’s rise has challenged the benign view of free trade
The costs and benefits of free trade are one of the most contentious topics in economic policy. Economists often argue […]
September 28, 2017
The labor market in Japan, 2000–2016: A role model for aging societies across the globe
A new IZA World of Labor report looking at developments in the labor market in Japan since 2000 finds that […]
August 25, 2017
How home ownership affects displaced workers’ future labor market outcomes
The owner-occupied housing market, alongside the labor market, suffered from strong negative developments in many countries during the Great Recession […]
August 16, 2017
Educational choices can help explain income inequality in Germany
Rising levels of income inequality in many developed countries have led to much political and scientific controversy. One of the […]
March 17, 2017
The gender pay gap: Discrimination or structural differences?
Diskriminierung oder strukturelle Unterschiede?
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 3, 2016
Labor market disadvantages for persons with disabilities need tailored policy responses
December 3rd marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In Europe, about one in eight people of working age […]
August 30, 2016
Outsourcing of cognitive tasks to blame for polarized labor market, not technology
In recent decades labor markets in many developed countries have become increasingly polarized: middle-wage occupations have been declining, while employment […]
July 25, 2016
On the costs and benefits of international labor mobility: Interview with George Borjas
The drastic and unexpected increase in the number of people seeking asylum in Germany in 2015 has overshadowed the long […]
July 20, 2016
How female labor supply is influenced by working neighbors and retired grandmothers
Over the last century, female labor participation has increased in almost all developed countries. The availability of child care and […]
June 21, 2016
Automatic stabilizers: shock absorber or incentive killer?
The Great Recession has revived aggregate demand management policies. In particular, “automatic stabilizers” are praised since they are rule-based and […]
May 15, 2016
IZA Prize goes to Claudia Goldin
The 2016 IZA Prize in Labor Economics goes to Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. […]
May 2, 2016
The right mix of migrants to meet Germany’s needs
“In past decades, Germany has made great strides with the integration of foreigners. Those achievements must be defended prudently and […]
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 […]
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 […]
April 5, 2016
How bad is involuntary part-time work?
By Daniel Borowczyk-Martins (Sciences Po and IZA) and Etienne Lalé (University of Bristol and IZA) When assessing the state of […]
March 29, 2016
Turning unemployed into self-employed can be an effective alternative to traditional labor market policies
In order to curb unemployment, OECD countries have made enormous efforts and spent considerable sums on active labor market policies […]
March 18, 2016
How (lack of) sleep affects our economic behavior
Today is World Sleep Day! As recent IZA research shows, a good night of sleep is not just a matter […]
February 29, 2016
Why do many European graduates end up in lower-paid jobs?
Skill mismatch has become an issue of increasing policy concern in the aftermath of the economic crisis, which saw high […]
November 30, 2015
The effect of linguistic proximity on immigrants’ labor market performance
With the current increase of global mobility, immigration policy has jumped to the forefront of the political agenda. Immigration can […]
October 8, 2015
From challenge to opportunity: Europe and the refugee crisis
Up until recently, many Europeans knew images of large refugee camps and desperate families trying to cross borders only from […]
October 3, 2015
On occasion of German Reunification Day: New Article on “Children of the Wall”
Today marks the 25th anniversary of German reunification. The signing of the German unification treaty had set in stone what […]
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 […]
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 […]
September 15, 2014
Peter Kuhn on the internet as a labor market matchmaker
Since the internet’s earliest days, firms and workers have used various online methods to advertise and find jobs. Until recently […]
July 28, 2014
Female quotas in company boards: Norwegian evidence shows no trickle-down effect
Women still earn less than men, and are still under-represented in executive positions. In 2003, the Norwegian government passed a […]
July 25, 2014
Risk and compensation in the labor market for drug smugglers
Every year, roughly 3,000 people are arrested while working as “mules” smuggling drugs through the ports of entry along the […]
May 16, 2014
Becoming a German citizen pays for female immigrants
Today there are ten million immigrants living in Germany, accounting for 13 percent of the whole population. At the same […]
March 28, 2014
In the gym and on the job: creatine makes successful
It is widely used among tennis players, ski jumpers and bodybuilders as a dietary supplement: Creatine, an organic acid that […]
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 […]
July 5, 2013
Getting stuck in the blues – on the persistence of depression and anxiety
With 10% of the population in the Western world affected, depression and anxiety are two major health disorders. While the […]
June 24, 2013
Do people discriminate others or favor their ownkind?
Discrimination is omnipresent in today’s labor markets: women receive lower wages, foreigner are less likely to be hired. While the […]
April 26, 2013
Blacks are still less happy than whites in the United States
In the United States the well-being of blacks is still below the well-being of whites. This has been shown by […]