Posts tagged with 'labor market policy'
April 12, 2018
Is dependency on disability insurance benefits transmitted from parents to children?
Disability benefits provide an essential safety net for many people of working age whose health prevents them from engaging in […]
March 17, 2017
The gender pay gap: Discrimination or structural differences?
Diskriminierung oder strukturelle Unterschiede?
December 6, 2016
“Jobs for Development”: How job creation can drive progress and what policies can support this process
Job creation is at the heart of development. This was the central message of the World Bank’s “World Development Report […]
January 20, 2016
Labor market policy: Parts of the picture are missing
By Patrick Arni, Gerard van den Berg, and Rafael Lalive The standard empirical evaluations of labor market policy only consider […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 23, 2014
Encouraging single mothers to work – evidence from the Netherlands
Welfare benefits are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the poor need them to survive, on the other hand […]