Posts tagged with 'labor supply'
May 5, 2025
Brexit’s hidden cost: Higher patient mortality in NHS hospitals
New research reveals how immigration restrictions led to reduced care quality and thousands of additional deaths
December 10, 2024
Affordable housing improves individual labor market outcomes
New research reveals long-term income gains and stability benefits linked to subsidized housing policies
May 27, 2024
Unequal workloads: Global gender divide in market, domestic, and care work
New study reveals large disparities and normative influences
December 19, 2022
Immigration or automation?
Low-skill immigration to Denmark slowed robot adoption
July 8, 2022
Cutting disability insurance benefits may come at a cost
Reform in Hungary led to decrease in tax revenues as beneficiaries lowered their labor supply
January 17, 2022
Women face higher earnings losses than men after job displacement
Motherhood and sorting into part-time jobs can explain part of the gender gap
November 2, 2021
Matching workers and jobs online
IZA workshop discusses new research on virtual job market
October 8, 2019
Matching workers and jobs online
IZA workshop brought together economists and computer scientists from academia and practice
May 17, 2018
The 2018 IZA Prize in Labor Economics goes to Joseph Altonji
The Yale economist is honored for seminal contributions including his empirical work on statistical discrimination.
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 […]
June 30, 2016
Has Uber made it easier to get a ride in the rain?
Standing or walking in the rain is an activity best avoided. In New York City (NYC), when faced with such […]
December 8, 2015
Labor supply effects of winning a lottery
Economic theory provides ambiguous predictions about the effect of wage increases on the allocation of time between leisure and work. […]
May 26, 2015
Consumption loans: Breaking the cycle of hunger in Zambia
Small-scale farming remains the primary source of income for the vast majority of the rural population in Zambia, with typically […]
December 8, 2014
American women respond to immigration inflows by having more children
The hot debate about President Obama’s immigration reform shows that many Americans still view immigrants as taking jobs away from […]
August 26, 2013
More and more older workers want to increase working hours
Older workers are becoming increasingly important in the European labor market. Previous research on work preferences suggests that older workers […]
August 5, 2013
How the French social assistance increased unemployment
In the context of very high unemployment in many European countries, an old economic question receives new attention: Do social […]
June 21, 2013
People react less to tax changes if tax rules are complex
How does a tax system’s complexity affect people’s reaction to tax changes? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Johannes Abeler […]
June 7, 2013
Ora et non labora? A test of the impact of religion on female labor supply
Religious norms on family formation and the respective roles of husband and wife are likely to influence labor market outcomes […]
April 12, 2013
Do family-friendly policies hamper women’s careers?
Over the past 20 years, female labor participation in the U.S. has decreased remarkably relative to other Western countries: In […]
March 20, 2013
Richard Blundell on the importance of labor supply and the role of public policy
IZA prize winner Richard Blundell talks about the importance of labor supply and the role of public policy.