Posts tagged with 'unemployment'
April 9, 2019
What was the effect of Hartz IV on German unemployment?
A macroeconomic controversy and a solution
February 21, 2019
How minimum wages affect employment and labor market participation
Analysis of short-run effects based on individual-level data
December 19, 2018
What hides behind the German labor market miracle?
Decrease in separation rates explains much of the decline in unemployment after the Hartz reforms
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
July 6, 2018
Job applicants under a vacancy referral scheme are viewed as less motivated
Experiment with professional recruiters in Belgium
December 20, 2017
State-funded mobility assistance helps the unemployed
Given that employment prospects vary substantially across regions in many industrialized countries.
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 […]
May 24, 2017
Rise in earnings inequality is the biggest difficulty in today’s US labor market
A new IZA World of Labor report looking at the US labor market (2000-2016) finds a remarkable drop in the […]
April 7, 2017
Mental health affects employment outcomes – and vice versa
Depression, which is the focus of this year’s World Health Day, is also an important topic for labor economists as […]
February 24, 2017
IZA/IAB Linked Evaluation Dataset: New resource for the analysis of labor market policies
High-quality data are the key to evaluating the effectiveness of labor market policies. While administrative datasets provide detailed and reliable […]
January 23, 2017
Globalization’s stabilizing effect on manufacturing jobs in Germany
Recently, there has been strong interest in the decline of manufacturing in the United States. Although the share in real […]
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 […]
November 30, 2016
Generosity of unemployment benefits affects job search effort
Unemployment insurance (UI) schemes face a dual challenge: By partly replacing forgone labor income, they should enable unemployed individuals to […]
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 […]
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 […]
February 9, 2016
Why the unemployed need human coaches right from the start
Electronic self-service platforms can help job-seekers find suitable vacancies and facilitate self-development. But the results of a recent research project […]
September 21, 2015
Do case workers really help the unemployed? Interview with Michael Rosholm
Unemployment in Europe, particularly among young people, has risen dramatically during the Great Recession. This has put a lot of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 20, 2014
How recessions produce career criminals
Recessions are known to create higher unemployment rates and lower levels of happiness and income. There is also growing evidence […]
August 16, 2013
How the Great Recession affected domestic violence
During each global recession of the past decades there have been recurrent suggestions in the media that domestic violence increases […]
July 8, 2013
Why start-up subsidies even help in labor market slumps
Subsidizing unemployed workers to start their own business has been proven an effective policy tool to improve long-term employment and […]
May 31, 2013
Seek and ye shall find: how search requirements affect job finding rates of older workers
Older workers often have difficulties to find a new job after becoming unemployment. While this problem is often attributed to […]