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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 […]

  • education
  • Germany
  • high-skilled
  • income distribution
  • income inequality
  • labor market
  • labor supply
  • skill premiums
  • skills
  • vocational training
  • wages
  • Albrecht Glitz
  • Daniel Wissmann
OpinionResearch

March 17, 2017

The gender pay gap: Discrimination or structural differences?

Diskriminierung oder strukturelle Unterschiede?

  • competitiveness
  • equal pay
  • female leadership
  • gender
  • gender differences
  • gender gap
  • gender inequality
  • gender pay gap
  • gender wage gap
  • labor market
  • labor market policy
  • leadership
  • wages
  • women
  • Boris Hirsch
  • Mario Lackner
  • Mario Macis
  • Solomon W. Polachek
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 22, 2016

The overeducated Italian doctors

By Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera, and Francesco Pastore Gaining a Ph.D. possibly determines positive outcomes from both an […]

  • doctors
  • Italy
  • overeducation
  • PhD
  • wages
Research

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 […]

  • casual day labor
  • consumption loans
  • Development
  • DFID
  • farmers
  • GLM-LIC
  • hunger
  • labor supply
  • wages
  • Zambia
  • Felix Masiye
  • Günther Fink
  • Kelsey Jack
Research

March 10, 2015

The negative labor market outcomes of a Muslim minority: How policy can make a big difference

The labor market success of ethnic and religious minorities often lags behind the average population. Discrimination, segregation and cultural frictions […]

  • discrimination
  • education
  • employment
  • infrastructure
  • labor market outcomes
  • minority
  • Muslim
  • segregation
  • wages
  • Eran Yashiv
  • Nitsa Kasir
Research

August 5, 2014

Do personality traits affect productivity? Evidence from the lab

Individual differences in cognitive abilities measures such as IQ cannot fully explain the wage variation across workers, nor the intergenerational […]

  • Big Five
  • conscientiousness
  • Five Factor Personality Model
  • gender wage gap
  • mental calculus
  • neuroticism
  • personality traits
  • productivity
  • social mobility
  • wages
  • Ana Nuevo-Chiquero
  • Maria Cubel
  • Marian Vidal-Fernández
  • Santiago Sanchez-Pages
Research

July 1, 2013

How being a victim of school bullying affects your labor market career

Do victims of bullying at school still suffer later in their working lives? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Nick […]

  • bullying
  • employment
  • labor market outcomes
  • mental health
  • productivity
  • school
  • wages
  • Nick Drydakis

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