Posts tagged with 'wages'
April 29, 2021
“I will have to discuss this with my family”
New study on the effects of wages on intra-family bargaining and hours worked
October 7, 2020
Future earnings gap due to COVID-19 school closures
Today’s global cohort of students may lose up to US$ 15 trillion over a lifetime
April 29, 2020
Short-term consequences of COVID-19 on labor market outcomes in the United States
Negative impacts especially for men, younger workers, immigrants, Hispanics and less-educated workers
February 21, 2020
How cash windfalls affect wages
Small high-tech firms use government R&D grants to raise incumbent workers’ earnings
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?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]