About our partners and publisher

World of Labour is an innovative resource developed by the IZA-Institute of Labor Economics and operated by LISER-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research since 2026. We collaborate closely with editors and authors worldwide. Our current institutional partners include the OECD as well as, in the past, the World Bank Group. Also the London-based publisher, Bloosmbury Publishing Plc., had been IZA's long-term partner until mid-2023.
 

OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental organisation, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. LISER reinforecs IZA's previous cooperation with the OECD by organizing joint workshops aimed to increase synergies between researchers and OECD experts to promote the societal impact of academic research and the relevance of expertise. These workshops are organized twice a year and focus on topics of particular importance to the economy and society. They bring together researchers from the IZA network, LISER, OECD experts as well as policymakers.

 

World Bank

Established in 1944, the World Bank Group is headquartered in Washington, DC. The World Bank Group has two ambitious goals: end extreme poverty within a generation, and boost shared prosperity. One of the World Bank's key projects is the World Bank Jobs and Development Blog which presents solutions that will lead to more, better and inclusive jobs by presenting ideas and perspectives from global thought leaders on the jobs challenge. In context of the World of Labour, the World Bank and IZA collaborated on the development and dissemination of articles in the subject area Development.

Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Bloomsbury Publishing has been the long-term publishing partner of IZA. Until mid-2023 our London-based team has helped substantially to build and grow the World of Labour.