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Watch exclusive video from conferences, debates and other events on labor market economics as well as reading the latest opinion pieces from IZA World of Labor authors.

June 18, 2018

Pieter Bevelander

Integrating refugees into the labor market

Better labor market integration of refugees and their families will enhance their further integration, increase revenues to fund welfare programs, and function as a counterweight to popular negative views on immigration and integration.
June 04, 2018

Melanie Jones

Disability and labor market disadvantage

Individuals who report a long-term limiting health problem are one of the most disadvantaged groups within the labor market.
May 14, 2018

Catalina Ameudo-Dorantes

Self-inflicted wounds of closed borders

A better understanding of the collateral damage of intensified immigration enforcement on US citizen children and immigrant families is crucial.
April 23, 2018

Nadia Campaniello

What do we know about female criminality and how to control it?

Women are considerably less likely to commit crimes than men, but the gap is shrinking.

Women at Work Around the World

Female labor force participation is mainly driven by the value of women’s market wages versus the value of their non-market time. While women’s labor force participation has risen in many countries, rates remain quite low in some countries and regions.
Minimum wages, austerity and debt

2013 IZA prizewinner, Daniel Hamermesh, discusses topical economic issues, including minimum wage, and austerity. See his IZA World of Labor article where he examines how labor costs affect companies' demand for labor.
The importance of labor supply and the role of public policy

Richard Blundell, of University College London and IZA, explains the importance of labor supply and the role that public policy plays. His IZA World of Labor article specifically looks at the role of tax policy.