Home
Commentary

Commentary

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.

February 04, 2018

Astrid Kunze

Parental leave policies as good HR practices

Can parental leave policies help HR departments recruit the best workers and maintain human capital within their firms?
January 14, 2019

Julia Bredtmann

Does government spending crowd out charitable behavior?

Policymakers should acknowledge that public spending influences private spending.
December 17, 2018

Douglas Kruse, Joseph Blasi

Why the sudden interest in employee ownership?

While employee ownership is not a panacea, it is generally linked to a number of good outcomes for firms, workers, and potentially society as a whole.
December 03, 2018

Ioana E. Marinescu

Will punishing the unemployed cure unemployment?

Tying moderate monitoring to job search assistance may be the answer to redcuing unemployment.

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.