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Parental leave policies as good HR practices
Does government spending crowd out charitable behavior?
Why the sudden interest in employee ownership?
Will punishing the unemployed cure unemployment?
Immigrant entrepreneurship: The evidence so far
Labor issues in the 2018 US election
A data tax for a digital economy
Working in family firms
Should genetics shape policy?
Minimum wages hurt young people
Workplace sickness absence
Should divorce be cheap and easy?
Income inequality and social origins
Integrating refugees into the labor market
Disability and labor market disadvantage
Self-inflicted wounds of closed borders
What do we know about female criminality and how to control it?
Should policymakers worry about a declining female labor force participation rate?
The importance of appropriate tools for evaluating labor market reforms: The case of Italy
Does an increase in imports improve the well-being of poorer individuals?
Why does poverty persist across the generations?
Are happy workers more productive?
Can universal preschool increase the labor supply of mothers?
Can jobs reduce recidivism?
Does increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty in developing countries?
Wage subsidies may not help to increase employment among older workers
Labor market issues in the German election
How candidates’ looks affect their election chances
The impact of repealing “Obamacare” on children’s academic performance
Gender diversity in teams
The unhappiness of the US working class
Refugee resettlement in the EU
Public versus private job placement services
Environmental regulations and business decisions
Labor market issues in the 2017 French presidential election
Immigration and native workers' health
Not bad at all—the true state of the US labor market
Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
Reducing unemployment is always on the government agenda
Do/can firms benefit from training apprentices?
If 2016 was the year of political earthquakes, then what might the rest of 2017 bring?
Designing social protection for women
Green energy and jobs
The union wage premium: Is it real?
Job insecurity is bad for our health
Political participation in a digital economy
Brexit and the American election
Are smaller classes better?
What can be done to reduce workplace sexual harassment?
Internal hiring vs external recruitment?
Do employees profit from profit sharing?
How much do we work?
Does performance-related pay improve productivity?
Impatience, schooling, and happiness
How can knowledge and new ideas be turned into jobs?
Are home births safe for everyone?
Does having a child in your teens change your economic future?
Weighing more and earning less: The hidden individual costs of obesity
Brexit: Implications for UK labor
Brexit: An American politico-economic view
The return on investment on migration: What’s in it for business?
A rural-urban political divide: Is it caused by labor-market outcomes?
Incentives for prosocial activities—Do they work?
How might self-driving cars change the lives of workers?
International Workers' Day, 2016
Can market mechanisms help solve the refugee crisis?
Commentary on high minimum wage proposals
The immigration jump: Are more immigrants good for the economy?
A note from the new Editor-in-Chief, Professor Daniel Hamermesh
Three reasons immigrants are valuable for the host country
Does corruption promote emigration?
Not everything that counts is measured: the UK debate on job security
Smart policy toward high-skill emigration: An interview with Michael Clemens
What does the evidence tell us about sexual harassment in the workplace?
Does education prepare you for working life?
Do case workers really help the unemployed? An interview with Michael Rosholm
Explainer: why some European countries do more than others to help refugees
5 reasons why immigrants do not take natives' jobs
6 key points on European youth unemployment
Let the children play
What if there were no national borders?
It pays to be beautiful: Investments in appearance lead to success in the workplace
We can't blame the loss of mid-level jobs purely on robots
The FutureWork Opinion Series - Colm Harmon
The FutureWork Opinion Series - Klaus F. Zimmermann
The FutureWork Opinion Series - David Robalino
The FutureWork Opinion Series - Alexander Kritikos
The FutureWork Opinion Series - Pierre Cahuc
The FutureWork Opinion Series - Olga Nottmeyer
My husband and I were equal partners—then we had a baby
Reflections on International Workers’ Day
Is obesity the new smoking?
What David Cameron, Angela Merkel, and Barack Obama need to understand
Sexuality and the workplace: Coming out and losing out?
An effective plan to promote youth employment
Should we raise the minimum wage?
Youth unemployment – evidence-based policy advice in Spain
Tackling youth unemployment
What to do on women's equality?
Does it pay to host mega sporting events?
Expert for 15 minutes?
Women at Work Around the World
Minimum wages, austerity and debt
The importance of labor supply and the role of public policy
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.
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?
Does government spending crowd out charitable behavior?
Policymakers should acknowledge that public spending influences private spending.
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.
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.