A summary of all IZA World of Labor articles mentioned in the media in December 2015.

For every 10% increase in exposure to suspended particles in the year of their birth, a person’s earnings decrease by at least 1% once they reach 30 (and vice-versa), reveals a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the US Treasury.

Groups campaigning for the UK to leave the EU have claimed the forthcoming increase in the country’s minimum wage will prompt a boom of immigration.

Friday December 18, 2015 is International Migrants Day. Established in 2000 by the UN, International Migrants Day recognizes the ever-increasing number of migrants in the world, encourages dissemination of information on the human rights of migrants, and encourages the sharing of policy designs to ensure their protection.

Leaders of EU countries will meet in Brussels today for an end-of-year summit set to be dominated by the ongoing refugee crisis on the continent.

Good-looking men may be at a disadvantage when applying for certain jobs, according to research from University College London’s School of Management.

On November 20, 2015 Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced he would take two months off after the birth of his first child.