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IZA World of Labor is a global, freely available online resource that provides policymakers, academics, journalists, and researchers, with clear, concise, and evidence-based knowledge on labor economics issues worldwide. The site offers relevant and succinct information on topics including diversity, migration, minimum wage, youth unemployment, employment protection, development, education, gender balance, labor mobility, and flexibility, among others—for information by topic see our Key Topics pages. The concise article format with easy-to-find recommendations provides journalists with the information they need for quick research.
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An IZA World of Labor report looking at the labor market in Denmark finds a sharp decline in employment in the wake of the Great Recession, but high job turnover and wage adjustments worked to prevent long-term unemployment from increasing.
An IZA World of Labor report looking at the labor market in Denmark finds a sharp decline in employment in the wake of the Great Recession, but high job turnover and wage adjustments worked to prevent long-term unemployment from increasing.
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A new IZA World of Labor report finds that working hours across the world are falling, but to varying degrees. In particular low skilled workers are working less hours while highly educated workers are often working more which affects the inequality gap between rich and poor.
A new IZA World of Labor report finds that working hours across the world are falling, but to varying degrees. In particular low skilled workers are working less hours while highly educated workers are often working more which affects the inequality gap between rich and poor.
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An IZA World of Labor report looking at developments in the labor market in Spain finds the country’s levels of youth unemployment as well as long-term unemployment remaining so unsustainably high that they pose a risk for social cohesion
An IZA World of Labor report looking at developments in the labor market in Spain finds the country’s levels of youth unemployment as well as long-term unemployment remaining so unsustainably high that they pose a risk for social cohesion
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A new IZA World of Labor report finds it is the quality of available jobs for released prisoners that matters: Improvements in wages for the low-skilled and growth in industries characterized by higher wages for low-skilled workers can reduce the reoffending rate.
A new IZA World of Labor report finds it is the quality of available jobs for released prisoners that matters: Improvements in wages for the low-skilled and growth in industries characterized by higher wages for low-skilled workers can reduce the reoffending rate.
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According to the Ministry of Justice the proven reoffending rate for released prisoners in the UK was 24.8% from October 2014 to September 2015. For juvenile offenders the rate lay much higher at 37.8%. In the US a similar study found that within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8%) of released prisoners were rearrested. This coming Thursday IZA World of Labor will be publishing a new report by the economist Kevin Schnepel of the School of Economics at the University of Sydney looking at recent empirical research that measures the impact of employment opportunities on recidivism.
According to the Ministry of Justice the proven reoffending rate for released prisoners in the UK was 24.8% from October 2014 to September 2015. For juvenile offenders the rate lay much higher at 37.8%. In the US a similar study found that within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8%) of released prisoners were rearrested. This coming Thursday IZA World of Labor will be publishing a new report by the economist Kevin Schnepel of the School of Economics at the University of Sydney looking at recent empirical research that measures the impact of employment opportunities on recidivism.
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An IZA World of Labor report finds that the switch to digital payments often increases an entrepreneur’s profitability by making financial transactions with customers, suppliers, and the government more convenient, safer, and cheaper.
An IZA World of Labor report finds that the switch to digital payments often increases an entrepreneur’s profitability by making financial transactions with customers, suppliers, and the government more convenient, safer, and cheaper.
