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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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  • July 11, 2017

    New IZA Wol Report: The German Labor Market, 2000-2016

    A new IZA World of Labor report looking at the development of the German labor market finds steadily decreasing unemployment rates, increasing participation rates, and moderately increasing labor compensation. This is due to a number of reforms successfully combining rigid labor market institutions with flexibility instruments.
    A new IZA World of Labor report looking at the development of the German labor market finds steadily decreasing unemployment rates, increasing participation rates, and moderately increasing labor compensation. This is due to a number of reforms successfully combining rigid labor market institutions with flexibility instruments.
  • July 10, 2017

    NEW IZA WoL Opinion: The Unhappiness of the Working Class in the US

    The American Dream is a national ethos of the US which includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, as well as an upward social mobility. However, the rhetoric surrounding the recent presidential election highlighted anger and division amongst its citizens. In a new opinion piece publishing today on IZA World of Labor, US economist Carol Graham looks at the situation of working-class whites for whom the American Dream is anything but.
    The American Dream is a national ethos of the US which includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, as well as an upward social mobility. However, the rhetoric surrounding the recent presidential election highlighted anger and division amongst its citizens. In a new opinion piece publishing today on IZA World of Labor, US economist Carol Graham looks at the situation of working-class whites for whom the American Dream is anything but.
  • July 06, 2017

    NEW IZA WoL Report: Hot weather can worsen reproductive health and decrease birth rates

    A new report published today on IZA World of Labor finds that decline in births can be explained by hot weather harming reproductive health around the time of conception.
    A new report published today on IZA World of Labor finds that decline in births can be explained by hot weather harming reproductive health around the time of conception.
  • July 04, 2017

    New IZA WoL Report: The Effects of Monetary Policy Easing on Productivity Growth

    A new IZA World of Labor report finds accommodative monetary policy as applied during the 2008 financial crisis may initially increase labor demand but might impede productivity growth and recovery in the mid-term if monetary policy easing persists
    A new IZA World of Labor report finds accommodative monetary policy as applied during the 2008 financial crisis may initially increase labor demand but might impede productivity growth and recovery in the mid-term if monetary policy easing persists