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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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IZA World of Labor report finds teacher effectiveness to have a strong effect on pupil attainment. It goes on to look at ways to increase it, including reforming hiring practices and teacher training.
A new
IZA World of Labor report finds teacher effectiveness to have a strong effect on pupil attainment. It goes on to look at ways to increase it, including reforming hiring practices and teacher training.
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A new
IZA World of Labor report finds energy booms create a broad set of benefits for local workers in the short term including lower unemployment and higher wages. But there are externalities to consider and the long term implications are less clear.
A new
IZA World of Labor report finds energy booms create a broad set of benefits for local workers in the short term including lower unemployment and higher wages. But there are externalities to consider and the long term implications are less clear.
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A new
IZA World of Labor report finds the number of prime-age males outside the labor force increasing worldwide. This development goes hand in hand with an increase in ill-being driven by high levels of stress, desperation and anger.
A new
IZA World of Labor report finds the number of prime-age males outside the labor force increasing worldwide. This development goes hand in hand with an increase in ill-being driven by high levels of stress, desperation and anger.
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According to a new opinion piece by the economist Marie Connoly, Université du Québec à Montréal, climate change is already forcing us to adapt and adaptation is coming at an economic cost which will likely exacerbate current patterns of inequality.
According to a new opinion piece by the economist Marie Connoly, Université du Québec à Montréal, climate change is already forcing us to adapt and adaptation is coming at an economic cost which will likely exacerbate current patterns of inequality.
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Over recent decades women’s participation in the labor market has converged towards the participation rate of men. A revised IZA World of Labor report finds a similar movement towards gender convergence in the criminal world.
Over recent decades women’s participation in the labor market has converged towards the participation rate of men. A revised IZA World of Labor report finds a similar movement towards gender convergence in the criminal world.
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A revised IZA World of Labor Report by Nick Drydakis of Anglia Ruskin University UK finds new evidence that experiencing school-age bullying as a sexual orientation minority is associated with later workplace bullying.
A revised IZA World of Labor Report by Nick Drydakis of Anglia Ruskin University UK finds new evidence that experiencing school-age bullying as a sexual orientation minority is associated with later workplace bullying.
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A new IZA World of Labor report shows that parents respond to improvements in schooling, primarily by reducing their own efforts. This indicates that public investments in children might crowd out private investments, thereby dampening the impact of public policies on student outcomes.
A new IZA World of Labor report shows that parents respond to improvements in schooling, primarily by reducing their own efforts. This indicates that public investments in children might crowd out private investments, thereby dampening the impact of public policies on student outcomes.
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