In this video interview our new Editor-in-Chief Dan Hamermesh discusses his career in labor economics, the labor economic issues that most interest him, and his goals for the IZA World of Labor project going forwards.
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- 3 minutes with Daniel Hamermesh, new Editor-in-Chief of IZA World of Labor
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Employer market power in Silicon Valley
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Microfinance and rural non-farm employment in developing countries during the Covid-19 crisis
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How do labor market institutions affect job creation and productivity growth?
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Can market mechanisms solve refugee crises?
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Saving the planet and creating jobs
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Masking, Covid-19, and social identity
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Does health professionalism among bureaucrats help weather the Covid-19 pandemic?
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Solving pension crises
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Emigration and the wages of those who stay behind
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The shadow economy and the Covid-19 pandemic crisis
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How to support the self-employed in developing countries
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Substance use and academic performance
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Pandemics and the prospects for higher education in developing countries
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The challenges of regulating the labor market in developing countries
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What economic value is there in speaking another language?: An interview with Gilles Grenier
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Household production, what is it and how do we value it?: An interview with Leslie S. Stratton
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Low pay jobs, do they “scar” future job prospects?: An interview with Claus Schnabel
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Tutoring: An effective solution to help disadvantaged children
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The challenging plight of widows
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International trade restrictions and the impact on GDP: An interview with L. Alan Winters
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Job search during a pandemic recession
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What does the Covid-19 R&D response tell us about innovation?
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Helping the poor to comply with social distancing
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Lifestyle and mental health disruptions during Covid-19
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Does Covid-19 make us more averse to inequality?
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Covid-19’s impacts on the US labor market
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The impact of Covid-19 on the life insurance market was minimal
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Labor issues in the Biden administration
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Exposure to epidemics and trust in scientists
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Measuring the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on domestic violence
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Assessing the effect of online instruction on university students’ learning
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Sexual harassment in the post-Covid-19 work environment
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Covid-19 and fertility
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Pandemic meets pollution: The role of air quality for Covid-19
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How to play it safe? The gender gap in aversion to Covid-19 exposure
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How was the US presidential election affected by the Covid-19 pandemic?
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The impact of a Covid-19 lockdown on happiness
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The impact of Covid-19 restrictions on small businesses in the US
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What are lockdowns good for?
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Labor issues in the US election
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Covid-19 and US attitudes toward government and markets
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Forgotten numbers: Non-fatal Covid-19 infections in the US
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Excess deaths in care homes during the pandemic
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Human mobility during the pandemic: Policy or information?
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Economic effects of Covid-19: The importance of credit constraints
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All in this together?: Inequality during Covid-19
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Cognitive performance in the home office—What professional chess can tell us
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Covid-19 shutdowns and the self-employed
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Racial and ethnic disparities in the face of the coronavirus
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The power of social capital during a pandemic
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Does policy communication during Covid-19 work?
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Behavior during a pandemic
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University educated workers and their ability to deal with Covid-19 and future shocks
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Four mistaken theses about universal basic incomes
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Elections and the Covid-19 pandemic
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Covid-19 and giving to charity
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Lockdowns and traffic accidents
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Effects of Covid-19 on spending and saving
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Labor markets in the Covid-19 pandemic: Western Europe and the US
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Can sports offer an insight into the future of the labor market?
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Childcare during Covid-19
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Can defined contribution pension plans reduce worker mobility?
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Covid-19’s impact on the economy: Measuring GDP during a pandemic
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So happy together?
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Covid-19 and immigrant employment
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Graduating during the Covid-19 recession
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How can governments mitigate the global decline in labor income share?
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The Covid-19 crisis exacerbates workplace injustices
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Can inflation be accurately measured during a lockdown?
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Measuring employment and unemployment—Primer and predictions
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What is happening to unemployment in the post-Covid-19 labor market?
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The CARES Act—Massive government intervention in the economic crisis
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What are the challenges in using language proficiency to predict the economic integration of immigrants?
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200 billion hours to spend: The Covid-19 opportunity to upskill
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Did California’s shelter-in-place order work? Early coronavirus-related public health effects
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Labor markets during the Covid-19 crisis: A preliminary view
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Trends in Covid-19 infection: What New York City neighborhoods tell us
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Trading off lives for jobs
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Mitigating the work–safety trade-off
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The sudden growth of employee autonomy during the coronavirus lockdown
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Economic implications of postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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Korea: A paragon of dealing with coronavirus
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The coronavirus crisis and the next generation
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Expectations about Covid-19 social-distancing measures in Italy and their impact on compliance
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Coronavirus, telecommuting, and the labor market
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The long-term consequences of missing a term of school
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Health effects of the coronavirus recession
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Pricing the lives saved by coronavirus policies
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Pandemics and the labor market—Then and now
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Fighting a coronavirus recession
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Can financial education help workers save for retirement?
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Coronavirus and the labor market
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Is putting children in childcare good for them?
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Is firms’ productivity affected by accession to the EU?
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Is a highly educated workforce good for less educated workers?
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What works for women’s work in low- and middle-income countries?
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How much do children cost?
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Do overtime hours and pay regulations promote wage and employment growth?
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Should governments intervene in the assimilation of immigrants?
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Self-checkout and Neo-Luddism
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Is CEO pay economically justified?
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Gender quotas for the board room?
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Does studying abroad enhance employment opportunities?
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How will climate change affect what we do?
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Can we use trade policy to achieve gender equality?
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Low social mobility in Latin America may hinder economic growth
Ömer Tuğsal Doruk, Francesco Pastore, Hasan Bilgehan Yavuz -
Making teacher certification work for developing countries
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New European Parliament and Commission for a more ambitious framework for social and employment policies
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Labor market issues in India’s parliamentary elections 2019
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When is the right time to start tracking students?
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The economic consequences of secularization
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Labor issues in the 2019 Australian election
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Parental leave policies as good HR practices
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Does government spending crowd out charitable behavior?
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Why the sudden interest in employee ownership?
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Will punishing the unemployed cure unemployment?
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Immigrant entrepreneurship: The evidence so far
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Labor issues in the 2018 US election
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A data tax for a digital economy
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Working in family firms
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Should genetics shape policy?
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Minimum wages hurt young people
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Workplace sickness absence
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Should divorce be cheap and easy?
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Income inequality and social origins
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Integrating refugees into the labor market
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Disability and labor market disadvantage
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Self-inflicted wounds of closed borders
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What do we know about female criminality and how to control it?
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Should policymakers worry about a declining female labor force participation rate?
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The importance of appropriate tools for evaluating labor market reforms: The case of Italy
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Does an increase in imports improve the well-being of poorer individuals?
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Why does poverty persist across the generations?
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Are happy workers more productive?
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Can universal preschool increase the labor supply of mothers?
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Can jobs reduce recidivism?
Kevin Schnepel -
Does increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty in developing countries?
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Wage subsidies may not help to increase employment among older workers
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Labor market issues in the German election
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How candidates’ looks affect their election chances
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The impact of repealing “Obamacare” on children’s academic performance
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Gender diversity in teams
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The unhappiness of the US working class
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Refugee resettlement in the EU
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Public versus private job placement services
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Environmental regulations and business decisions
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Labor market issues in the 2017 French presidential election
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Immigration and native workers' health
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Not bad at all—the true state of the US labor market
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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
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Reducing unemployment is always on the government agenda
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Do/can firms benefit from training apprentices?
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If 2016 was the year of political earthquakes, then what might the rest of 2017 bring?
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Designing social protection for women
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Green energy and jobs
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The union wage premium: Is it real?
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Job insecurity is bad for our health
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Political participation in a digital economy
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Brexit and the American election
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Are smaller classes better?
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What can be done to reduce workplace sexual harassment?
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Internal hiring vs external recruitment?
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Do employees profit from profit sharing?
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How much do we work?
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Does performance-related pay improve productivity?
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Impatience, schooling, and happiness
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How can knowledge and new ideas be turned into jobs?
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Are home births safe for everyone?
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Does having a child in your teens change your economic future?
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Weighing more and earning less: The hidden individual costs of obesity
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Brexit: Implications for UK labor
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Brexit: An American politico-economic view
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The return on investment on migration: What’s in it for business?
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A rural-urban political divide: Is it caused by labor-market outcomes?
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Incentives for prosocial activities—Do they work?
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How might self-driving cars change the lives of workers?
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International Workers' Day, 2016
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Can market mechanisms help solve the refugee crisis?
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Commentary on high minimum wage proposals
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The immigration jump: Are more immigrants good for the economy?
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A note from the new Editor-in-Chief, Professor Daniel Hamermesh
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Three reasons immigrants are valuable for the host country
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Does corruption promote emigration?
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Not everything that counts is measured: the UK debate on job security
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Smart policy toward high-skill emigration: An interview with Michael Clemens
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What does the evidence tell us about sexual harassment in the workplace?
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Does education prepare you for working life?
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Do case workers really help the unemployed? An interview with Michael Rosholm
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Explainer: why some European countries do more than others to help refugees
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5 reasons why immigrants do not take natives' jobs
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6 key points on European youth unemployment
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Let the children play
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What if there were no national borders?
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It pays to be beautiful: Investments in appearance lead to success in the workplace
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We can't blame the loss of mid-level jobs purely on robots
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The FutureWork Opinion Series - Colm Harmon
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The FutureWork Opinion Series - Klaus F. Zimmermann
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The FutureWork Opinion Series - David Robalino
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The FutureWork Opinion Series - Alexander Kritikos
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The FutureWork Opinion Series - Pierre Cahuc
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The FutureWork Opinion Series - Olga Nottmeyer
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My husband and I were equal partners—then we had a baby
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Reflections on International Workers’ Day
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Is obesity the new smoking?
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What David Cameron, Angela Merkel, and Barack Obama need to understand
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Sexuality and the workplace: Coming out and losing out?
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An effective plan to promote youth employment
Samuel Bentolila, Marcel Jansen -
Should we raise the minimum wage?
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Youth unemployment – evidence-based policy advice in Spain
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Tackling youth unemployment
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What to do on women's equality?
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Does it pay to host mega sporting events?
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Expert for 15 minutes?
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IZA World of Labor Panel discussion on inequality, unemployment, wage setting and inflation
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IZA World of Labor Panel Discussion on Women in Leadership
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Nina Smith on the gender pay gap: An interview with with Daniel S. Hamermesh
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Interview with Antti Kauhanen on gender differences in corporate hierarchies
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Gender discrimination and sexual harassment: A discussion with Joni Hersch
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Panel discussion on air pollution and human development
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The gender pay gap: Solomon W. Polachek in conversation with Daniel S. Hamermesh
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Panel discussion on labor-force participation issues: Hie Joo Ahn, John Coglianese & Jason Faberman
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Discrimination and anti-discrimination policies: Harry Holzer in discussion with Daniel S Hamermesh
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Indigenous peoples, inequality and immigration: Randy Akee in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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Racial wage differentials in developed countries: Simonetta Longhi in discussion with Dan Hamermesh
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Slavery, racial inequality & education: Graziella Bertocchi in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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Inequality and informality in transition and emerging countries: Roberto Dell'Anno and Dan Hamermesh
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Automation and the future of jobs: Stijn Broecke in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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Income inequality and social origins: Lorenzo Cappellari in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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Measuring income inequality: Ija Trapeznikova in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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The impact of Covid-19 in South Africa: Haroon Bhorat in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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The impact of Covid-19 in Chile: Diana Kruger in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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The impact of Covid-19 in Japan: Daiji Kawaguchi in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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The impact of Covid-19 in Ireland: Alan Barrett in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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The impact of Covid-19 in Spain: Juan Dolado in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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The impact of Covid-19 in Canada: Phil Oreopoulos in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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The impact of Covid-19 in Sweden: Helena Holmlund in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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The impact of Covid-19 in Germany: Andreas Peichl in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh
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IZA World of Labor explains inequality
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Daniel Hamermesh - Labor costs
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Pierre Cahuc - Short-term work compensation
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Astrid Kunze - Why do women fall behind men
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Susan Houseman - Controversy behind the recent growth of agency work
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Susan Houseman - Temporary work employment
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Libertad Gonzalez - What areas does divorce legislation affect?
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Libertad Gonzalez - Social impact of divorce legislation
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Libertad Gonzalez - Why should policymakers be concerned about divorce laws?
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Gary Fields - Self-employed poor people in developing economies
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John S. Earle - Does privatization lead to job losses and wage cuts?
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Bart Cockx - Belgium labor market
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Astrid Kunze - Norway labor market
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Pierre Cahuc - French labor market
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Alex Bryson - UK labor market
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Daniel S. Hamermesh - U.S. labor market
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Arnaud Chevalier - What are the benefits of attracting foreign students
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Brian Cadena - The Marshmallow test
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Brian Cadena - Mitigating the negative implications of impatience
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Women at Work Around the World
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The labor market in Italy, 2000–2016
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Five common fears about immigration
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IZA Chief Executive Officer Hilmar Schneider on IZA World of Labor
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The labor market in Germany, 2000–2016
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Ulf Rinne discusses Germany's labor market
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The labor market in the US, 2000–2016
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Do firms benefit from apprenticeship investment?
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Effects of entering adulthood during a recession
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Is the return to education the same for everyone
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3 minutes with Daniel Hamermesh, new Editor-in-Chief of IZA World of Labor
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The big trade-off in the World of Labor
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David Neumark discusses the employment effects of minimum wages
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Does aid work? Panel event with IZA World of Labor and LSE Enterprise
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Peter J. Kuhn discusses internet-based job matchmaking
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Kathryn Shaw discusses the value of bosses and employee performance
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David Robalino talks about labor markets in low income countries
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Pierre Cahuc discusses youth unemployment in Europe
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Peter J. Kuhn analyzes brain drains and gains
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Martin Kahanec on Roma integration in Europe
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Fixed-term contracts: dead end or stepping stone?
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What determines the gender wage gap?
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Do firms benefit from providing apprenticeship training?
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How can IZA World of Labor help you?
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The merits of anonymous job applications
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Minimum wages, austerity and debt
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The importance of labor supply and the role of public policy