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IZA Compact - March 2012
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IZA/ESRI Advise the European Commission on Active Inclusion of Migrants 1
IZA and DFID Set Research Agenda: Workshop in Paris 5
IZA Introduces the IZA@DC Young Scholar Program 6
Georgetown University and IZA Sign Collaboration Contract 6
IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmermann Celebrates 10th Anniversary at FU Berlin 6
Awards Presentation at IZA Reception in Chicago 7
RUMiC: New China Data from IZA 7
Humboldt Research Award for IZA Fellow Daniel S. Hamermesh 7
Opinion: Immigrants in the Welfare Hammock? 8

IZA Compact - December 2011
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Environment and Employment: New IZA Program Area 1
World Bank and IZA Sign Collaboration Contract 3
Innovative IZA Technology: JoSuA 4
Nowcasting the Business Cycle: IZA Toll Index 4
IZA Contributes to Major International Journals 5
High-Profile IZA/OECD Employment Seminar 5
Interdisciplinary IZA Workshop on Discrimination and Ethnicity 6
IZA Workshop on the Sources of Welfare and Well-Being 7
Comparative Study on Labor Relations in Germany and Brazil 8
David Lam Appointed Program Director - GLM | LIC Call for Proposals 8
Short News: Welfare Migration / Skilled Workers / Start-up Subisidies / China 9
Opinion: Green Energy and the Labor Market 10

IZA Compact - October 2011
(1.9 MB)
2011 IZA Prize Awarded to George Borjas and Barry Chiswick in Oslo 1
IZA Develops Comprehensive Points System for Germany 4
IZA Project on International Trafficking in Humans 6
IZA Report No. 40: Immigrant Integration in the EU Still Insufficient 6
IZA Annual Migration Meeting in Washington 7
IZA Report No. 37: Better Access to Childcare 9
Behavioral Economics: Default Settings Affect Decisions 9
IZA/World Bank Conference in Mexico 10
IZA/World Bank Workshop on the Challenge of Informality 12
10th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists 13
Economics Meets Criminology: Risky Behaviors Analyzed in Bonn 14
DFID Project: Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries (GLM LIC) 15
Kuznets-Preis / Armin Falk / Marco Caliendo / Policy Forum in Beijing 16
Alan Krueger / Adriana Kugler / New IZA Research Staff 17
Opinion: Job Strategies for the Young 18

IZA Compact - April 2011
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Family-Friendly Flexible Work Arrangements 1
Anonymized Job Applications Tested in Practice 4
IZA Prize Presented to Francine Blau in Denver 6
New IZA Book by Nobel Laureates Mortensen and Pissarides 8
IZA Expands Activities in Happiness Research 8
IZA Workshop on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills 9
Third Joint IZA/IFAU Conference on Policy Evaluation 10
Second CIER/IZA Annual Workshop in Bonn 11
European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics 2010 12
Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Visits IZA 13
IDSC of IZA Provides Constantly Improved Data Service 14
New Book on Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets 15
Former Education Minister Jo Ritzen Becomes IZA Policy Advisor 15
New Staff: Andrew Oswald and Amanda Goodall Join IZA 15
Opinion: New Freedom of Movement for Eastern Europe 16

IZA Compact - July / August 2010
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German Reforms Pay Off -- IZA Proposes Agenda 2020 1
Short-Time Work: The German Answer to the Economic Crisis 4
IZA Report: Temporary and Atypical Employment on the Rise in Germany 7
Fifth IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development 9
Joint IZA/DIW Berlin Workshop on Entrepreneurship 11
New IZA Research Report: Analysis of the European Social Agendas 12
Second Annual Meeting on the Economics of Risky Behaviors 13
Book Recommendation: "The Economics of Codetermination" 14
Joint IZA/OECD Workshop Examines Crisis Effects on Income Distribution 14
IZA People (Krupka, Cobb-Clark, Oswald, Zimmermann, Gielen) 15
Opinion: Fertility and Female Work 16

IZA Compact - January / February 2010
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Happiness Research in the Spotlight: IZA Prize for Richard Easterlin 1
IZA Young Labor Economist Award for Alexandre Mas 5
IZA Simulation: German Plans for Tax Reform and Basic Income 5
Labor Market and Employment in Germany, 2000-2009 6
Research in Labor Economics: Volume on Ethnicity and Labor Market Outcomes 7
In Memoriam of IZA Research Fellow Katherine Terrell 7
IZA in China: Great Opportunities for Cooperation 8
Genes, Brains, and the Labor Market: IZA Workshop on Neuroeconomics 10
Economic Crisis and Labor Market: Second IZA Employment Seminar in Brussels 11
Fifth IZA Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation 12
IZA Topic Week: Political Economy of Labor Market Reform 13
New IZA Staff Members and Resident Research Affiliates 15
Opinion: Long-Term Unemployed Need Efficient Help 16

IZA Compact - October / November 2009
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Google Indicator to Predict Short-Term Trends in Unemployment 1
IZA on Tour 2009: EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration 5
Sixth Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) 7
Fourth IZA/World Bank Conference: Formality and Informality 8
Second IZA Workshop on Child Labor in Developing Countries 9
IZA Conference: The Economics of the Minimum Wage 10
Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis: United States vs. Europe 13
Changing Household Structure Increases Income Inequality 15
New Books: Urban Labor Economics / Labor Market Impact of EU Enlargement 16
IZA Tower Talks: Karl-Heinz Däke / Edward Lazear 17
Opinion: Germany's New Labor Market Miracle 18

IZA Compact - April / May 2009
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Migration Effects of EU Enlargement 1
First Annual Meeting on the Economics of Risky Behaviors 6
IZA Partner Institute DIW DC Influences U.S. Policy 8
IZA International Data Service Center (IDSC) 9
Open Data Foundation (ODaF) Meeting at IZA 10
Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) and Migration Topic Week 10
Future Commission Presents Report "NRW 2025" 12
IZA Launches New Policy Paper Series 12
2009 IZA Prize in Labor Economics Goes to Richard Easterlin 12
Marco Caliendo New IZA Director of Research 13
David G. Blanchflower New IZA Program Director 13
IZA Young Labor Economist Award Presented in San Francisco 13
People News: Krueger, van den Berg, Chiswick, Wolfers 14
New Books 15
Opinion: The Failed Policy of Restricting Labor Mobility 16

IZA Compact - December 2008
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10th Anniversary of IZA 1
IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2008 3
The Petersberg Declaration 4
IZA Employment Seminar in Brussels 7
German Day on Development 8
IZA at Metropolis 2008 in Bonn 8
Evaluation of Start-up Subsidies 9
Opinion: Further Training in Times of Crisis 12

IZA Compact Special Issue - December 2008
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Vollbeschäftigung ist keine Utopie – Arbeitsmarktpolitisches Programm des IZA 1

IZA Compact - July 2008
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IZA Research: Ethnic Identity and Labor Market Success 1
IZA Conference: Migration Research and Policy Making 4
Practitioners' Meeting on Interethnic Marriages 7
Migrant Ethnicity Meeting (MEM) in Washington 7
IZA Activities: Integration and Immigration Policy 7
IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) 8
IZA Book: Immigration and the Labor Market 8
IZA Study on Ethnic Minorities in the EU 9
Conference in Brussels: Integration of Ethnic Minorities 11
Zimmermann Appointed to Commission on the Future of NRW 12
IZA Study: Geographic Mobility in the European Union 13
Federal Ministry of Economics and IZA Present Study on Workfare 14
IZA Child Labor Network Established 14
People 15
New IZA Research Staff 16
IZA Young Labor Economist Award Presented in New Orleans 17
IZA Alumni 17
Opinion: Strengthening Scientific Policy Advice 18

IZA Compact - November 2007
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IZA Prize 2007 Awarded to Richard B. Freeman 1
Second IZA/World Bank Conference in Bonn 4
New Insights from Behavioral Economics 7
Revisiting the German Wage Structure (IZA DP No. 2685) 9
Labor Market Integration of Turkish Immigrants (IZA DP No. 2677) 11
Taking Stock of the Reforms to Active Labor Market Policy in Germany 12
Cooperation with DIW DC 14
IZA Topic Week "Non-Market Time in Economics" 14
Top Position for IZA in Handelsblatt Survey 16
10th Anniversary of the IZA Summer School 16
New Books 17
Short News, Awards and Appointments 18
IZA Tower Talks with Armin Laschet and Peter Bofinger 19
Opinion: A New Strategy for Development Cooperation 20

IZA Compact - March 2007
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Reforms of the German Labor Market 1
Are Older Workers More Risk-Averse? 5
IZA Workshop: EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets 6
IZA Book: Immigration Policy and the Labor Market 7
IZA/World Bank Workshop on Informal Labor Markets 8
Bishop Reinhard Marx at IZA Tower Talk 9
IZA Interethnic Practitioners' Meeting on Naturalization and Citizenship 9
Short News 10
Opinion: Active Labor Market Policy - Why Less Is More 12

IZA Compact - December 2006
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IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2006 to Card and Krueger 1
Positive Impact of Immigration on Public Budgets 5
The Role of Services in Europe and the US 8
Capacity Building: African Doctoral Researchers Visit IZA 9
IZA Tower Talk with Jürgen Borchert 9
Bonn Graduate School Supported by Excellence Initiative 9
Opinion: Employee Profit-Sharing - The Silver Bullet? 10

IZA Compact - October 2006
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IZA Workfare Model 1
In Memoriam: Jacob Mincer 5
Volkswagen Foundation Project on Migration and Integration 6
First Volume of IZA Prize Book Series 10
IZA Intensive Training Course in Kenya 10
Opinion: Lifelong Learning 12

IZA Compact - July 2006
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20th Anniversary of ESPE 1
Employment of Older Workers 4
East German Labor Market 6
IZA/World Bank Conference in Berlin 7
Education and Wage Inequality 9
IZA Topic Week on Institutions and the Employment Relationship 10
IZA Data Service Center 11
Fifth IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting 12
IZA Tower Talks (Dohnanyi / Miegel) 13
Opinion: Minimum Wages Threaten Jobs 16

IZA Compact - April / May 2006
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Evaluation of Hartz Reforms 1
20 Years BonnEconLab 4
Book on Economics of Child Labor 4
Corporate HR Strategies to Avoid Demographic Shortages 5
IZA DP No. 2000 - State of German Unions 7
Demographic Alternatives for Aging Societies 9
IZA Ranks High in Handelsblatt Survey 9
Labor Economist Training Program in Kenya 10
IZA Program "Employment and Development" 10
IZA Workshop on Structural Econometricy Analysis of Labor Market Policy 11
IZA Workshop on Employment Protection and Labor Markets 12
Deutsche Telekom CEO Kai-Uwe Ricke at IZA Tower Talk 13
IZA Data Service Center Expands Documentation 13
Short News: Topic Week, Call for Papers, New Director of Administration 14
People: Lazear, MacLeod, Chiswick, Blanchflower 15
Opinion: Immigration Policy at a Crossroads? 16

IZA Compact - December 2005
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Germany – What Next? 1
Labor Market Regulation and Policies in European Welfare State Reforms 4
Bundesbank President Axel Weber at IZA Tower Talk 7
Third IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) and IZA Topic Week on Migration 7
New IZA Initiative: Young Labor Economist Award 7
Opinion: Employment through Innovation 8

IZA Compact - November 2005
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IZA Prize 2005 to Mortensen and Pissarides 1
Migration and Integration: IZA Ethnicity Project (Volkswagen Foundation) 4
IZA Data Service Center 5
Is the Private Sector an Adequate Provider of Social Protection? 6
Do Adverse Macroeconomic Conditions Favor Job Persistence? 8
Marie-Luise Beck at IZA Tower Talk 9
New IZA Staff 10
Research in Labor Economics Series (RLE) 11
Fifth IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists 11
IZA Opinion: Is Germany a Bazaar Economy? 12

IZA Compact - June 2005
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Reform of the Unemployment Insurance 1
Top Ranking for IZA Director 4
New Book: Immigration and Labor Market 5
IZA Policy Fellow Network 5
Human Capital: "Unword" of Great Relevance 8
IZA Study on Employee Motivation 9
IZA Tower Talks 10
First Annual Workshop on Behavioral and Organizational Economics 12
First IZA Social Policy Evaluation Annual Conference (SPEAC) 13
The Older Worker in the Labor Market: Work Time And Work Incentives 14
Labor Markets and Institutions: Determinants and Outcomes 15
IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics 2005 15
Short News 16
Opinion: Challenges for Germany’s Next Government 18

IZA Compact - January 2005
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Employment Effects of Dismissal Protection 1
IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2004 4
Friedrich Merz / Norbert Walter at IZA Tower Talk 6
Entrepreneurship in Germany 7
PISA Results - What a Difference Immigration Law Makes 9
IZA European Summer School 2004 10
IZA Workshop: Discrimination in the Labor Market 11
New Books: Migration and Labor Market 12
IZA Meeting Reports 12
New IZA Program Directors 13
IZA Establishes Own Scholarship Program 14
New IZA Researchers 14
New IZA Discussion Papers/Guests 15
Opinion 16

IZA Compact - February / March 2004
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IZA Book: "Reforms - Now!" 1
IZA Program Areas Restructured 3
Dennis Snower Takes Over Presidency of IfW Kiel 5
IZA Issues Discussion Paper No. 1000 5
IZA Expands Web Resources in Labor Economics 6
New IZA Book: "How Labor Migrants Fare" 6
Bert Rürup Speaks at the "IZA Tower Talk" 7
Chile Reforms Its Unemployment Insurance System 8
Tax Incentives: A Way to Raise Female Employment? 9
Short Reports 10
European Commission Sponsors IZA Summer School 11
IZA Workshop: "Search and Matching" 11
New IZA Discussion Papers/Guest Researchers 13
Opinion 14

IZA Compact - December 2003
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IZA Prize 2003 1
Pension Reform in Germany 3
IZA President Receives Prestigious Awards 4
Active Social Policy in Denmark 5
New Book: “Reformen – jetzt!” 6
Advisory Committee to IZA Summer School 7
ESSLE 2003 Report 7
Short Reports 8
New IZA Discussion Papers 9
Guest Researchers 9
Opinion 10

IZA Compact - July / August 2003
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Courage to Reform! 1
Swiss "Caseworker" System 4
IZA Prize 2003 5
Measures to Lower Welfare Use in the US 6
IZA Tower Talk 7
Conference: "The Economics of Time Use" 8
Conference: "The Phillips Curve Revisited" 9
New IZA Books 10
Obituary on Mark C. Berger 10
Short Reports 11
Guest Researchers 13
New IZA Discussion Papers 13
Opinion 14

IZA Compact - April / May 2003
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Inflation-Unemployment Tradeoff 1
IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2003 4
Workfare in Germany? 5
Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment 6
First IZA Tower Talk 8
Armin Falk and Christian Belzil to Join IZA Team 9
IZA Supports Bonn Graduate School of Economics 9
IZA Director Renews Contract with Deutsche Post 9
Short Reports 10
Guest Researchers 11
Discussion Papers 11
Opinion 12

IZA Compact - January / February 2003
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School Effects and Labor Market Outcomes 1
Call for Papers: Applied Economics Quarterly 2
Gerard Pfann New EER Editor 3
Klaus F. Zimmermann: 50th Birthday 3
IZA Prize Awarded to Jacob Mincer 3
Benefit Entitlement and Unemployment Duration 4
Short Reports 5
New IZA Staff 6
Discussion Papers 7
Guest Researchers 7
Opinion 8

IZA Compact Special Issue - November / December 2002
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Removing Work Disincentives 2
Reforming the Unemployment Insurance System 4
Reorganizing Active Labor Market Policies 6
Towards Decentralized Bargaining Procedures 10
Stepping Towards Labor Market Flexibility 12
Education as a Key to the Labor Market 14
Meeting Demographic Challenges 16
Opinion 18

IZA Compact - October 2002
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Increasing Shadow Economy 1
New Book: Economics of Migration 2
IZA Prize to Jacob Mincer 3
Family-Friendly Labor Market Policies 4
1st IZA / SOLE TransAtlantic Meeting 6
C. M. Schmidt New President of RWI 6
ESSLE 2002 7
New IZA Staff 8
Short Reports 8
Discussion Papers 9
Guest Researchers 9
Opinion 10

IZA Compact - May 2002
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IZA Prize in Labor Economics 1
Employment in the Low-Wage Sector 2
Taxes and Unemployment 4
Child Care and the Labor Market 5
Short Reports 7
New IZA Staff Members 8
Discussion Papers 9
Guest Researchers 9
Opinion 10

IZA Compact - December 2001
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Germany open up to labor migration? 1
The 2001 German Pension Reform 6
IZA Research Associate wins Award 8
The Economics of Low Income and Low Paid Work 9
Why Do Firms Train? 10
ESSLE 2002 – Call for Papers 11
New IZA Staff Members 12
New IZA Discussion Papers 13
IZA Visitors Program 13
Opinion 14

IZA Compact - October 2001
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Evaluation is Essential for a Reform of Active Labor Market Policy 1
ESSLE 2001 5
International Pension Experts IZA Conference 5
Zimmermann Steps Down as CEPR Director of Labour Economics 7
IZA Study: German Demand for Foreign Skilled Labor? 7
Short Reports 8
Hilmar Schneider new IZA Director of Labor Policy 8
New IZA Discussion Papers 9
IZA Visitors Program 9
Opinion 10

IZA Compact - April 2001
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Do Financial Disincentives Matter? 1
Successful IZA Workshop 4
New Program Director Hilmar Schneider 4
IZA Conference: Pension Reform and Labor Markets 5
Short Reports 6
New IZA Discussion Papers 7
IZA Visitors Program 7
Opinion 8

IZA Compact - December 2000
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Evaluation of Labor Market Policy Programs 1
IZA Symposium in Honor of James Heckman 4
Nobel Prize for IZA Fellow James Heckman 4
Immigration to Germany: Determining Factors 5
Skilled Workers and Labor Market Turnover in the UK 6
ESSLE 2000 7
Short Reports 9
New IZA Staff Members 10
IZA Visitors Prgram 13
New IZA Discussion Papers 13
Opinion 14

IZA Compact - September 2000
(3.95 MB)
The East-German Labor Market after Unification 1
Book Release: Employment Policy in Transition 4
Shaping Working Hours – The Case of the Netherlands 5
ESPE: impetus to research in population and labor economics 6
Measuring the Cost of Unemployment 7
Short Reports 9
IZA Visitors Prgram 10
New IZA Discussion Papers 11
Opinion 12

IZA Compact - March 2000
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EU Eastward Enlargement, Immigration, and the Labor Market 1
New IZA Research Area: "Evaluation of Labor Market Programs" 4
Short Reports 5
New IZA Discussion Papers 7
IZA Visitors Prgram 7
Opinion 8

IZA Compact - November 1999
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The Role of Unemployment in Germany 1
Youth Unemployment – How To Encourage Work 3
Impulse für Arbeit 5
European Symposium in Labor Economics 1999 6
Current Research 9
Short Reports 10
New IZA Stuff Members 12
IZA Visitors Prgram 13
IZA Discussion Papers 13
Opinion 14

IZA Compact - July 1999
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Overtime Reduction increases Employment? 1
Current Research 5
Short Reports 6
IZA Visitors Program 7
New IZA Stuff 7
Opinion 8

IZA Compact - April 1999
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Successful Start of IZA 1
Main areas of IZA's current research program 3
Current Research 5
Short Reports 6
New Members of the IZA Staff 7
Opinion 8




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