IZA | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

At the cutting edge of labor market research

With our local team and global network, we conduct pioneering research in labor economics. Our topics cover all facets of the future of work, currently focusing on the socioeconomic consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In-depth empirical research is the foundation of our independent advice provided to policymakers, business, and society. A key objective of our work is to transfer new knowledge from academic science into the public debate. Drawing on the synergies between our in-house research teams and our international network of scholars, IZA has created a unique platform for scientific exchange at the cutting edge of labor market research.

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Network

Our in-house research agenda is made up of four overarching topics: (1) Changing World of Work, (2) Workers of the Future, (3) Sustainable Labor Policies, (4) Work and Social Cohesion.

Our local research teams analyze challenges for the future of work related to digitalization, new skill requirements, institutional change, and the impact of innovative labor market policies.

While pursuing our own ambitious research agenda, we also provide in-depth scientific analyses for national and international policy institutions as an independent, nonpartisan entity.

IZA coordinates and supports the world’s largest research network in labor economics, comprising more than 1,600 scholars from over 60 countries. Our extensive network activities are the cornerstone of our success.

More about our research COVID-19 and Labor Markets

Publications

We offer a wide range of publications that cater to both an academic and a general audience. See some recent examples:

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13463 July 2020 Gender Inequality in COVID-19 Times: Evidence from UK Prolific Participants

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13457 July 2020 Sudden Stop: When Did Firms Anticipate the Potential Consequences of COVID-19?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13444 July 2020 Does BMI Predict the Early Spatial Variation and Intensity of COVID-19 in Developing Countries? Evidence from India

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13443 July 2020 Initial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Employment and Hours of Self-Employed Coupled and Single Workers by Gender and Parental Status

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13440 July 2020 Urban Density and COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13439 July 2020 The Lockdown Impact on Unemployment for Heterogeneous Workers

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13436 July 2020 Entrepreneurial Recovery from COVID-19: Decentralization, Democratization, Demand, Distribution, and Demography

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13434 July 2020 How the COVID-19 Lockdown Affected Gender Inequality in Paid and Unpaid Work in Spain

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13432 July 2020 Do Class Size Reductions Protect Students from Infectious Disease? Lessons for COVID-19 Policy from Flu Epidemic in Tokyo Metropolitan Area

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13427 June 2020 Public Attention and Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13418 June 2020 Pandemic Meets Pollution: Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13411 June 2020 A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13409 June 2020 Women's Work, Housework and Childcare, before and during COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13408 June 2020 Working at Home in Greece: Unexplored Potential at Times of Social Distancing?

IZA World of Labor IZA WoL 2020: 477 June 2020 What is the nature and extent of student–university mismatch?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13398 June 2020 Family Life in Lockdown

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13397 June 2020 Lockdown Accounting

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13389 June 2020 Optimal Unemployment Benefits in the Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13388 June 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13386 June 2020 Trust in the Time of Corona

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13379 June 2020 If Sick-Leave Becomes More Costly, Will I Go Back to Work? Could It Be Too Soon?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13376 June 2020 Dynamics of Social Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13375 June 2020 Partial Lockdown and the Spread of COVID-19: Lessons from the Italian Case

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13374 June 2020 Work That Can Be Done from Home: Evidence on Variation within and across Occupations and Industries

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13368 June 2020 The Effect of Business Cycle Expectations on the German Apprenticeship Market: Estimating the Impact of COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13367 June 2020 Air Pollution Exposure and COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13336 June 2020 The Gender Dimension of Occupational Exposure to Contagion in Europe

IZA Policy Paper IZA PP No. 162 June 2020 The Socio-Economics of Pandemics Policy

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Volume 9(1) March 2020 Employment protection legislation, labor courts, and effective firing costs

IZA Journal of Labor Policy Volume 10(1) April 2020 Examining the Impact of Legal Arizona Worker Act on Native Female Labor Supply in the United States

IZA Journal of Development and Migration Volume 11(1) April 2020 Identity-based Earning Discrimination among Chinese People

Research in Labor Economics Volume 47 2019 Health and Labor Markets

IZA Standpunkte IZA SP No. 1 February 2020 IZA Standpunkt

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13463 July 2020 Gender Inequality in COVID-19 Times: Evidence from UK Prolific Participants

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13457 July 2020 Sudden Stop: When Did Firms Anticipate the Potential Consequences of COVID-19?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13444 July 2020 Does BMI Predict the Early Spatial Variation and Intensity of COVID-19 in Developing Countries? Evidence from India

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13443 July 2020 Initial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Employment and Hours of Self-Employed Coupled and Single Workers by Gender and Parental Status

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13440 July 2020 Urban Density and COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13439 July 2020 The Lockdown Impact on Unemployment for Heterogeneous Workers

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13436 July 2020 Entrepreneurial Recovery from COVID-19: Decentralization, Democratization, Demand, Distribution, and Demography

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13434 July 2020 How the COVID-19 Lockdown Affected Gender Inequality in Paid and Unpaid Work in Spain

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13432 July 2020 Do Class Size Reductions Protect Students from Infectious Disease? Lessons for COVID-19 Policy from Flu Epidemic in Tokyo Metropolitan Area

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13427 June 2020 Public Attention and Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13418 June 2020 Pandemic Meets Pollution: Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13411 June 2020 A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13409 June 2020 Women's Work, Housework and Childcare, before and during COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13408 June 2020 Working at Home in Greece: Unexplored Potential at Times of Social Distancing?

IZA World of Labor IZA WoL 2020: 477 June 2020 What is the nature and extent of student–university mismatch?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13398 June 2020 Family Life in Lockdown

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13397 June 2020 Lockdown Accounting

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13389 June 2020 Optimal Unemployment Benefits in the Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13388 June 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13386 June 2020 Trust in the Time of Corona

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13379 June 2020 If Sick-Leave Becomes More Costly, Will I Go Back to Work? Could It Be Too Soon?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13376 June 2020 Dynamics of Social Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13375 June 2020 Partial Lockdown and the Spread of COVID-19: Lessons from the Italian Case

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13374 June 2020 Work That Can Be Done from Home: Evidence on Variation within and across Occupations and Industries

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13368 June 2020 The Effect of Business Cycle Expectations on the German Apprenticeship Market: Estimating the Impact of COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13367 June 2020 Air Pollution Exposure and COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13336 June 2020 The Gender Dimension of Occupational Exposure to Contagion in Europe

IZA Policy Paper IZA PP No. 162 June 2020 The Socio-Economics of Pandemics Policy

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Volume 9(1) March 2020 Employment protection legislation, labor courts, and effective firing costs

IZA Journal of Labor Policy Volume 10(1) April 2020 Examining the Impact of Legal Arizona Worker Act on Native Female Labor Supply in the United States

IZA Journal of Development and Migration Volume 11(1) April 2020 Identity-based Earning Discrimination among Chinese People

Research in Labor Economics Volume 47 2019 Health and Labor Markets

IZA Standpunkte IZA SP No. 1 February 2020 IZA Standpunkt

All Publications

Events

We organize more than 20 conferences and workshops per year on various aspects of labor economics. Forthcoming events (subject to change pending COVID-19 restrictions) include:

COVID-19 Pandemic on Labor Market Outcomes, Occupational Health and Development

Additional Call for Papers

September 1-4, 2020 Online Conference Call for Papers

19th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting for Labor Economists (TAM)

July 9-12, 2020 Online Conference

Cedefop, Eurofound and IZA Conference on Workplace and Management Practices

August 20-21, 2020 Online Conference

3rd Annual IZA/World Bank/NJD/UNU-WIDER Jobs and Development Conference: Better Jobs for Development

September 1-4, 2020 Online Conference

All Events

People at IZA

We are a global network and a local research institute – this makes IZA a unique player in labor economics.

Hilmar Schneider CEO Our Mission Executive Board

I highly value my association with IZA, which pioneered the international labor economics community and continues to advance cutting-edge research.

Francine Blau IZA Prize Laureate, Cornell University IZA Awards IZA Network

IZA’s research teams emphasize our focus on the most important labor market challenges of the future.

Nico Pestel Team Leader "Policy Challenges" Research Teams All Researchers

I am happy to be a part of a team of editors offering a perfect outlet for your research: the IZA Open Access Journals!

Pierre Cahuc Editor, IZA Journal of Labor Economics IZA Journals IZA Network

What has attracted me to IZA are its great working conditions and atmosphere for young international researchers.

Maria Balgova Research Associate All Researchers

An international work environment, state-of-the-art equipment, and great co-workers – all this is what makes IZA the ideal training place for me.

Miriam Schmitz Trainee, Office Management Assistant Job Offers Local IZA Team

IZA's network activities und program areas provide an exciting opportunity for the world's best researchers to focus on key social and economic issues.

Deborah Cobb-Clark Network Program Coordinator, University of Sydney IZA Network

My time at IZA was formative in many ways - I couldn't have asked for a better place to start my career.

Benjamin Elsner IZA Alumnus, University College Dublin IZA Alumni IZA Network

As an IZA Research Affiliate I really benefit from IZA’s strong networking and the chance to circulate my papers worldwide.

Michela Carlana IZA Affiliate, Harvard Kennedy School IZA Affiliates People Search

About IZA

IZA is a nonprofit research institute and the leading international network in labor economics, comprising more than 1,600 scholars from around the world. This unique combination of in-house research capacity and global network activities enables us to draw on cutting-edge expertise in conducting research projects and providing scientific policy advice. We provide platforms for knowledge exchange and make relevant research findings accessible for policy practitioners and the general public. Established in 1998, IZA is supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation and affiliated with the University of Bonn.

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