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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Projects

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. 14119 February 2021 Weather, Psychological Wellbeing and Mobility during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14116 February 2021 COVID-19 Severity: A New Approach to Quantifying Global Cases and Deaths

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14113 February 2021 COVID-19 and College Academic Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14108 February 2021 The COVID-19 Pandemic's Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market: Who's Been Hurt and What We Should Do

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14103 February 2021 How Does Exposure to COVID-19 Influence Health and Income Inequality Aversion?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14101 February 2021 COVID-19 and Employment in South Korea: Trends and Comparison with the 2008 Financial Crisis

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14099 February 2021 Employment Guaranteed? Social Protection during a Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14095 February 2021 Coronavirus and Social Distancing: Do Non-Pharmaceutical-Interventions Work (at Least) in the Short Run?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14094 February 2021 Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14085 January 2021 Whether, When and How to Extend Unemployment Benefits: Theory and Application to COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14079 January 2021 What Drives Innovation? Lessons from COVID-19 R&D

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14064 January 2021 COVID-19 Relief Programs and Compliance with Confinement Measures

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14061 January 2021 Pandemic Economics and the Transformation of Health Policy

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14057 January 2021 The First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Socioeconomic Inequality in Psychological Distress in the UK

IZA Standpunkte IZA SP No. 100 January 2021 Der Effekt von Heimarbeit auf die Entwicklung der Covid-19-Pandemie in Deutschland

IZA Policy Paper IZA PP No. 170 January 2021 Lockdowns and the US Unemployment Crisis

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14032 January 2021 The Political Cost of Lockdown's Enforcement

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14012 January 2021 Communities and Testing for COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14009 January 2021 School’s Out: Experimental Evidence on Limiting Learning Loss Using “Low-Tech” in a Pandemic

IZA Standpunkte IZA SP No. 99 December 2020 Die Bedeutung individuellen Verhaltens über den Jahreswechsel für die Weiterentwicklung der Covid-19-Pandemie in Deutschland

IZA World of Labor IZA WoL 2020: 212 December 2020 Health effects of job insecurity

Research in Labor Economics Volume 48 2020 Change at Home, in the Labor Market, and On the Job

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Volume 9(1) November 2020 Decomposition of co-worker wage gains

IZA Journal of Labor Policy Volume 10(1) December 2020 From unemployment to self-employment: The role of entrepreneurship training

IZA Journal of Development and Migration Volume 10(1) Dezember 2020 Consequences of immigrating during a recession: Evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14119 February 2021 Weather, Psychological Wellbeing and Mobility during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14116 February 2021 COVID-19 Severity: A New Approach to Quantifying Global Cases and Deaths

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14113 February 2021 COVID-19 and College Academic Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14108 February 2021 The COVID-19 Pandemic's Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market: Who's Been Hurt and What We Should Do

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14103 February 2021 How Does Exposure to COVID-19 Influence Health and Income Inequality Aversion?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14101 February 2021 COVID-19 and Employment in South Korea: Trends and Comparison with the 2008 Financial Crisis

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14099 February 2021 Employment Guaranteed? Social Protection during a Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14095 February 2021 Coronavirus and Social Distancing: Do Non-Pharmaceutical-Interventions Work (at Least) in the Short Run?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14094 February 2021 Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14085 January 2021 Whether, When and How to Extend Unemployment Benefits: Theory and Application to COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14079 January 2021 What Drives Innovation? Lessons from COVID-19 R&D

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14064 January 2021 COVID-19 Relief Programs and Compliance with Confinement Measures

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14061 January 2021 Pandemic Economics and the Transformation of Health Policy

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14057 January 2021 The First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Socioeconomic Inequality in Psychological Distress in the UK

IZA Standpunkte IZA SP No. 100 January 2021 Der Effekt von Heimarbeit auf die Entwicklung der Covid-19-Pandemie in Deutschland

IZA Policy Paper IZA PP No. 170 January 2021 Lockdowns and the US Unemployment Crisis

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14032 January 2021 The Political Cost of Lockdown's Enforcement

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14012 January 2021 Communities and Testing for COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14009 January 2021 School’s Out: Experimental Evidence on Limiting Learning Loss Using “Low-Tech” in a Pandemic

IZA Standpunkte IZA SP No. 99 December 2020 Die Bedeutung individuellen Verhaltens über den Jahreswechsel für die Weiterentwicklung der Covid-19-Pandemie in Deutschland

IZA World of Labor IZA WoL 2020: 212 December 2020 Health effects of job insecurity

Research in Labor Economics Volume 48 2020 Change at Home, in the Labor Market, and On the Job

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Volume 9(1) November 2020 Decomposition of co-worker wage gains

IZA Journal of Labor Policy Volume 10(1) December 2020 From unemployment to self-employment: The role of entrepreneurship training

IZA Journal of Development and Migration Volume 10(1) Dezember 2020 Consequences of immigrating during a recession: Evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program

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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:

Call for Papers: 20th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists

July 8-9, 2021 Online Call for Papers: Deadline March 31, 2021

Call for Papers: 17th IZA Annual Migration Meeting

May 28-29, 2021 Online Call for Papers: Deadline April 1, 2021

Call for Papers: First IZA Workshop on Climate Change and Labor Markets

July 5, 2021 Online Call for Papers: Deadline April 5, 2021

4th IZA Labor Statistics Workshop: Measurement of Labor Market Conditions

April 22-24, 2021 Online

Call for Papers: IZA Workshop on Labor Market Institutions

September 3-4, 2021 Online Call for Papers: Deadline April 25, 2021

Call for Papers: 4th IDSC of IZA Workshop: Matching Workers and Jobs Online

New Developments and Opportunities for Social Science and Practice

October 8, 2021 Online Call for Papers: Deadline May 31, 2021

8th IZA Workshop: Environment, Health and Labor Markets

June 17-18, 2021 Online

Call for Papers: 4th IZA/Higher School of Economics Workshop

Thirty Years after the Fall of the Iron Curtain: The Contribution of Labor Market Adjustment to Transition and Convergence

October 22-23, 2021 Online Call for Papers: Deadline June 30, 2021

All Events

People at IZA

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

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

Maria Balgova Research Associate All Researchers

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

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 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

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

We publish more than 800 new IZA Discussion Papers per year – here is where the action is in labor economics!

Holger Hinte Head of Publications IZA Discussion Papers IZA Service Units

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

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Mark Fallak Head of Communications IZA Newsroom IZA Service Units

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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