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. 14431 June 2021 Happy to Help: The Welfare Effects of a Nationwide Micro-Volunteering Programme

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14419 June 2021 The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14411 June 2021 Calamities, Common Interests, Shared Identity: What Shapes Altruism and Reciprocity?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14408 June 2021 Mothers’ Caregiving during COVID: The Impact of Divorce Laws and Homeownership on Women’s Labor Force Status

IZA Research Report IZA RR No. 116 May 2021 Arbeitssituation und Belastungsempfinden im Kontext der Corona-Pandemie im April 2021

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14402 May 2021 Education, Information, and COVID-19 Excess Mortality

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14400 May 2021 Economic Geography of Contagion: A Study on COVID-19 Outbreak in India

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14388 May 2021 COVID-19 and Mental Health of Individuals with Different Personalities

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14382 May 2021 Drivers of Working Hours and Household Income Dynamics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Netherlands

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14375 May 2021 Neither Backlash nor Convergence: Dynamics of Intracouple Childcare Division after the First COVID-19 Lockdown and Subsequent Reopening in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14370 May 2021 Death and Destitution: The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14366 May 2021 How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Job Stress of Rural Teachers

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14365 May 2021 The Design of Disease Maps Shapes Perceptions of Threat and Public Policy Preferencesons

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14360 May 2021 The Gender Gap in Income and the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14359 May 2021 Parents under Stress – Evaluating Emergency Childcare Policies during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14356 Mai 2021 Zooming to Class?: Experimental Evidence on College Students’ Online Learning during COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14345 May 2021 “Too Shocked to Search”: The COVID-19 Shutdowns’ Impact on the Search for Apprenticeships

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14339 May 2021 Stratification of Returns to Higher Education in Peru: The Role of Education Quality and Major Choices

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14337 May 2021 How Has COVID-19 Affected the Intention to Migrate via the Backway to Europe and to a Neighboring African Country? Survey Evidence and a Salience Experiment in the Gambia

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14323 May 2020 New Moneys under the New Normal? Bitcoin and Gold Interdependence during COVID Times

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14319 May 2021 Attitudes Towards Migrants during Crisis Times

IZA Policy Paper IZA PP No. 177 April 2021 What Shifts Did COVID-19 Year 2020 Bring to the Labour Market in Europe?

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Volume 10(1) March 2021 Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil

IZA Journal of Development and Migration Volume 12(1) March 2021 Migrating out of mega-cities: Evidence from Brazil

IZA Journal of Labor Policy Volume 10(1) March 2021 The Effect of Remittances on Crime in India

IZA Research Report IZA RR No. 105 January 2021 IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: The Second Phase of the Crisis

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

IZA World of Labor IZA WoL 2021: 482 January 2021 Individual and family labor market impacts of chronic diseases

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

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14431 June 2021 Happy to Help: The Welfare Effects of a Nationwide Micro-Volunteering Programme

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14419 June 2021 The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14411 June 2021 Calamities, Common Interests, Shared Identity: What Shapes Altruism and Reciprocity?

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14408 June 2021 Mothers’ Caregiving during COVID: The Impact of Divorce Laws and Homeownership on Women’s Labor Force Status

IZA Research Report IZA RR No. 116 May 2021 Arbeitssituation und Belastungsempfinden im Kontext der Corona-Pandemie im April 2021

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14402 May 2021 Education, Information, and COVID-19 Excess Mortality

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14400 May 2021 Economic Geography of Contagion: A Study on COVID-19 Outbreak in India

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14388 May 2021 COVID-19 and Mental Health of Individuals with Different Personalities

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14382 May 2021 Drivers of Working Hours and Household Income Dynamics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Netherlands

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14375 May 2021 Neither Backlash nor Convergence: Dynamics of Intracouple Childcare Division after the First COVID-19 Lockdown and Subsequent Reopening in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14370 May 2021 Death and Destitution: The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14366 May 2021 How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Job Stress of Rural Teachers

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14365 May 2021 The Design of Disease Maps Shapes Perceptions of Threat and Public Policy Preferencesons

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14360 May 2021 The Gender Gap in Income and the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14359 May 2021 Parents under Stress – Evaluating Emergency Childcare Policies during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14356 Mai 2021 Zooming to Class?: Experimental Evidence on College Students’ Online Learning during COVID-19

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14345 May 2021 “Too Shocked to Search”: The COVID-19 Shutdowns’ Impact on the Search for Apprenticeships

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14339 May 2021 Stratification of Returns to Higher Education in Peru: The Role of Education Quality and Major Choices

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14323 May 2020 New Moneys under the New Normal? Bitcoin and Gold Interdependence during COVID Times

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 14319 May 2021 Attitudes Towards Migrants during Crisis Times

IZA Policy Paper IZA PP No. 177 April 2021 What Shifts Did COVID-19 Year 2020 Bring to the Labour Market in Europe?

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Volume 10(1) March 2021 Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil

IZA Journal of Development and Migration Volume 12(1) March 2021 Migrating out of mega-cities: Evidence from Brazil

IZA Journal of Labor Policy Volume 10(1) March 2021 The Effect of Remittances on Crime in India

IZA Research Report IZA RR No. 105 January 2021 IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: The Second Phase of the Crisis

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

IZA World of Labor IZA WoL 2021: 482 January 2021 Individual and family labor market impacts of chronic diseases

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

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:

8th IZA Workshop: Environment, Health and Labor Markets

June 17-18, 2021 Online

Call for Papers: Economics of Time Use and Mental Health

Stress, Sleep, Fatigue and Employment

October 5-6, 2021 Online Call for Papers: Deadline June 30, 2021

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

First IZA Workshop on Climate Change and Labor Markets

July 5, 2021 Online

20th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists

July 8-9, 2021 Online

Call for Papers: 16th IZA & 3rd IZA/CREST Conference

Labor Market Policy Evaluation

September 30 - October 1, 2021 Online Call for Papers: Deadline July 31, 2021

5th IZA/World Bank/NJD/WIDER Jobs and Development Conference

Building Better Jobs for the Post-Covid19 Era

September 1-3, 2021 Online

IZA Workshop on Labor Market Institutions

September 3-4, 2021 Online

4th IZA Workshop on Gender and Family Economics

Women in Leadership

September 17-18, 2021 Online

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

New Developments and Opportunities for Social Science and Practice

October 8, 2021 Online

5th IZA Junior/Senior Symposium

October 15-16, 2021 Online

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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