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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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. 13556 July 2020 Parental Well-Being in Times of COVID-19 in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13549 July 2020 Lives and Livelihoods: Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13532 July 2020 The New Hazardous Jobs and Worker Reallocation

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13529 July 2020 Labour Markets in the Time of Coronavirus: Measuring Excess

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13521 July 2020 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19: Evidence from Six Large Cities

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13519 July 2020 Fathers Matter: Intra-Household Responsibilities and Children's Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13516 July 2020 Reacting Quickly and Protecting Jobs: The Short-Term Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Greek Labor Market

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13504 July 2020 Job Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance: Differences between Homework and Work at the Workplace of the Company

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13503 July 2020 COVID-19 and Mental Health Deterioration among BAME Groups in the UK

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13500 July 2020 The Gendered Division of Paid and Domestic Work under Lockdown

IZA Journal of Development and Migration Volume 11(1) July 2020 Income Elasticity of Child Labor: Do Cash Transfers have an Impact on the Poorest Children?

IZA Journal of Labor Policy Volume 10(1) July 2020 Does Census Hiring Stimulate Jobs Growth?

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Volume 9(1) April 2020 Cities drifting apart: Heterogeneous outcomes of decentralizing public education

IZA World of Labor IZA WoL 2020: 479 July 2020 Labor Market Performance and the Rise of Populism

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13493 July 2020 Work-Related and Personal Predictors of COVID-19 Transmission

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13492 July 2020 Exploring the Relationship between Care Homes and Excess Deaths in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Italy

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13491 July 2020 Cognitive Performance in the Home Office - Evidence from Professional Chess

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13480 July 2020 Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13468 July 2020 Employment Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic across Metropolitan Status and Size

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13467 July 2020 COVID-19, Race, and Redlining

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13466 July 2020 Waiting for Recovery: The Canadian Labour Market in June 2020

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

Research in Labor Economics Volume 47 2019 Health and Labor Markets

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13556 July 2020 Parental Well-Being in Times of COVID-19 in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13549 July 2020 Lives and Livelihoods: Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13532 July 2020 The New Hazardous Jobs and Worker Reallocation

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13529 July 2020 Labour Markets in the Time of Coronavirus: Measuring Excess

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13521 July 2020 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19: Evidence from Six Large Cities

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13519 July 2020 Fathers Matter: Intra-Household Responsibilities and Children's Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13516 July 2020 Reacting Quickly and Protecting Jobs: The Short-Term Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Greek Labor Market

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13504 July 2020 Job Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance: Differences between Homework and Work at the Workplace of the Company

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13503 July 2020 COVID-19 and Mental Health Deterioration among BAME Groups in the UK

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13500 July 2020 The Gendered Division of Paid and Domestic Work under Lockdown

IZA Journal of Development and Migration Volume 11(1) July 2020 Income Elasticity of Child Labor: Do Cash Transfers have an Impact on the Poorest Children?

IZA Journal of Labor Policy Volume 10(1) July 2020 Does Census Hiring Stimulate Jobs Growth?

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Volume 9(1) April 2020 Cities drifting apart: Heterogeneous outcomes of decentralizing public education

IZA World of Labor IZA WoL 2020: 479 July 2020 Labor Market Performance and the Rise of Populism

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13493 July 2020 Work-Related and Personal Predictors of COVID-19 Transmission

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13492 July 2020 Exploring the Relationship between Care Homes and Excess Deaths in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Italy

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13491 July 2020 Cognitive Performance in the Home Office - Evidence from Professional Chess

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13480 July 2020 Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13468 July 2020 Employment Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic across Metropolitan Status and Size

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13467 July 2020 COVID-19, Race, and Redlining

IZA Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 13466 July 2020 Waiting for Recovery: The Canadian Labour Market in June 2020

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

Research in Labor Economics Volume 47 2019 Health and Labor Markets

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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