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216 IZA Policy Papers
IZA Policy Paper No. 215
Better Tracking SDG Progress with Fewer Resources? A Call for More Innovative Data Uses
Hai-Anh H Dang, Calogero Carletto, Dean Jolliffe
IZA Policy Paper No. 214
Expelling Excellence: Exchange Visitor Restrictions on High-Skill Migrants in the United States
Michael A. Clemens, Jeremy Neufeld, Amy M. Nice
IZA Policy Paper No. 213
Biased Voluntary Nutri-Score Labeling
Wendelin Schnedler, Antonia Vigano
IZA Policy Paper No. 212
AI, Automation and Taxation
Spencer Bastani, Daniel Waldenström
Forthcoming in: The Handbook on Labour Market Transformations. Stefano Scarpetta, Stéphane Carcillo (Eds.)
IZA Policy Paper No. 211
Public Attitudes Towards Immigration in Canada: Decreased Support and Increased Political Polarization
Mehdi Mohamadian, Mohsen Javdani, Maxime Heroux-Legault
IZA Policy Paper No. 210
Measuring Effective Labor Regulation in the Less Developed World: Recent Advances and Challenges Ahead
Lucas Ronconi, Steven Raphael
IZA Policy Paper No. 209
Competition and Artificial Intelligence: An Australian Policy Perspective
Andrew Leigh
IZA Policy Paper No. 208
Ten Lessons for Economic Policymakers
Andrew Leigh
IZA Policy Paper No. 207
The Gender Wealth Gap near Retirement in Canada
Tessa LoRiggio, Todd Morris
IZA Policy Paper No. 206
Sick Leave and Medical Leave in the United States: A Categorization and Recent Trends
Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
IZA Policy Paper No. 205
Protecting Who? Optimal Social Protection Responses to Shocks with Limited Information
Carlos Ospino Hernandez, Jamele Rigolini, Sarah Coll-Black, Ana Maria Oviedo
IZA Policy Paper No. 204
Policy Research Institutes' Role in the Development of Evidence for Evidence-Based Policy Making in the United States
Richard V. Burkhauser, Susan V. Burkhauser
IZA Policy Paper No. 203
The Global Housing Affordability Crisis: Policy Options and Strategies
Albert Saiz
IZA Policy Paper No. 202
Coordinating Success, Predicting Failure? Why the Market vs State Debate Misses the Mark in Asia
Simon Commander, Saul Estrin
IZA Policy Paper No. 201
College Students' Social Capital and Their Perceptions of Local and National Cohesion
Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Alan Secor
IZA Policy Paper No. 200
The Economic Effects of COVID-19 in Sweden: A Report on Income, Taxes, Distribution, and Government Support Policies
Nikolay Angelov, Daniel Waldenström
IZA Policy Paper No. 199
A Scientific Approach to Addressing Social Issues Using Administrative Data
David A. Green, Gaëlle Simard-Duplain, Arthur Sweetman, William P. Warburton
Green, David, Gaëlle Simard-Duplain, Arthur Sweetman, and William Warburton. 2023. “A Scientific Approach to Addressing Social Issues Using Administrative Data” Canadian Public Policy, 49 (4), 331-346. https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2022-058
IZA Policy Paper No. 198
Literature Review on the Effect of Physical and Mental Health on Financial Well-Being
Isaac D. Swensen, Carly Urban
IZA Policy Paper No. 197
Governing Sustainable School to Work Transitions: Lessons for the EU
Günther Schmid, Lutz Bellmann, Bernard Gazier, Janine Leschke
IZA Policy Paper No. 196
The Labor Market in Ukraine: Rebuild Better
Giacomo Anastasia, Tito Boeri, Marianna Kudlyak, Oleksandr Zholud
IZA Policy Paper No. 195
Pathways for Labor Migration from Northern Central America: Five Difficult but Necessary Proposals
Michael A. Clemens
IZA Policy Paper No. 194
Measuring Progress
Kelsey J. O'Connor
IZA Policy Paper No. 193
A More Dynamic Economy
Andrew Leigh
IZA Policy Paper No. 192
COVID-19 Pandemic and the Health and Well-being of Vulnerable People in Vietnam
Hai-Anh Dang, Minh N.N. Do
published in Pranee Liamputtong. (Eds). 2023. Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health. Springer Press.
IZA Policy Paper No. 191
Do Cash Transfers Deter Migration?
Michael A. Clemens
IZA Policy Paper No. 190
The Community Explorer: Bringing Populations' Diversity into Policy Discussions, One County at a Time
Claude Lopez, Hyeongyul Roh, Maggie Switek
IZA Policy Paper No. 189
Income Support for Non-covered Workers during COVID-19: A Review of Policy Responses
Paul Marx, Werner Eichhorst, Ulf Rinne, Johannes Brunner
initially published as: ILO Report [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 188
Promoting Youth Employment During COVID-19: A Review of Policy Responses
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Ulf Rinne, Johannes Brunner
initially published as: ILO Report [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 187
Job Retention Schemes during COVID-19: A Review of Policy Responses
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Ulf Rinne, Johannes Brunner
initially published as: ILO Report [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 186
Policy Sequences during and after COVID-19: A Review of Labour Market Policy Patterns
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Ulf Rinne, Johannes Brunner
initially published as: ILO Policy Brief [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 185
The Effect of the War on Human Capital in Ukraine and the Path for Rebuilding
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Marianna Kudlyak, Aysegül Sahin
IZA Policy Paper No. 184
Social Protection and Labor: A Key Enabler for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Jamele Rigolini
IZA Policy Paper No. 183
A Pacific Skills Visa: Improving Opportunities for Skilled Migration throughout the Pacific Region
Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens, Helen Dempster
forthcoming in: Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies
IZA Policy Paper No. 182
Policy Brief: Employer Market Power in Silicon Valley
Matthew Gibson
IZA Policy Paper No. 181
Wealth Accumulation and Retirement Preparedness in Cross-National Perspective: A Gendered Analysis of Outcomes among Single Adults
Janet Gornick, Eva Sierminska
IZA Policy Paper No. 180
Is the Global Competitiveness Index a Reliable Tool for the Design of Labor Market Policies? Evidence from Peru
Celia Vera, Silvio Rendon
IZA Policy Paper No. 179
The Impact of COVID-19 on Economic Activity: Evidence from Administrative Tax Registers
Nikolay Angelov, Daniel Waldenström
IZA Policy Paper No. 178
COVID-19 and Income Inequality: Evidence from Monthly Population Registers
Nikolay Angelov, Daniel Waldenström
IZA Policy Paper No. 177
What Shifts Did COVID-19 Year 2020 Bring to the Labour Market in Europe?
Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters [Online Access]
IZA Policy Paper No. 176
Labour Market Policy if the General Public Was in Charge
Stijn Baert, Els Clays, Eva Derous, Bert George, Brecht Neyt, Eveline Schollaert, Bart Wille
IZA Policy Paper No. 175
Underrepresentation of Women in Undergraduate Economics Degrees in Europe: A Comparison with STEM and Business
Rigissa Megalokonomou, Marian Vidal-Fernández, Duygu Yengin
IZA Policy Paper No. 174
After COVID-19: Building a More Coherent and Effective Workforce Development System in the US
Harry J. Holzer
IZA Policy Paper No. 173
Labor Market Trends and Outcomes: What Has Changed since the Great Recession?
Erica L. Groshen, Harry J. Holzer
IZA Policy Paper No. 172
What Do We Learn about the Swacch Bharat Mission from the NFHS-5 Fact Sheets?
Dean Spears, Nathan Franz, Diane Coffey
IZA Policy Paper No. 171
Who Cleans My House If the Government Pays? Disadvantaged Labor Market Groups in the Tax-Subsidized Domestic Service Sector
Johanna Rickne
IZA Policy Paper No. 170
Lockdowns and the US Unemployment Crisis
Christian Dreger, Daniel Gros
IZA Policy Paper No. 169
Humanistic Digital Governance
Dennis J. Snower, Paul Twomey
IZA Policy Paper No. 168
Gender Diversity in Firms
Ghazala Azmat, Anne Boring
forthcoming in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy
IZA Policy Paper No. 167
Italy between a Disaster and a New Development Strategy
Francesco Pastore
IZA Policy Paper No. 166
Training for Jobs of the Future: Improving Access, Certifying Skills, and Expanding Apprenticeship
Robert I. Lerman, Pamela J. Loprest, Daniel Kuehn
IZA Policy Paper No. 165
Gender Differences in Tertiary Education: What Explains STEM Participation?
Sandra McNally
IZA Policy Paper No. 164
Maneuvering through the Crisis: Labor Market and Social Policies during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Ulf Rinne
published in: Intereconomics, 2020, 55 (6), 375-380 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 163
Monetary Unions of Small Currencies and a Dominating Member: What Policies Work Best for Benefiting from the CMA?
Andreas Wörgötter, Zuzana Brixiova
published in: Journal of Development Perspectives, 2020
IZA Policy Paper No. 162
The Socio-Economics of Pandemics Policy
Dennis J. Snower
IZA Policy Paper No. 161
Pregnancy during the Pandemic
Hannes Schwandt
IZA Policy Paper No. 160
Economic Policy Response to the Pandemic: From COVID-19 Emergency to Economic Democracy
Felix FitzRoy, David Spencer
IZA Policy Paper No. 159
Socioeconomic Determinants of COVID-19 Infections and Mortality: Evidence from England and Wales
Filipa Sa
IZA Policy Paper No. 158
Designing Reopening Strategies in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Some Principles with an Application to Denmark
Torben M. Andersen, Philipp J. H. Schröder, Michael Svarer
IZA Policy Paper No. 157
Reforming Tax and Welfare: Social Justice and Recovery after the Pandemic
Felix FitzRoy, Jim Jin
IZA Policy Paper No. 156
Economic Policies for COVID-19
Paul Anand
IZA Policy Paper No. 155
Immigrant Key Workers: Their Contribution to Europe's COVID-19 Response
Francesco Fasani, Jacopo Mazza
IZA Policy Paper No. 154
Do Public Program Benefits Crowd Out Private Transfers in Developing Countries? An Overview of Evidence from Social Protection Policies
Plamen Nikolov, Matthew Bonci
IZA Policy Paper No. 153
Conflict and the Composition of Economic Activity in Afghanistan
Virgilio Galdo, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Martin Rama
IZA Policy Paper No. 152
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: A Short Note on the Multidimensional Benefits of Chinese Immigrants to Canada
Don J. DeVoretz
IZA Policy Paper No. 151
An Auctions Approach to Immigration Policy
Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny
IZA Policy Paper No. 150
What Limits College Success? A Review and Further Analysis of Holzer and Baum's 'Making College Work'
Philip Oreopoulos
IZA Policy Paper No. 149
Conflict and Poverty in Afghanistan's Transition
Vincent A. Floreani, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Martin Rama
IZA Policy Paper No. 148
The US Labor Market in 2050: Supply, Demand and Policies to Improve Outcomes
Harry J. Holzer
IZA Policy Paper No. 147
Willingness to Sacrifice for Climate Mitigation in Representative Samples of Indian Adults
Dean Spears, Payal Hathi, Diane Coffey
IZA Policy Paper No. 146
New Technology and Increasing Returns: The End of the Antitrust Century?
Kaushik Basu
IZA Policy Paper No. 145
The German Statutory Minimum Wage and Its Effects on Regional Employment and Unemployment
Holger Bonin, Ingo E. Isphording, Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Andreas Lichter, Nico Pestel, Ulf Rinne
published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 240 (2-3), 295-319 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 144
Short-Term and Long-Term Determinants of Moderate Wage Growth in the EU
Aron Kiss, Kristine Van Herck
IZA Policy Paper No. 143
New Education Models for the Workforce of the Future
Francesco Pastore
IZA Policy Paper No. 142
Reform Reversal in Former Transition Economies (FTEs) of the European Union: Areas, Circumstances and Motivations
István P. Székely, Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger
IZA Policy Paper No. 141
Risk-Sharing in Higher Education: A Policy Proposal
Douglas A. Webber
IZA Policy Paper No. 140
The PISA Shock, Socioeconomic Inequality, and School Reforms in Germany
Maddalena Davoli, Horst Entorf
IZA Policy Paper No. 139
Inclusive Growth: The Case of Germany
Günther Schmid
shorter version forthcoming in a special issue of: International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
IZA Policy Paper No. 138
Skills for the 21st Century: Findings and Policy Lessons from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills
John P. Martin
IZA Policy Paper No. 137
Policy Experimentation and Impact Evaluation: The Case of a Student Voucher System in New Zealand
Sholeh A. Maani
IZA Policy Paper No. 136
Deterring Emigration with Foreign Aid: An Overview of Evidence from Low-Income Countries
Michael A. Clemens, Hannah M. Postel
published in: Population and Development Review, 2018, 44 (4), 667-693
IZA Policy Paper No. 135
Investing in Human Capital to Boost Growth!
Floro Ernesto Caroleo, Francesco Pastore
Revised version published with the title “The Italian low growth conundrum. An assessment and some policy lessons” in CESIFO Forum, 2019, 20(1), 33-39.
IZA Policy Paper No. 134
Digital Challenges for the Welfare State
Werner Eichhorst, Ulf Rinne
published in: CESifo Forum, 2017, 18 (4), 3-8 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 133
Basic Income and a Public Job Offer: Complementary Policies to Reduce Poverty and Unemployment
Felix FitzRoy, Jim Jin
IZA Policy Paper No. 132
Tertiary Education for All and Wage Inequality: Policy Insights from Quantile Regression
Corrado Andini
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2023, 50 (6), 1281-1296
IZA Policy Paper No. 131
Boom, Slump, Sudden Stops, Recovery, and Policy Options: Portugal and the Euro
Olivier Blanchard, Pedro Portugal
Published in Portuguese Economic Journal, 2017, Volume 16, Nº 3.
IZA Policy Paper No. 130
The ABCs of Nonfinancial Defined Contribution (NDC) Schemes
Robert Holzmann
published in: International Social Security Review, 2017, Vol. 70, No.3.
IZA Policy Paper No. 129
The US Unemployment Insurance, a Federal-State Partnership: Relevance for Reflections at the European Level
Georg Fischer
IZA Policy Paper No. 128
The European Youth Guarantee: A Preliminary Assessment and Broader Conceptual Implications
Werner Eichhorst, Ulf Rinne
published in: CESifo Forum, 2017, 18 (2), 34-38 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 127
Getting It Right: Youth Employment Policy within the EU
Francesco Pastore
published in: CESifo Forum, 2017, 18 (2), 26–33.
IZA Policy Paper No. 126
A Sustainable Immigration Policy for the EU
Jo Ritzen, Martin Kahanec
IZA Policy Paper No. 125
EU Mobility
Jo Ritzen, Martin Kahanec, Jasmina Haas
IZA Policy Paper No. 124
Statutory Minimum Wages in the EU: Institutional Settings and Macroeconomic Implications
Alfonso Arpaia, Pedro Cardoso, Aron Kiss, Kristine Van Herck, Anneleen Vandeplas
IZA Policy Paper No. 123
Policies to Expand Digital Skills for the Machine Age
John P. Martin
IZA Policy Paper No. 122
Labor Market Institutions and the Future of Work: Good Jobs for All?
Werner Eichhorst
also available in Spanish: http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/42539/1/S1700870_es.pdf
IZA Policy Paper No. 121
European Identity and the Learning Union
Jo Ritzen, Jasmina Haas, Annemarie Neeleman, Pedro N. Teixeira
IZA Policy Paper No. 120
A Sustainable Euro Area with Exit Options
Jo Ritzen, Jasmina Haas
IZA Policy Paper No. 119
Promoting Youth Employment in Europe: Evidence-based Policy Lessons
Werner Eichhorst, Ulf Rinne
published in: Miguel Angel Malo and Almudena Moreno Minguez (eds.): Youth Labour Markets. Problems and Policies. Cham: Springer, 2018, 189-204 [Info & Abstract]
IZA Policy Paper No. 118
Can Conditional Transfers Eradicate Child Marriage?
Sajeda Amin, Niaz Asadullah, Sara Hossain, Zaki Wahhaj
published in: Economic and Political Weekly, 2017, 52(6)
IZA Policy Paper No. 117
How Big is the Gig? Assessing the Preliminary Evidence on the Effects of Digitalization on the Labor Market
Werner Eichhorst, Holger Hinte, Ulf Rinne, Verena Tobsch
published in: Management Revue, 2017, 28 (3), 298-318 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 116
Flexible and Secure Labour Market Transitions: Towards Institutional Capacity Building in the Digital Economy
Günther Schmid
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