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183 IZA Policy Papers
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
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
IZA Policy Paper No. 115
Inequality, Public Wealth, and the Federal Shareholder
Giacomo Corneo
IZA Policy Paper No. 114
Whither Activation Policies? Reflections for the Future
John P. Martin
IZA Policy Paper No. 113
"Tongue Tide": The Economics of Language Offers Important Lessons for How Europe Can Best Integrate Migrants
Barry R. Chiswick
forthcoming in: Finance and Development
IZA Policy Paper No. 112
In Europe We Trust?
Jo Ritzen, Jasmina Haas
IZA Policy Paper No. 111
Do Bilateral Social Security Agreements Deliver on the Portability of Pensions and Health Care Benefits? A Summary Policy Paper on Four Migration Corridors Between EU and Non-EU Member States
Robert Holzmann
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies , 2017, 5(17): 1-35.
IZA Policy Paper No. 110
Funding Mechanisms for Financing Vocational Training: An Analytical Framework
Adrian Ziderman
IZA Policy Paper No. 109
The Nordic Welfare Model in an Open European Labor Market
Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed
published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2016, 6 (2), 19-42
IZA Policy Paper No. 108
Managing Immigration in the 21st Century
Barry R. Chiswick
forthcoming in: Borjas/Chiswick, Foundations of Migration Economics (edited by Constant/Zimmermann), IZA Prize Book Series, OUP
IZA Policy Paper No. 107
European Universities during the Crisis: A Public Policy Perspective, with a Brief Excursion to the US
Jo Ritzen
IZA Policy Paper No. 106
Labour Mobility and Labour Market Adjustment in the EU
Alfonso Arpaia, Aron Kiss, Balazs Palvolgyi, Alessandro Turrini
IZA Policy Paper No. 105
Precarious and Less Well Paid? Wage Differences between Permanent and Fixed-term Contracts across the EU
António Dias da Silva, Alessandro Turrini
IZA Policy Paper No. 104
Absenteeism, Pension Reforms and Grandmothers
Flavia Coda Moscarola, Elsa Fornero, Steinar Strom
IZA Policy Paper No. 103
Youth Unemployment
Niall O'Higgins
published in: Andy Furlong (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood, 2nd Edn, 2017
IZA Policy Paper No. 102
Do We Have to Be Afraid of the Future World of Work?
Werner Eichhorst
IZA Policy Paper No. 101
Public Debt Sustainability in Africa: Building Resilience and Challenges Ahead
Mthuli Ncube, Zuzana Brixiova
published in: Development Policy Review, 2015, 33 (5), 555 - 580
IZA Policy Paper No. 100
The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor
Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Policy Paper No. 99
Low Pay as an Alternative to Public Direct Job Creation? Lessons from the German Case
Werner Eichhorst
published in: Korea Employment Information Service (ed.), Active Labour Market Policies in OECD Countries. 2014
IZA Policy Paper No. 98
The Institutional and Economic Limits to Bargaining Decentralization in Italy
Francesco D'Amuri, Cristina Giorgiantonio
IZA Policy Paper No. 97
A Feasible Unemployment-Based Shock Absorber for the Euro Area
Andrea Brandolini, Francesca Carta, Francesco D'Amuri
forthcoming in: the Journal of Common Market Studies
IZA Policy Paper No. 96
Old-Age Financial Protection in Malaysia: Challenges and Options
Robert Holzmann
IZA Policy Paper No. 95
Youth Unemployment in India: From a European and Transitional Labour Market Point of View
Günther Schmid
IZA Policy Paper No. 94
Addressing Access and Behavioral Constraints through Social Intermediation Services: A Review of Chile Solidario and Red Unidos
Adriana Camacho, Wendy Cunningham, Jamele Rigolini, Veronica Silva
IZA Policy Paper No. 93
Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Spain
Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Natalia Nollenberger
published: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, February 2016
IZA Policy Paper No. 92
A Joint Unemployment Insurance for the European Economic and Monetary Union?
Werner Eichhorst, Florian Wozny
IZA Policy Paper No. 91
Is Unemployment Structural or Cyclical? Main Features of Job Matching in the EU after the Crisis
Alfonso Arpaia, Aron Kiss, Alessandro Turrini
IZA Policy Paper No. 90
Evidence-Based Scientific Policy Advice
Klaus F. Zimmermann
published as 'Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Politikberatung' in: Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2014, 134, 259-270
IZA Policy Paper No. 89
Earnings Inequality
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel
published in: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, 2015, Vol. 6, 765-772
IZA Policy Paper No. 88
A Decade of Labour Market Reforms in the EU: Insights from the LABREF Database
Alessandro Turrini, Gabor Koltay, Fabiana Pierini, Clarisse Goffard, Aron Kiss
IZA Policy Paper No. 87
Does the Calculation Hold? The Fiscal Balance of Migration to Denmark and Germany
Holger Hinte, Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Policy Paper No. 86
Why Minimum Wage Increases Are a Poor Way to Help the Working Poor
Richard V. Burkhauser
IZA Policy Paper No. 85
The Parameters of a National Minimum Hourly Wage
Philippe Askenazy
Adapted version published in: ifo DICE Report, 2019, 16(04), pages 09-13
IZA Policy Paper No. 84
Activation and Active Labour Market Policies in OECD Countries: Stylized Facts and Evidence on their Effectiveness
John P. Martin
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