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177 IZA Policy Papers
IZA Policy Paper No. 177
What Shifts Did COVID-19 Year 2020 Bring to the Labour Market in Europe?
Stijn Baert
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]
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