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214 IZA Policy Papers
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
published in: the Journal of Common Market Studies, 2016, 54 (5), 1123-1141
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
IZA Policy Paper No. 83
Using Online Platforms for Competence Tests: A Component of the Demographic Policy of Germany
Alexander Spermann
published as "Ist die OECD-Kompetenzrevolution in Deutschland angekommen?" in: Das Demographie Netzwerk (ed.), Lust am Lernen – ein Leben lang, 2014, 8-18
IZA Policy Paper No. 82
Inclusive Growth: What Future for the European Social Model?
Günther Schmid
IZA Policy Paper No. 81
Globalisation and the Future of the Welfare State
Yu-Fu Chen, Holger Görg, Dennis Görlich, Hassan Molana, Catia Montagna, Yama Temouri
IZA Policy Paper No. 80
Youth Unemployment in Mediterranean Countries
Werner Eichhorst, Franziska Neder
published in: IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2014, 265-271
IZA Policy Paper No. 79
Estimating Workforce Disposal in the Italian Labour Market
Bruno Contini, Elisa Grand
IZA Policy Paper No. 78
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Sectoral and Macroeconomic Perspectives for Germany, the EU and the US
Tony Irawan, Paul J. J. Welfens
published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2014, 11(3), 293-328
IZA Policy Paper No. 77
Non-Standard Employment Patterns in the Netherlands
Anne C. Gielen, Trudie Schils
IZA Policy Paper No. 76
Education System Reform in Pakistan: Why, When, and How?
Mehnaz Aziz, David E. Bloom, Salal Humair, Emmanuel Jimenez, Larry Rosenberg, Zeba Sathar
IZA Policy Paper No. 75
Labor Market Reforms and the Great Recession
Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Policy Paper No. 74
Labor Demand Effects of Rising Electricity Prices: Evidence for Germany
Michael Cox, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch
published in: Energy Policy, 2014, 75, 266-277
IZA Policy Paper No. 73
A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment
Jo Ritzen, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3:10, [Open Access]
IZA Policy Paper No. 72
Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries: Country Study on Germany
Costanza Biavaschi, Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Policy Paper No. 71
Who Cares for You at Home? Personal and Household Services in Europe
Annette Angermann, Werner Eichhorst
IZA Policy Paper No. 70
How Does Temporary Agency Work Impact German Agency Workers?
Alexander Spermann
published as "Wandel und Stabilität in der Arbeitswelt – Das Beispiel der Zeitarbeit" in: Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, 2014, 68, 88-101
IZA Policy Paper No. 69
The Mobility Challenge for Growth and Integration in Europe
Klaus F. Zimmermann
substantially revised version published in: European Debates No. 4, May 2014. See also the introduction by the Editor. [Open Access] / an updated and extended version published as ‘Migration, jobs and integration in Europe’ in: Migration Policy Practice, 2014, 6(4), 4-16
IZA Policy Paper No. 68
Cooperatives in a Global Economy: Key Economic Issues, Recent Trends, and Potential for Development
Stephen C. Smith, Jonathan Rothbaum
published in: Co-operatives in a Post-Growth Era: Creating Co-operative Economics, Sonja Novkovic and Tom Webb, eds., pages 221-241, 2014, Zed Books (Distributed by University of Chicago Press)
IZA Policy Paper No. 67
Sector Surcharges for Temporary Agency Workers in Germany: A Way Out of the Low-Wage Sector?
Alexander Spermann
published in German as "Branchenzuschläge in der Zeitarbeit – ein Weg aus dem Niedriglohnsektor?" in: Bouncken, Ricarda B. u. Manfred Bornewasser u. Lutz Bellmann (Hg.), Neue Herausforderungen in der Zeitarbeit, Beiträge zur Flexibilisierung, 2013, Band 5, 105-135
IZA Policy Paper No. 66
Youth Unemployment in Belgium: Diagnosis and Key Remedies
Bart Cockx
published in: Intereconomics, 2013, 48 (4), 202-209
IZA Policy Paper No. 65
Youth Unemployment in Europe: What to Do about It?
Werner Eichhorst, Holger Hinte, Ulf Rinne
published in: Intereconomics, 2013, 48 (4), 230-235 [Details & Download]
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