IZA Policy Papers

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115: Inequality, Public Wealth, and the Federal Shareholder

Giacomo Corneo

114: Whither Activation Policies? Reflections for the Future

John Martin

113: "Tongue Tide": The Economics of Language Offers Important Lessons for How Europe Can Best Integrate Migrants

Barry Chiswick

112: In Europe We Trust?

Jo Ritzen and Jasmina Haas

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

110: Funding Mechanisms for Financing Vocational Training: An Analytical Framework

Adrian Ziderman

109: The Nordic Welfare Model in an Open European Labor Market

Bernt Bratsberg and Knut Røed

108: Managing Immigration in the 21st Century

Barry Chiswick

107: European Universities during the Crisis: A Public Policy Perspective, with a Brief Excursion to the US

Jo Ritzen

106: Labour Mobility and Labour Market Adjustment in the EU

Alfonso Arpaia, Áron Kiss, Balazs Palvolgyi and Alessandro Turrini

105: Precarious and Less Well Paid? Wage Differences between Permanent and Fixed-term Contracts across the EU

António Dias da Silva and Alessandro Turrini

104: Absenteeism, Pension Reforms and Grandmothers

Flavia Coda Moscarola, Elsa Fornero and Steinar Strøm

103: Youth Unemployment

Shane Niall O'Higgins

102: Do We Have to Be Afraid of the Future World of Work?

Werner Eichhorst

101: Public Debt Sustainability in Africa: Building Resilience and Challenges Ahead

Mthuli Ncube and Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski

100: The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor

Klaus Zimmermann

99: Low Pay as an Alternative to Public Direct Job Creation? Lessons from the German Case

Werner Eichhorst

98: The Institutional and Economic Limits to Bargaining Decentralization in Italy

Francesco D'Amuri and Cristina Giorgiantonio

97: A Feasible Unemployment-Based Shock Absorber for the Euro Area

Andrea Brandolini, Francesca Carta and Francesco D'Amuri

96: Old-Age Financial Protection in Malaysia: Challenges and Options

Robert Holzmann

95: Youth Unemployment in India: From a European and Transitional Labour Market Point of View

Günther Schmid

94: Addressing Access and Behavioral Constraints through Social Intermediation Services: A Review of Chile Solidario and Red Unidos

Adriana Camacho, Wendy Cunningham, Iamele Rigolini and Veronica Silva

93: Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Spain

Núria Rodriguez-Planas and Natalia Nollenberger

92: A Joint Unemployment Insurance for the European Economic and Monetary Union?

Werner Eichhorst and Florian Wozny

91: Is Unemployment Structural or Cyclical? Main Features of Job Matching in the EU after the Crisis

Alfonso Arpaia, Áron Kiss and Alessandro Turrini

90: Evidence-Based Scientific Policy Advice

Klaus Zimmermann

89: Earnings Inequality

Andreas Peichl and Nico Pestel

88: A Decade of Labour Market Reforms in the EU: Insights from the LABREF Database

Alessandro Turrini, Gabor Koltay, Fabiana Pierini, Clarisse Goffard and Áron Kiss

87: Does the Calculation Hold? The Fiscal Balance of Migration to Denmark and Germany

Holger Hinte and Klaus Zimmermann

86: Why Minimum Wage Increases Are a Poor Way to Help the Working Poor

Richard Burkhauser

85: The Parameters of a National Minimum Hourly Wage

Philippe Askenazy

84: Activation and Active Labour Market Policies in OECD Countries: Stylized Facts and Evidence on their Effectiveness

John Martin

83: Using Online Platforms for Competence Tests: A Component of the Demographic Policy of Germany

Alexander Spermann

82: Inclusive Growth: What Future for the European Social Model?

Günther Schmid

81: Globalisation and the Future of the Welfare State

Yu-Fu Chen, Holger Görg, Dennis Görlich, Hassan Molana, Catia Montagna and Yama Temouri

80: Youth Unemployment in Mediterranean Countries

Werner Eichhorst and Franziska Neder

79: Estimating Workforce Disposal in the Italian Labour Market

Bruno Contini and Elisa Grand

78: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Sectoral and Macroeconomic Perspectives for Germany, the EU and the US

Tony Irawan and Paul Welfens

77: Non-Standard Employment Patterns in the Netherlands

Anne Gielen and Trudie Schils

76: Education System Reform in Pakistan: Why, When, and How?

Mehnaz Aziz, David Bloom, Salal Humair, Emmanuel Jimenez, Larry Rosenberg and Zeba Sathar

75: Labor Market Reforms and the Great Recession

Klaus Zimmermann

74: Labor Demand Effects of Rising Electricity Prices: Evidence for Germany

Michael Cox, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch

73: A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment

Jo Ritzen and Klaus Zimmermann

72: Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries: Country Study on Germany

Costanza Biavaschi and Klaus Zimmermann

71: Who Cares for You at Home? Personal and Household Services in Europe

Annette Angermann and Werner Eichhorst

70: How Does Temporary Agency Work Impact German Agency Workers?

Alexander Spermann

69: The Mobility Challenge for Growth and Integration in Europe

Klaus Zimmermann

68: Cooperatives in a Global Economy: Key Economic Issues, Recent Trends, and Potential for Development

Stephen C. Smith and Jonathan Rothbaum

67: Sector Surcharges for Temporary Agency Workers in Germany: A Way Out of the Low-Wage Sector?

Alexander Spermann

66: Youth Unemployment in Belgium: Diagnosis and Key Remedies

Bart Cockx