Dec 12, 2025 · About IZA IZA is a nonprofit research institute and the leading international network in labor economics, comprising around 2,000 scholars from over 60 countries.

Dec 12, 2025 · IZA World of Labor is an online platform that provides policy analysts, journalists, academics and society generally with relevant and concise information on labor market issues.

The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later …

IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, comprising about 2,000 top-level scholars from all over the globe, whose research provides answers to the global labor market challenges of our time.

Our flagship outlets include the IZA Discussion Paper Series and the IZA World of Labor. We also publish books, issue research reports, and co-edit the Research in Labor Economics (RLE) series.

IZA World of Labor is a comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date information resource aimed at decision makers, advisors, interested citizens and others who are concerned with issues in labor worldwide.

The emphasis of his work has been the labour market and the theory and policy related to unemployment. Prior to that, in 2005, he became the first European economist to win the IZA Prize in …

Dec 19, 2024 · The IZA community extends its deepest sympathies to Richard Easterlin’s family, friends, and colleagues. His legacy as a groundbreaking economist and compassionate mentor will endure, …

Acknowledgments The author thanks an anonymous referee and the IZA World of Labor editors for many helpful suggestions on earlier drafts.

Established in 1998 in Bonn, Germany, IZA is an independent, non-profit research institution supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation with a focus on the analysis of global labour markets.