Evidence-based Policy Making in Labor Economics: The IZA World of Labor Guide 2018
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IZA World of Labor provides a reliable and concise guide to the best thinking and research on labor economics for decision makers, advisors, and interested citizens concerned with labor market issues worldwide.
Written by well-known labor economists, this volume presents research findings on key policy issues in a compact and readable format, as distillations of comprehensive evidence-based research with concise policy recommendations.
Designed to act as a quick reference, this guide brings together summaries of over 100 articles published on the IZA World of Labor website to give busy policy advisors, journalists, researchers, policymakers and concerned citizens in every country around the world instant access to authoritative guidance on key policy topics. These include summaries of the current state of specific country labor markets; the effects of climate change; part-time employment; multiple job-holding; motherhood wage penalty; big data; and labor market outcomes of trans people.
Convenient, quick reference for policymakers bringing together concise overviews of the best international thinking and research on key labor economic issues including immigration, minimum wage, and the gender wage gap.
Authoritative, evidence-based resource for policymakers and researchers
Provides a convenient quick reference
Provides reliable overviews of global research findings in a given policy area
- Title: Evidence-based Policy Making in Labor Economics: The IZA World of Labor Guide 2018
- Authors: Daniel S. Hamermesh, Olga K. Nottmeyer
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Information
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472963987, 9781472963963, 1472963962, 1472963989
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472963987
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T11:35:18Z
Daniel S. Hamermesh is Distinguished Scholar, Barnard College, USA, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, and at Royal Holloway University of London, UK, and Editor-in-Chief of IZA World of Labor
Olga K. Nottmeyer holds a PhD in Economics and is Managing Editor of IZA World of Labor