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The IZA@LISER Network is a global community of scholars dedicated to excellence in labor economics, now coordinated at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) following its transition from Bonn.
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📖 World of Labour - New opinion piece "Too old to hire? What job ads reveal about #AgeDiscrimination" by Lennart Ziegler.

When employers look beyond age, older workers get a fairer chance while firms lose nothing.

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#EconSky #Unemployment #Austria
Too old to hire? What job ads reveal about age discrimination
While explicit age limits may define employers’ ideal candidates, they discourage older workers from applying and thereby exclude qualified applicants.
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September 16, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New article "The labour market in Israel, 2004-2024" by Tali Larom and Osnat Lifshitz.

#Israel ’s labour market has weathered major shocks, but closing persistent gaps will be key to sustaining future growth.

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#EconSky #WageGrowth
September 9, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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🏠 Hybrid work may be doing more than changing where we work, it may also be boosting productivity.

🆕IZA Discussion Paper by P. Askenazy, U. Di Nallo & @ismaelramajo.bsky.social provides new large-scale evidence from French firms on the longer-term effects of #telework

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September 8, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New opinion piece "Motivating job seekers takes more than an email" by B. Cockx, J. Egebark, G. Van Hoye, E. Videnord & J. Vikström.

Digital nudges offer a cheap/scalable way to motivate job seekers, but they do not always produce desired results.

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Motivating job seekers takes more than an email
Digital nudges offer a cheap and scalable way to motivate job seekers, but they do not always produce the desired results.
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September 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New opinion piece "When benefit sanctions spread through the workplace" by Joan Vilá, Marcelo Bergolo, and Guillermo Cruces.

The authors examine how workplace networks influence responses to income-based eligibility checks.

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When benefit sanctions spread through the workplace
Seeing a colleague lose benefits can change coworkers' behaviour to avoid the same.
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August 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New article "The labour market in #Australia, 2000-2024" by Kadir Atalay and Garry Barrett.

Sustained economic growth led to reduced #unemployment and real earnings growth, but prosperity has not been equally shared

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The labour market in Australia, 2000-2024
Sustained economic growth led to reduced unemployment and real earnings growth, but prosperity has not been equally shared
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August 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Two IZA Discussion Papers trace the complex chain reaction connecting a child's 1st day of class to their adult livelihood.

📄The Economics of Age at School Entry: Insights from Evidence & Methods by M. Cavallo, @bdhuey.bsky.social, @lfumarco.bsky.social, L. Halewyck & @meulensimon.bsky.social
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August 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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📖 World of Labour - New opinion piece "Rising temperatures are hurting firms" by Vladimir Otrachshenko & Roman Vasil.

Spring & summer heat cuts sales/profits, especially in #agriculture, #construction & #transport

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#ClimateChange #HeatAdaptation #EconSky
Rising temperatures are hurting firms
Spring and summer heat cuts sales and profits, especially in agriculture, construction, and transport.
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August 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New opinion piece "Climate education works and can be scaled" by S. Carattini, P. Giustinelli & M. Veronesi.

High-quality #ClimateEducation helps people understand, support, and act on #ClimateSolutions

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#ClimateChange #EconSky
Climate education works and can be scaled
Training can strengthen participants' knowledge, confidence, and support for climate action, while encouraging reflection on carbon-intensive behaviours
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July 30, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New article "Does hot weather affect human fertility?" by @alanbarreca.bsky.social

Research finds that hot weather causes a fall in #BirthRates nine months later.

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Does hot weather affect human fertility?
Hot weather can worsen reproductive health and decrease later birth rates
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July 29, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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📖 World of Labour: 🆕 article "The Greek labour market, 2000-2024" by @efiadamopoulou.bsky.social & N. Giannakopoulos.

Has #Greece 's labour market truly recovered? Falling unemployment is only part of the story: wages, job quality & productivity remain key challenges.

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The Greek labour market, 2000-2024
Greece has faced major crisis-driven job losses, persistent long-term unemployment, wage compression, and a post-crisis shift toward minimum-wage-led wage setting
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July 22, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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📢 Call for Papers: Inaugural IZA@LISER Conference in Labour Economics #IZAatLISER

🗣️W/ Keynotes from Patricia Cortes & @schoefer.bsky.social

🗓️ 10-11 Dec. 2026 in #Luxembourg

📖 Topics include #Education #Inequality #Migration #GenderEconomics etc.

⌛ Submit by 31/08

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July 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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📖 World of Labour 🆕 opinion piece "Does becoming richer make people happier?" by @drekaterinaoparina.bsky.social, A. E. Clark & R. Layard.

While wealthier people tend to be happier than poorer people, countries do not necessarily become happier as they grow wealthier

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Does becoming richer make people happier?
While wealthier people tend to be happier than poorer people, countries do not necessarily become happier as they grow wealthier.
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July 15, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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📖 World of Labour 🆕 article "The labour market in Romania, 2000-2024" by Eva Militaru.

Unlocking #Romania ’s #workforce potential: Employment has 📈, yet tackling structural barriers will be key to sustaining growth & prosperity. #inequalities #skillsgaps

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The labour market in Romania, 2000-2024
Labour market improvements coexist with structural disparities, requiring policies to broaden participation
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July 14, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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🌡️ Rising temperatures call for a redesign of citywide preventive and emergency care strategies.

A 🆕 IZA Discussion Paper by V. Pecanha, R. Rocha & D. Szerman reveals that heat-related mortality is not evenly distributed across urban areas. #HealthEconomics

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July 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New opinion piece "Seen from space: what the #USAID shutdown did to Africa" by Marcella Nicolini & @fabiosabatini.bsky.social

When aid stops overnight: The abrupt 2025 USAID funding freeze reveals the economic and #humanitarian costs.

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When aid stops overnight
The abrupt 2025 USAID funding freeze reveals the economic and humanitarian costs.
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July 8, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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🎓Career aspirations are often shaped by family backgrounds—but they don't have to be.

🆕IZA Dis. Paper by S. Badini, @esthergehrke.bsky.social, F. Lenel & C. Schupp shows how a simple digital intervention can help students explore careers beyond those of their parents.

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July 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New opinion piece "Looking beyond job numbers in Germany’s #WelfareReform debate" by @leokaas.bsky.social, E. Lalé & N. Siassi.

Stricter welfare rules may boost employment, but they can also ⬇️ job quality, ⬆️ #inequality & shift risks onto workers.

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Looking beyond job numbers in Germany’s welfare reform debate
Cutting benefits may boost employment but can reduce job quality, increase inequality, and shift costs and risks to workers
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July 1, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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📊 For 25 years, #Spain appeared to have a #demographic mystery: too many boys, too few girls.

A new IZA Discussion Paper by Manuel Bagues & @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social reveals that Spain’s so-called “missing women” never went missing at all. #DataQuality

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June 25, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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In this new @iza.org WP with Giovanni Peri, we we show that access to the newly built Mexican railway system in the early 1900's had two important effects. (1) It generated a network of migrants to the US, which persisted, in direction and relative size, until today.
June 22, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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World of Labour:🆕opinion piece "When paying students to stay in school falls short" by J. Britton, @nickridpath.bsky.social, @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social & B. Waltmann

Paying disadvantaged teens to stay in school may raise enrolment but does not improve future prospects.
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When paying students to stay in school falls short
Paying disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school slightly raises enrolment but does not improve qualifications or future job prospects
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June 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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📣 New IZA Discussion Paper: "When Algorithms Rate Performance: Do Large Language Models Replicate Human Evaluation Biases?" by @rmrilke.bsky.social & D. Sliwka

It investigates how #LLMs assess #EmployeePerformance & what it means for the future of #AI -assisted mgmt.

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June 11, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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📖 World of Labour - New article "Do anti-discrimination policies work?" by Marie-Anne Valfort

Do anti-discrimination policies work? Legal safeguards, employer accountability, evidence-based HR practices, & policies that empower at-risk groups are all needed.

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June 10, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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❓ Can a CEO’s political stance change what people buy?

🆕 IZA diss. paper by @jcbuggle.bsky.social et al. shows how Elon Musk’s controversial #AfD endorsement fractured #Tesla ’s consumer base in #Germany, driving a wedge b/t regional markets & triggering a ⬇️ in sales.

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June 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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World of Labour: 🆕 opinion piece "Workers deserve more honest estimates of #AI #jobrisk" by @michelle-yin.bsky.social

The same worker can appear vulnerable/unaffected depending on which #AImodel is used—raising serious Qs for labour market forecasts & #PublicPolicy

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Workers deserve more honest estimates of AI job risk
Estimated occupational exposure to AI varies substantially across models, shaping labour market forecasts, the identification of vulnerable sectors, and the design of reskilling initiatives
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June 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM