Überblick
"(..) We are grateful for the past 15 years. The rise of IZA coincides, not by mere accident, with the rise of Germany from the “sick man of Europe” (Economist, 1999) to the “engine of the European economy” (Economist, 2010). IZA was chartered and is recognized as an independent, non-profit research institution. Thanks to a solid funding base provided by the Deutsche Post Foundation, complemented by other sources of funding from all parts of the world, IZA is independent from commissioned research and faces no restrictions concerning its research topics and advisory activities. Members of the IZA network (the largest of its kind in economics), who publish their research in the IZA publication series, are responsible for their own funding. Consequently, IZA’s research output reflects the broad knowledge base of today’s labor economics with all its facets, regardless of scientific approach or social policy orientation. The IZA research agenda fosters our knowledge in the field by posing new research questions and bringing together leading experts from its fellow network to study these questions in order to provide answers based on cutting-edge research. The continually expanded range of topics now covers such diverse areas as labor market policy evaluation; migration and integration; behavioral and personnel economics; employment, development; and the labor market aspects of environmental policies. The main theme behind all this research is “shaping the future of labor.” (...)"