We provide evidence for a causal link between the US economy and the global financial cycle. Using a unique intraday dataset, we show that US macroeconomic news releases have large and significant effects on global risky asset prices. Stock price indexes of 27 countries, the VIX, and commodity...

This paper studies how banks compete amid digital disruption and the resulting distributional effect across consumers. Digital disruption increases the geographic coverage of banking services, bringing new entrants to local markets. However, as digital customers shift from branches to digital...

We are seeking the best current papers on education, broadly understood including work on pupils, teachers, schools, and universities. The conference will have a limited set of full participants, who can actively engage with the speakers. We will allow an unlimited number of researchers to...

The aim of the meeting is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their most recent research related to labor market institutions. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to): - Unemployment insurance; - Employment protection; - Active labor market policies; - Short-time...

The purpose of the 2022 workshop of IZA’s “Labor Statistics” program area is to bring together senior and junior researchers to discuss their recent empirical research related to incomes, living costs, and standards of living. Among other possible topics, papers of interest might present...

The aim of the 2022 workshop of IZA's Environment, Health and Labor Markets program area is to bring together researchers analyzing the impact of environmental factors and health policies on labor market outcomes, human capital outcomes, industrial activity, production decisions and demographic...

Topics: - The supply of unpaid caregiving - Health and wellbeing effects of ‘caring for’ and ‘caring about’ - Employment (retirement) and caregiving decisions - Long term care after COVID-19 - Determinants and effects of nursing home entry - Staffing and quality of nursing homes -...