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IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

In research, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,362 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,581 of 6,365 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#560 of 1,775 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies, Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Gender Studies is 14.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,478
of 28,054 · #3,611 all time
Rank in Germany
#271
of 1,178
Research works
7.7k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
152k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is IZA - Institute of Labor Economics known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,362 of 10,521 16.4%775 #421
Social SciencesField #1,581 of 6,365 17.0%419 #573
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #560 of 1,775 15.8%230 #120
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #457 of 1,272 16.8%192 #88
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #927 of 2,578 18.2%157 #339
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #515 of 916 20.2%71 #298
Health SciencesDomain #6,825 of 11,982 19.0%103 #5852
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,828 of 2,578 13.7%60 #1296
Physical SciencesDomain #9,365 of 12,888 13.8%60 #14003
Health ProfessionsField #1,622 of 1,928 19.5%75 #1335

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IZA - Institute of Labor Economics sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#421 #1,362
  2. Social Sciences#573 #1,581
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#120 #560
  4. Economics and Econometrics#88 #457
  5. Sociology and Political Science#339 #927
  6. General Health Professions#298 #515
  7. Health Sciences#5,852 #6,825
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#1,296 #1,828
  9. Physical Sciences#14,003 #9,365
  10. Health Professions#1,335 #1,622
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does IZA - Institute of Labor Economics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 14.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 51.4 works15×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 191.8 works13×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 230.1 works11×
  4. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 23.2 works9.7×
  5. Safety ResearchSubfield · 23.5 works8.9×
  6. DemographySubfield · 44.8 works6.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.97× its world share, 75 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11.27× its world share, 230 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.47× its world share, 419 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at IZA - Institute of Labor Economics?

Ranked on the composite score, Marco Caliendo, Mark E. Schaffer and Stephan Meier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IZA - Institute of Labor Economics.

  1. 1 Marco Caliendo Germany · #7,899 worldwide 1.3k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Mark E. Schaffer Germany · #16,853 worldwide 776 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Stephan Meier Germany · #33,896 worldwide 551 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Ana Rute Cardoso Germany · #154,105 worldwide 204 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Holger Bonin Germany · #156,240 worldwide 155 citations · 61 works
  6. 6 John Micklewright Germany · #169,737 worldwide 235 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Lorenz Göette Germany · #193,435 worldwide 225 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Erica L. Groshen Germany · #203,477 worldwide 208 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Sonia Bhalotra Germany · #227,502 worldwide 179 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Dan‐Olof Rooth Germany · #228,726 worldwide 113 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

Which keywords describe research at IZA - Institute of Labor Economics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Labor Market, Unemployment, Globalization, Economic Growth, Economic Development, Gender Inequality, Health Outcomes and Technological Change.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Labor Market143▲ 51×15 topics
  2. Globalization103▲ 5.5×58 topics
  3. Unemployment91▲ 110×3 topics
  4. Economic Growth76▲ 9.4×24 topics
  5. Economic Development74▲ 9.5×30 topics
  6. Education68▲ 4.2×22 topics
  7. Mental Health68▲ 4.9×25 topics
  8. Gender Inequality62▲ 47×6 topics
  9. Health Outcomes59▲ 23×5 topics
  10. Technological Change59▲ 156×2 topics
  11. Personality Traits52▲ 42×7 topics
  12. Labor Force Participation51▲ 117×2 topics
  13. Skill-Biased48▲ 282×1 topic
  14. Wage Inequality48▲ 282×1 topic
  15. Social Policy47▲ 52×6 topics
  16. Income Inequality46▲ 34×7 topics
  17. Human Capital44▲ 29×7 topics
  18. Income Tax43▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Economic Crisis42▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Social Determinants of Health42▲ 20×5 topics
  21. Austerity Measures42▲ 62×2 topics
  22. Job Insecurity42▲ 69×1 topic
  23. Precarious Employment42▲ 69×1 topic
  24. Social Networks37▲ 14×8 topics
  25. Social Capital36▲ 7.2×16 topics
  26. Immigration36▲ 33×5 topics
  27. Fiscal Policy32▲ 16×7 topics
  28. Consumer Behavior32▲ 5.2×12 topics
  29. Household Decision Making32▲ 147×1 topic
  30. Welfare Reform32▲ 147×1 topic
  31. Political Economy31▲ 13×12 topics
  32. Inequality30▲ 14×11 topics
  33. Social Support28▲ 5.2×13 topics
  34. Network Effects28▲ 42×2 topics
  35. Remittances27▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Transnational Families27▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Trust26▲ 10.0×8 topics
  38. Academic Achievement26▲ 16×9 topics
  39. Monetary Policy25▲ 11×9 topics
  40. Employment Patterns23▲ 49×2 topics

Which research topics does IZA - Institute of Labor Economics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, Employment and Welfare Studies, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics and Migration and Labor Dynamics.

Labor market dynamics and wage inequality: 48 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 42 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 32 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 27 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 20 fractional worksLabor Movements and Unions16Labor Movements and Unions: 16 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 15 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 14 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 14 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsGender StudiesSociology and Political Science4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 48 works
  2. 2 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 42 works
  3. 3 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 32 works
  4. 4 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  5. 5 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 20 works
  6. 6 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 16 works
  7. 7 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 15 works
  8. 8 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 14 works
  9. 9 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 14 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available86.5%not open13.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors81.0%domestic only19.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IZA - Institute of Labor Economics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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