Editorial: IZA Journal of Labor and Development

Lam, David; Lehmann, Hartmut; Wahba, Jackline; Zimmermann, Klaus F. Article Editorial: IZA Journal of Labor and Development IZA Journal of Labor & Development Provided in Cooperation with: IZA – Institute of Labor Economics Suggested Citation: Lam, David; Lehmann, Hartmut; Wahba, Jackline; Zimmermann, Klaus F. (2012) : Editorial: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, IZA Journal of Labor & Development, ISSN 2193-9020, Springer, Heidelberg, Vol. 1, pp. 1-2, https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9020-1-1 This Version is available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92295 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes. You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ EDITORIAL Open Access Editorial: IZA Journal of Labor and Development David Lam, Hartmut Lehmann, Jackline Wahba and Klaus F Zimmermann Correspondence: [email protected] Editors of the IZA Journal of Labor and Development Dear Reader, We are pleased to launch the IZA Journal of Labor & Development (IZAJOLD), the first online journal entirely dedicated to labour markets in developing and transitional economies. An ever more integrated world economy poses great challenges for working people in developing countries with respect to decent work, adjustment to restructuring and protection against unexpected shocks. The IZA Journal of Labor and Development will strive to become the main world-wide interlocutory platform for researchers who work on labor market issues in developing, emerging and transition countries. Having such a platform will be instrumental in better understanding how labor markets function in these countries, which in turn will help us to formulate policies that can meet these challenges. The intersection of labor economics and development economics is one of the most exciting and important areas of current economic research. The IZAJOLD is designed to bridge these two fields, creating a forum for a wide range of innovative theoretical and empirical research linking labor and development. The mission of IZAJOLD is to publish high quality innovative research in all fields of labor economics in a development context both empirical and theoretical. We are delighted that IZAJOLD is accessible through the SpringerOpen Access system, which means free permanent electronic access immediately upon publication. The editorial team of IZAJOLD will pursue prompt decision making and publication process. We will strive with the help of our associate editors to ensure that IZAJOLD becomes a leading publication outlet in the field. We would like to thank Springer, members of the Editorial Board and current as well as future authors and referees in supporting us to achieve this goal. David Lam Hartmut Lehmann Editors Jackline Wahba Managing Editor Klaus F. Zimmermann Editor-in-chief for the Journal Series © 2012 Lam et al.; licensee Springer. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Lam et al. IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2012, 1:1 http://www.izajold.com/content/1/1/1 Received: 2 August 2012 Accepted: 2 August 2012 Published: 9 October 2012 doi:10.1186/2193-9020-1-1 Cite this article as: Lam et al.:Editorial: IZA Journal of Labor and Development. IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2012 1:1. Submit your manuscript to a journal and benefi t from: 7 Convenient online submission 7 Rigorous peer review 7 Immediate publication on acceptance 7 Open access: articles freely available online 7 High visibility within the fi eld 7 Retaining the copyright to your article Submit your next manuscript at 7 springeropen.com Lam et al. IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2012, 1:1 Page 2 of 2 http://www.izajold.com/content/1/1/1