IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15279

The Full Returns to the Choice of Occupation and Education

Andrew E. Clark, Maria Cotofan, Richard Layard

published as 'Do wages underestimate the inequality in workers’ rewards? The joint distribution of job quality and wages across occupations' in: Economica, 2024, 91 (362), 497-546

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15264

Who Benefits from Firm Success? Heterogenous Rent Sharing in New Zealand

Corey Allan, David C. Maré

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15258

The Distribution of the Gender Wage Gap: An Equilibrium Model

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Manuel Fernandez Sierra, Fan Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15231

Labour Market Concentration, Wages and Job Security in Europe

Andrea Bassanini, Giulia Bovini, Eve Caroli, Jorge Casanova Ferrando, Federico Cingano, Paolo Falco, Florentino Felgueroso, Marcel Jansen, Pedro S. Martins, António Melo, Michael Oberfichtner, Martin Popp

revised version published online in: Journal of Human Resources, July 2025,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15197

Industries, Mega Firms, and Increasing Inequality

John C. Haltiwanger, Henry R. Hyatt, James R. Spletzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15190

Disentangling the Attractiveness of Telework to Employees: A Factorial Survey Experiment

Eline Moens, Elsy Verhofstadt, Luc Van Ootegem, Stijn Baert

published in: International Labour Review, 2024,163 (2), 325 - 348

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15147

Employee Health and Firm Performance

Daniel A. Rettl, Alexander Schandlbauer, Mircea Trandafir

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15115

Inequality and Income Dynamics in Germany

Moritz Drechsel-Grau, Andreas Peichl, Johannes Schmieden, Kai D. Schmid, Hannes Walz, Stefanie Wolter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15112

Uncovered Workers in Plants Covered by Collective Bargaining: Who Are They and How Do They Fare?

Boris Hirsch, Philipp Lentge, Claus Schnabel

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022, 60 (4), 929-945

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15105

Understanding the Reallocation of Displaced Workers to Firms

Paul Brandily, Camille Hémet, Clément Malgouyres

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15079

Differential Patterns between Private and Public Sector Wages in Spain

Alba Couceiro de León, Juan J. Dolado

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15068

Do Wages Grow with Experience? Deciphering the Russian Puzzle

Eugenia Chernina, Vladimir Gimpelson

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51 (2), 545-563

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15048

What's the Risk from Competing? Competition Aversion and the Gender Wage Gap

Chung Choe, SeEun Jung, Ronald L. Oaxaca

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15026

Alumni Job Networks at Elite Universities and the Efficacy of Affirmative Action

Cecilia Machado, Germán Reyes, Evan Riehl

published as 'The Direct and Spillover Effects of Large-Scale Affirmative Action at an Elite Brazilian University' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2025, 43 (2), 391–431

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15014

Firm Pay Dynamics

Niklas Engbom, Christian Moser, Jan Sauermann

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2023, 233 (1), 396 - 423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15010

The Effects of Advanced Degrees on the Wage Rates, Hours, Earnings and Job Satisfaction of Women and Men

Joseph G. Altonji, John Eric Humphries, Ling Zhong

published in: Polachek, S.W. and Tatsiramos, K. (ed.) 50th Celebratory Volume (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 50), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, 2023, 25-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14992

Hours Constraints and Wage Differentials across Firms

Claudio Labanca, Dario Pozzoli

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 07 November 2023,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14978

Technical Change and Superstar Effects: Evidence from the Rollout of Television

Felix Koenig

published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 167, 104799

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14963

Worker Beliefs about Outside Options

Simon Jäger, Christopher Roth, Nina Roussille, Benjamin Schoefer

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139 (3), 1505–1556,