IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5596

The Relative Efficiency of Active Labour Market Policies: Evidence from a Social Experiment and Non-Parametric Methods

Johan Vikström, Michael Rosholm, Michael Svarer

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 58-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5579

Informal Sector and Corruption: An Empirical Investigation for India

Nabamita Dutta, Saibal Kar, Sanjukta Roy

published as 'Corruption and Persistent Informality: An Empirical Investigation for Indian States' in: International Review of Economics and Finance, 2013, 27, 357-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5564

Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Britain: Evidence from a Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis

Siddhartha Chib, Liana Jacobi

revised version published as 'Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis and Returns to Compulsory Schooling' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31 (6), 1026 - 1047

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5503

Minu, Startu and All That: Pitfalls in Estimating the Sensitivity of a Worker's Wage to Aggregate Unemployment

Pedro S. Martins, Andy Snell, Jonathan P. Thomas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5466

Equality of Opportunity and the Distribution of Long-Run Income in Sweden

Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, John E. Roemer

revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 39, 675-696

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5361

Bootstrap Inference for K-Nearest Neighbour Matching Estimators

Xavier de Luna, Per Johansson, Sara Sjöstedt-de Luna

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5269

The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions

Bernd Fitzenberger, Aderonke Osikominu, Marie Elina Paul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5216

Linearity in Instrumental Variables Estimation: Problems and Solutions

Magne Mogstad, Matthew Wiswall

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5210

Returns to Education in Four Transition Countries: Quantile Regression Approach

Anita Staneva, Reza Arabsheibani, Philip D. Murphy

published in: S. Mendolina, M. O'Brien, A. R. Paloya, O. Yearkhin (eds.), Critical Perspectives of Economics of Education, 2022, Chapter 9

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5117

Extensive vs. Intensive Margin in Germany and the United States: Any Differences?

Christian Merkl, Dennis Wesselbaum

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2011, 18 (9), 805-808

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5106

Running and Jumping Variables in RD Designs: Evidence Based on Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Birth Weights

Alan I. Barreca, Melanie Guldi, Jason M. Lindo, Glen R. Waddell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5086

Evolution of Gender Wage Gaps in Latin America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: An Addendum to

Hugo R. Nopo, Alejandro Hoyos

published in: 'New Century, Old Disparities. Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean', Latin American Development Forum;. © Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5085

New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America

Hugo R. Nopo, Juan Pablo Atal, Natalia Winder

published also as 'New Century, Old Disparities. Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean', Latin American Development Forum;. © Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5073

The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006

Alejandro Hoyos, Hugo R. Nopo, Ximena Peña

published in: 'New Century, Old Disparities. Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean', World Bank Publications, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5066

Partial Identification of Willingness-to-Pay Using Shape Restrictions with an Application to the Value of a Statistical Life

Aaron Sojourner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5062

Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany

Martin Biewen, Andos Juhasz

revised version published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (4), 622-647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5057