IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3555

Job Protection Legislation and Productivity Growth in OECD Countries

Andrea Bassanini, Luca Nunziata, Danielle Venn

revised version published in: Economic Policy, 2009, 24 (58), 349-402

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3551

The Economic Returns to a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada

published as "The Economic Returns to the Knowledge and Use of a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada" in: Canadian Public Policy, 2010, 36(2), 137-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3523

A Note on Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Further Evidence from German Survey Data

Christian Pfeifer

published as "Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from German Survey Data" in: Empirical Economics Letters, 2009, 8(3)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3502

Labor Market Policies, Institutions and Employment Rates in the EU-27

Riccardo Rovelli, Randolph Luca Bruno

published in: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2010, 48 (3), 661-685

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3478

The Treatment Effect, the Cross Difference, and the Interaction Term in Nonlinear “Difference-in-Differences” Models

Patrick A. Puhani

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (1), 85-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3375

Wage Gaps Large and Small

Barry Hirsch

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2008, 74 (4), 915-933

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3305

Forced to Be Rich? Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Britain

Paul J. Devereux, Robert A. Hart

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(549), 1345-1364

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3176

Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies

Štepán Jurajda, Katherine Terrell

published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (2), 241–274

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3161

Labor Market Policies and Outcomes: Cross Country Evidence for the EU-27

Riccardo Rovelli, Randolph Luca Bruno

substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 3502

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3148

Testing Bounded Rationality against Full Rationality in Job Changing Behavior

Bruno Contini, Matteo Morini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3131

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Leaver Characteristics, Employment and Recidivism: An Analysis of Maryland and Missouri

Peter R. Mueser, David W. Stevens, Kenneth Troske

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3052

Comparative Advantage or Discrimination? Studying Male-Female Wage Differentials Using Displaced Workers

Astrid Kunze, Kenneth Troske

revised version published as 'Gender Differences in Job Search Among Young Workers: A Study using Displaced Workers in the United States', Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 82(1), 185-207.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2833

Be as Careful of the Books You Read as of the Company You Keep: Evidence on Peer Effects in Educational Choices

Giacomo De Giorgi, Michele Pellizzari, Silvia Redaelli

Revised version published as "Identifcation of Social Interactions through Partially Overlapping Peer Groups" in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2(2), 241-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2730

Sorting in the Labor Market: Do Gregarious Workers Flock to Interactive Jobs?

Alan B. Krueger, David A. Schkade

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43 (4), 859-883

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2724

The Reliability of Subjective Well-Being Measures

Alan B. Krueger, David A. Schkade

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (8-9), 1833-1845

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2595

A Persistence Model of the National Minimum Wage

Melanie K. Jones, Richard J. Jones, Philip D. Murphy, Peter J. Sloane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2365