IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5074

Intergenerational Transmission of Education: An Alert to Empirical Implementation

Pedro T. Pereira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5065

The Phantom of the Opera: Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth

Oliver Falck, Michael Fritsch, Stephan Heblich

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (6), 755-766

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5048

Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde

Catia Batista, Aitor Lacuesta, Pedro C. Vicente

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97 (1), 32-45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5043

Employer Preferences and Social Policy: Business and the Development of Job Security Regulations in Germany since World War I

Patrick Emmenegger, Paul Marx

revised version published as 'Business and the Development of Job Security Regulations: The Case of Germany' in: Socio-Economic Review, 2011, 9 (4), 729-756

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5036

Raising Juveniles

Clive Bell, Hans Gersbach, Maik T. Schneider

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2012, 74 (1), 32-51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5019

From Classroom to Wedding Aisle: The Effect of a Nationwide Change in the Compulsory Schooling Law on Age at First Marriage in the UK

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Kampon Adireksombat

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5012

Spanish Regional Unemployment Revisited: The Role of Capital Accumulation

Roberto Bande, Marika Karanassou

published in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48 (11), 1863 - 1883

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4940

The Effect of Childhood Conduct Disorder on Human Capital

Pierre Koning, Dinand Webbink, Suncica Vujic, Nicholas G. Martin

revised version published in: Health Economics , 2012, 21(8), 928-945.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4925

The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 3, pp. 89-200, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4923

Trade and Migration with Renewable Natural Resources: Out-of-Steady-State Dynamics

Ramón López, Maurice Schiff

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, 1-15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4886

Social Interaction and Stock Market Participation: Evidence from British Panel Data

Sarah Brown, Karl Taylor

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4868

Economics and Religion

Carmel U. Chiswick

published in: Rhona C. Free (ed.), 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook, Sage Publications: 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4838

An Economic Model of the Evolution of the Gender Performance Ratio in Individual Sports

Arnaud Dupuy

published in: International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 2012, 12 (1), 222-245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4834

Excess Leverage and Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies: Is There A Threshold Effect?

Fabrizio Coricelli, Nigel Driffield, Sarmistha Pal, Isabelle Roland

revised version published as 'When does leverage hurt productivity growth? A firm-level analysis' in: Journal of International Money and Finance, 2012, 31 (6), 1674-1694

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4833

Public Education for the Children Left Behind

Carmen Camacho, I-Ling Shen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4824

Differences in the Distribution of High School Achievement: The Role of Class Size and Time-in-Term

Miles Corak, Darren Lauzon

abridged version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28 (2), 189-198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4813

Higher Education Attainment: The Case of Intergenerational Transmission of Education in Portugal

Pedro T. Pereira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4809

The Evolution of the Returns to Human Capital in Canada, 1980-2005