IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 139

Wages, Hours and Human Capital over the Live Cycle

Robert A. Hart, Yue Ma

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2008, 228 (5-6), 446-464, (Special Issue: Labormetrics)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 138

Firm-specific Training: Consequences for Job Mobility

published as 'On-the-job-training, job search and job mobility' in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie und Statistik / Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 139 (4), 563-576

IZA Discussion Paper No. 137

Continuous Training in Germany

Jörn-Steffen Pischke

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2001, 14 (3), 523-548

IZA Discussion Paper No. 136

Unemployment and Productivity Growth: An Empirical Analysis within the Augmented Solow Model

Michael Bräuninger, Markus Pannenberg

published in: Economic Modelling, 2002, 19 (1), 105-120;
see IZA Reprints 112/02

IZA Discussion Paper No. 135

Is There a Wage Premium for Returning Irish Migrants?

Alan Barrett, Philip J. O'Connell

published in: Economic and Social Review, 2001, 32(1), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 134

Hiring and Firing Costs, Adverse Selection and Long-term Unemployment

Adriana Kugler, Gilles Saint-Paul

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22(3), 553-584.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 133

Paid and Unpaid Overtime Working in Germany and the UK

David N.F. Bell, Robert A. Hart, Olaf Hübler, Wolfgang Schwerdt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 132

Hours and Wages in the Depression: British Engineering, 1926-1938

Robert A. Hart

published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38 (4), 478-502

IZA Discussion Paper No. 131

Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis

Barry R. Chiswick

published in: Brettel, C./J. Hollifield (eds.), Migration Theory, New York 2000, 61-76 / 2nd ed., 2008, 63-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 130

The Returns to Education in Italy: A New Look at the Evidence

Giorgio Brunello, Simona Lorena Comi, Claudio Lucifora

published in: Harmon, C./I. Walker/N. Westergard-Nielsen (eds.), The Returns to Education in Europe, Edward Elgar, 2001

IZA Discussion Paper No. 129

The Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation Benefits of Immigrants

Barry R. Chiswick, Michael E. Hurst

published in: Bassi, L. J./Woodbury, S. A. (eds.), Long-Term Unemployment and Reemployment Policies (Research in Employment Policy, V. 2), Stamford, Conn. (2000), 87-115.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 128

Do Unemployment Insurance Recipients Actively Seek Work? Evidence From Randomized Trials in Four U.S. States

Orley Ashenfelter, David Ashmore, Olivier Deschenes

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 125 (1-2), 53-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 127

Characteristics of Unemployment Dynamics: The Chain Reaction Approach

Marika Karanassou, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 126

Smoking, Discount Rates, and Returns to Education

Josef Fersterer, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22 (6), 561-566

IZA Discussion Paper No. 125

The Income Portfolio of Immigrants in Germany - Effects of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation Or: Who Gains from Income Re-Distribution?

Felix Büchel, Joachim R. Frick

published as 'Income Composition and Redistribution in Germany: The Role of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation' in: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2001, 70 (1), 135-145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 124

Rational Poverty or Poor Rationality? The Take-up of Social Assistance Benefits

Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2001, 47(3), 379-398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 123

Why Do People Still Live in East Germany?

Jennifer Hunt

published as "Staunching Emigration from East Germany: Age and the Determinants of Migration" in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4 (5), 1014–1037

IZA Discussion Paper No. 122

Returns to Human Capital under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy

Daniel Münich, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87 (1), 100-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 121

Do Active Labor Market Policies Help Unemployed Workers to Find and Keep Regular Jobs?

Jan C. van Ours

published in: Michael Lechner and Friedhelm Pfeiffer (eds.), Econometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies, Physica-Verlag (2001), 125-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 120

Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries

Pedro T. Pereira, Pedro S. Martins

published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (3), 355-371