IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1716

What Buys Happiness? Analyzing Trends in Subjective Well-Being in 15 European Countries, 1973-2002

Christian Bjørnskov, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Peder J. Pedersen

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, 9 (2), 317-330

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1715

Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 194 (1), 94-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1714

A Model of Foreign-Born Transfers: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data

Don J. DeVoretz, Florin Vadean

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1713

Birth Order Matters: The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Educational Attainment

Alison L. Booth, Hiau Joo Kee

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (2), 367-397

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1712

Entrepreneurship Among Married Couples in the United States: A Simultaneous Probit Approach

Simon C. Parker

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (3), 515-537

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1711

Contests, NGOs and Decentralizing Aid

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2006, 10 (2), 285-296

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1710

On the Estimation and Forecasting of International Migration: How Relevant Is Heterogeneity Across Countries?

Herbert Brücker, Boriss Siliverstovs

published in: Empirical Economics, 2006, 31(3), 735-754

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1709

The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change

Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel

published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (509), F45-F72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1708

Do Women in Top Management Affect Firm Performance? A Panel Study of 2500 Danish Firms

Nina Smith, Valdemar Smith, Mette Verner

published in: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 2006, 55 (7), 569 - 593

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1707

Job Creation and Job Destruction in Estonia: Labour Reallocation and Structural Changes

Jaan Masso, Raul Eamets, Kaia Philips

published in: H. Hannula, S. Radoševic and N. von Tunzelmann (eds.) , Estonia, the New EU Economy, Building a Baltic Miracle. Ashgate Publishing, 2006, pp. 105-142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1706

Employment Dynamics of Married Women in Europe

Pierre-Carl Michaud, Konstantinos Tatsiramos

substantially revised paper appeared as DP No. 3853

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1705

Reallocation, Firm Turnover, and Efficiency: Selection on Productivity or Profitability?

Lucia Foster, John C. Haltiwanger, Chad Syverson

published in: American Economic Review, 2008, 98 (1), 394-425

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1704

Does Obesity Hurt Your Wages More in Dublin than in Madrid? Evidence from ECHP

Beatrice d'Hombres, Giorgio Brunello

published as 'Does body weight affect wages? Evidence from Europe' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2007, 5 (1), 1-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1703

Giving in Dictator Games: Regard for Others or Regard by Others?

Alexander K. Koch, Hans-Theo Normann

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2008, 75 (1), 223-231. revised working paper version

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1702

Layoffs, Lemons, Race and Gender

Luojia Hu, Christopher Taber

substantially revised version published as `Displacement, Asymmetric Information and Heterogeneous Human Capita' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (1), 113-152.