Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11425

The Sensitivity of Structural Labor Supply Estimations to Modeling Assumptions

Max Löffler, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11409

Using a Kinked Policy Rule to Estimate the Effect of Experience Rating on Disability Inflow

Tomi Kyyrä, Tuuli Paukkeri

published as "Does Experience Rating Reduce Sickness and Disability Claims? Evidence from Policy Kinks" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 61, 178-192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11359

Drivers of Participation Elasticities across Europe: Gender or Earner Role within the Household?

Charlotte Bartels, Cortnie Shupe

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2023, 30, 167–214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11222

Does Sick Pay Affect Workplace Absence?

Alex Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2019, (47), 227-252

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11120

Wealth Transfers and Tax Planning: Evidence for the German Bequest Tax

Eric Sommer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11119

Until Taxes Do Us Part: Tax Penalties or Bonuses and the Marriage Decision

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, Kerstin Roeder

published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 118, 37–50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11090

Preventing NEETs during the Great Recession: The Effects of a Mandatory Activation Program for Young Welfare Recipients

Emile Cammeraat, Egbert L. W. Jongen, Pierre Koning

published in: Empirical Economics, 2022, 62, 749-777

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10978

Should the Rich Be Taxed More? The Fiscal Inequality Coefficient

John Hatgioannides, Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala

published in: Journal of Economic Issues, 2019, 53 (3), 881-889.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10908

'Fair' Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Tastes: Subjective versus Revealed Preferences

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, H. Xavier Jara

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2020, 55, 51 - 8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10862

Caregivers in the Family: Daughters, Sons and Social Norms

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, Kerstin Roeder

published in: European Economic Review, 130, 2020, 103589.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10712

Fathers, Parental Leave and Gender Norms

Ulrike Unterhofer, Katharina Wrohlich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10666

Tax Progressivity and Top Incomes: Evidence from Tax Reforms

Enrico Rubolino, Daniel Waldenström

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2020, 18, 261 - 289

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10557

Household Bargaining, Spouses' Consumption Patterns and the Design of Commodity Taxes

Helmuth Cremer, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur, Kerstin Roeder

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2021, 73, 2021, 225--247.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10504

Taxation and Labor Supply of Married Couples across Countries: A Macroeconomic Analysis

Alexander Bick, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2018, 85 (3), 1543–1576

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10310

Intra-Household Behavioral Responses to Cash Transfer Programs: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Marcelo Bergolo, Estefania Galvan

published in: World Development, 2018, 103, 100 - 118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10197

The Anatomy of Behavioral Responses to Social Assistance When Informal Employment Is High

Marcelo Bergolo, Guillermo Cruces

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9995

Can Wage Subsidies Boost Employment in the Wake of an Economic Crisis? Evidence from Mexico

Miriam Bruhn

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (8), 1558 - 1577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9954

Faces of Joblessness: Characterising Employment Barriers to Inform Policy

Rodrigo Fernandez, Herwig Immervoll, Daniele Pacifico, Céline Thévenot

also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Paper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9681

Greying the Budget: Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies

Luiz de Mello, Simone Schotte, Erwin R. Tiongson, Hernan Winkler

published in: Kyklos, 2017, 70 (1), 70-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9646

Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Social Public Procurement Policy: The Case of the Swiss Apprenticeship Training System

Mirjam Strupler Leiser, Stefan C. Wolter

published in: Labour, 2017, 31 (2), 204-222

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9622

Targeted Business Incentives and the Debt Behavior of Households

Wenhua Di, Daniel L. Millimet

published in: Empirical Economics, 2017, 52 (3), 1115-1142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9378

Welfare Evaluation of the 1986 Tax Reform for Married Couples in the United States

Matteo Picchio, Giacomo Valletta

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2018, 25 (3), 757–807

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9371

The Effects of State Merit Aid Programs on Attendance at Elite Colleges

David L. Sjoquist, John V. Winters

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 83 (2), 527-549

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9298

The Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimuli for Working Parents

Henk-Wim de Boer, Egbert L. W. Jongen, Jan Kabátek

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 76, 102152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9267

Finance and Growth at the Firm Level: Evidence from SBA Loans

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

publlished in: Journal of Finance, 2017, 72 (3), 1039 - 1080

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9151

The Impact of Short- and Long-Term Participation Tax Rates on Labor Supply

Charlotte Bartels, Nico Pestel

revised version published as 'Short- and Long-term Participation Tax Rates and Their Impact on Labor Supply' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2016, 23(6), 1126-1159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9047

Flexibility at a Cost: Should Governments Stimulate Tertiary Education for Adults?

Anders Stenberg, Olle Westerlund

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016, 7, 69–86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9024

Fiscal Decentralization, Rural Industrialization, and Undocumented Labor Mobility in Rural China (1982-87)

Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen

published in: Regional Studies, 2016, 50 (9), 1469-1482

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9013

Tax Compliance and Information Provision: A Field Experiment with Small Firms

Philipp Doerrenberg, Jan Schmitz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8991

Benefit Reentitlement Conditions in Unemployment Insurance Schemes

Torben M. Andersen, Mark Strom Kristoffersen, Michael Svarer

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 52, 27-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8949

Tax and Transfer Policies and the Female Labor Supply in the EU

Klara Kaliskova

published in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 58, 749 -775

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8833

A Centralized Approach to Modelling Collective Household Decisions: Some Preliminary Results

Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino, Federico Perali

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8832

Shifting Taxes from Labour to Property: A Simulation under Labour Market Equilibrium

Flavia Coda Moscarola, Ugo Colombino, Francesco Figari, Marilena Locatelli

revised version published as 'Shifting Taxes away from Labour Enhances Equity and Fiscal Efficiency' in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2020, 42 (2), 367- 384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8830

Household Bargaining and the Design of Couples' Income Taxation

Helmuth Cremer, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur, Dario Maldonado, Kerstin Roeder

published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 89, 454-470

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8676

Gender Bias in Tax Systems Based on Household Income

Yuri Andrienko, Patricia Apps, Ray Rees

published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 117/118, 141-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8554

Sufficient Statistic or Not? The Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Deduction Possibilities

Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published as 'The elasticity of taxable income in the presence of deduction possibilities' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 151, 41 - 55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8510

The Productivity Consequences of Political Turnover: Firm-Level Evidence from Ukraine's Orange Revolution

John S. Earle, Scott Gehlbach

published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2015, 59(3), 708-723

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8389

Income Receipt and Mortality: Evidence from Swedish Public Sector Employees

Elvira Andersson, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 131, 21 - 32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8303

Childcare Subsidies and Household Labor Supply

Nezih Guner, Remzi Kaygusuz, Gustavo Ventura

published as 'Child-Related Transfers, Household Labor Supply and Welfare' in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (5), 2290–2321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8281

Structural Labor Supply Models and Wage Exogeneity

Max Löffler, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version available as IZA Discussion Paper No. 11425

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8268

Human Capital and the Size Distribution of Firms

Pedro Maia Gomes, Zoë Kuehn

Published in Review of Economic Dynamics, 2017, 26 , pp. 164-179.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8137

Tax Incidence in the Presence of Tax Evasion

Philipp Doerrenberg, Denvil Duncan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8115

Social Norms and Mothers' Labor Market Attachment: The Medium-Run Effects of Parental Benefits

Jochen Kluve, Sebastian Schmitz

revised version published as 'Back to Work: parental benefits and mothers' labor market outcomes in the medium-run' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review 2018, 71 (1), 143 - 173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8087

Five Crossroads on the Way to Basic Income: An Italian Tour

Ugo Colombino

revised version published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2015, 1 (3), 353-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7967

The Impact of Eliminating a Child Benefit on Birth Timing and Infant Health

Cristina Borra, Libertad González, Almudena Sevilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7888

Employment Dynamics and Redistributive Policies under Workers' Social Norms

Rodolphe Dos Santos Ferreira, Teresa Lloyd-Braga, Leonor Modesto

published as 'The destabilizing effects of the social norm to work under a social security system' in: Mathematical Social Sciences, 2015, 76, 64-72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7879

Social Insurance, Informality and Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers While Creating Good Jobs

Carmen Pagés, Jamele Rigolini, David A. Robalino

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7808

Replacing Churches and Mason Lodges? Tax Exemptions and Rural Development

Luc Behaghel, Adrien Lorenceau, Simon Quantin

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 125, 1–15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7786

Old-Age Government Transfers and the Crowding Out of Private Gifts: The 70 and Above Program for the Rural Elderly in Mexico

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Laura Juarez

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 81 (3), 782–802

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7698

Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: A Survey

Olivier B. Bargain, Andreas Peichl

published as 'Own-wage labor supply elasticities: variation across time and estimation methods' in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 5, 10 (2016)