IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Parents and Children Talk: English Language Proficiency within Immigrant Families' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2005, 3 (3), 243-268

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1213

The Societal Integration of Immigrants in Germany

Michael Fertig

published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang. (eds.): Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 375-400

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1209

Poverty Persistence in Sweden

Jörgen Hansen, Roger Wahlberg

revised version published as 'Poverty and its Persistence: A Comparison of Natives and Immigrants in Sweden' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2009, 7 (2), 105-132

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1166

Other Forms of Employment: Temporary Employment Agencies and Self-Employment

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

published in: Labour, 2008, 22(3), 495-507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1149

Identity and Racial Harassment

Heather Antecol, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 66(3-4), 529-557

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1130

Self-Employed Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden: A Way to Economic Self-Reliance?

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1120

Race, Performance, Pay and Retention among National Basketball Association Head Coaches

Lawrence M. Kahn

published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2006, 7 (2), 119-149

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1090

Temporary Employment Agencies: A Route for Immigrants to Enter the Labour Market?

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1030

Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa

Ingrid Woolard, Stephan Klasen

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41 (5), 865-897

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1021

PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes

Horst Entorf, Nicoleta Minoiu

published in: German Economic Review, 2005, 6(3), 355-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 980

Ethnicity and Earnings in Urban Peru

Hugo R. Nopo, Jaime Saavedra, Maximo Torero

revised version published as 'Ethnicity and Earnings in a Mixed-Race Labor Market' in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55 (4), 709–734

IZA Discussion Paper No. 960

Circular Movements and Time Away from the Host Country

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published as 'Circular and Repeat Migration: Counts of Exits and Years Away from the Host Country' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2011, 30 (4), 495-515

IZA Discussion Paper No. 928

Does City Structure Affect the Labor Market Outcomes of Black Workers?

Harris Selod, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2013, 74, 113-132.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 925

Employment Effects of Dispersal Policies on Refugee Immigrants, Part II: Empirical Evidence

Anna Piil Damm, Michael Rosholm

combined with IZA DP 924 published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8 (1), 105–146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 924

Employment Effects of Dispersal Policies on Refugee Immigrants, Part I: Theory

Anna Piil Damm, Michael Rosholm

combined with IZA DP 925 published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8 (1), 105–146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 824

Discrimination and Workers' Expectations: Experimental Evidence

Antonio Filippin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 823

Discrimination and Workers' Expectations

Antonio Filippin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 788

Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany – Relative Income Position, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects

Felix Büchel, Joachim R. Frick

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (3), 553–581

IZA Discussion Paper No. 721

Do Oppositional Identities Reduce Employment for Ethnic Minorities?

Harminder Battu, McDonald Mwale, Yves Zenou

published as 'Oppositional identities and the labor market' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 643-667

IZA Discussion Paper No. 693

Spatial Mismatch: From the Hypothesis to the Theories

Laurent Gobillon, Harris Selod, Yves Zenou

published as 'The Mechanisms of Spatial Mismatch ' in: Urban Studies, 2007, 44 (12), 2401-2427

IZA Discussion Paper No. 649

From Parent to Child: Early Labor Market Experiences of Second-Generation Immigrants in the Netherlands

Jan C. van Ours, Justus Veenman

published in: De Economist, 2004, 152 (4), 473-490

IZA Discussion Paper No. 642

The Effect of Immigration on Wages in Three European Countries

Joop Hartog, Aslan Zorlu

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (1), 113-151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 629

Caste, Ethnicity and Poverty in Rural India

Ira N. Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun

revised version published as 'Poverty in Rural India: Caste and Tribe' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, 54 (1), 50-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 602

Migration in the Soviet Successor States

Lilo Locher

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2002, 48 (1), 67-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 578

Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union

Ira N. Gang, Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, Myeong-Su Yun

revised version published as 'Changes in Attitudes toward Immigrants in Europe: Before and After the Fall of the Berlin Wall', in: Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Emerald, 2010, 649-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 558

Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants

Thomas K. Bauer, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (4), 649–662

IZA Discussion Paper No. 502

Immigrants' Language Skills: The Australian Experience in a Longitudinal Survey

Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller

published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2004, 71-72, 97-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 483

In-Group Cooperation in a Hostile Environment: An Economic Perspective on Some Aspects of Jewish Life in (Pre-Modern) Diaspora

Hillel Rapoport, Avi Weiss

published in: C. Chiswick, T. Lecker and N. Kahana (eds.): Jewish Society and Culture: An Economic Perspective, Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2007, 103-28.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 476

Human Capital versus Social Capital: A Comparative Analysis of Immigrant Wages and Labor Market Incorporation in Japan and the United States

Wayne A. Cornelius, Takeyuki Tsuda, Zulema Valdez

published in: Migraciones Internacionales, 2004, 2 (1), 5-35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 462

The Determinants of the Geographic Concentration among Immigrants: Application to Australia

Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller

published in: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 2001, 7 (2), 125-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 460

Family Matters: The Role of the Family in Immigrants' Destination Language Acquisition

Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (4), 631–647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 452

Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Occupational Mobility: A Test of the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis

Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller

published in: International Migration Review, 2005, 39 (2), 332-353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 449

Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrant Adjustment?

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: City and Community, 2005, 4 (1), 5-35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 431

The Perception of Foreigners and Jews in Germany - A Structural Analysis of a Large Opinion Survey

Michael Fertig, Christoph M. Schmidt

published as 'Attitudes towards foreigners and Jews in Germany: identifying the determinants of xenophobia in a large opinion survey ' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 99-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 405

Testing for the Option Value of Migration

Lilo Locher

IZA Discussion Paper No. 377

Intergenerational Progress of Mexican-Origin Workers in the U.S. Labor Market

Stephen J. Trejo

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2003, 38 (3), 467-489

IZA Discussion Paper No. 365

Qualifications, Discrimination, or Assimilation? An Extended Framework for Analysing Immigrant Wage Gaps

Helena Skyt Nielsen, Michael Rosholm, Nina Smith, Leif Husted

published in: Empirical Economics, 2004, 29 (4), 855-885

IZA Discussion Paper No. 360

The Dynamics of Immigrant Welfare and Labor Market Behavior

Jörgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (4), 941 - 970

IZA Discussion Paper No. 348

Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Shoshana Neuman, Adrian Ziderman

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22(4), 421-432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 347

Labor Market Conditions and Post-Reform Declines in Welfare Receipt Among Immigrants

Magnus Lofstrom, Frank D. Bean

published as 'Assessing Immigrant Policy Options: Labor Market Conditions and Postreform Declines in Immigrants' Receipt of Welfare' in: Demography, 2002, 39 (4), 617-637

IZA Discussion Paper No. 346

The Determination of a Migration Wave Using Ethnicity and Community Ties

Lilo Locher

IZA Discussion Paper No. 344

Effects of Sexual Preferences on Earnings in the Netherlands

Erik Plug, Peter Berkhout

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (1), 117-131, revised version available here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 297

The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in The Netherlands

Jan C. van Ours, Justus Veenman

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2003, 16 (4), 739-753

IZA Discussion Paper No. 286

First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany - What Do We Know and What Do People Think

Michael Fertig, Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: Ralph Rotte / Peter Stein (eds.), Migration Policy and the Economy: International Perspectives, Munich 2001

IZA Discussion Paper No. 284

The Optimal Size for a Minority

Hillel Rapoport, Avi Weiss

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2003, 52 (1), 27-45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 218

Parametric and Semiparametric Estimation in Models with Misclassified Categorical Dependent Variables

Christian Dustmann, Arthur van Soest

published in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2004, 22 (3), 312-321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 190

Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration

Christian Dustmann, Ian Preston

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7 (1), Article 62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 180

Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case

Thomas K. Bauer, Ira N. Gang

published in: Labour, 2001, 15 (2), 237-255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 177

Immigrant Adjustment in Israel: Literacy and Fluency in Hebrew and Earnings

Barry R. Chiswick, Gaston Repetto

published in: Djajic, S. (ed.), International Migration: Trends, Policy and Economic Impact, New York, 2001, 204-228

IZA Discussion Paper No. 175

Self-Employment and Earnings among High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States

Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Cornelius, W. A. / Espenshade, T. J. (eds.), The International Migration of the Highly Skilled: Demand, Supply and Development Consequences, La Jolla, CA, 163-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 165

Immigration in a High Unemployment Economy: The Recent Danish Experience

Peder J. Pedersen

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.): European Migration - What Do We Know?, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 164

Racial Harassment, Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Quit: Evidence from the British Nursing Profession

Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price

published in: Economica, 2002, 69(274), 295-326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 156

Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK

Christian Dustmann, Francesca Fabbri

published in: Economic Journal, 2003, 113 (489), 695-717

IZA Discussion Paper No. 155

The Duration of Immigrants' Unemployment Spells: Evidence from Sweden

Jörgen Hansen

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. 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. 100

Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of Welfare

Jörgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2003, 38 (1), 74-98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 97

Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes and Consequences

Alan Barrett

published in: Zimmermann, K. F. (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know?, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 89

Aliyah to Israel: Immigration under Conditions of Adversity

Shoshana Neuman

published in: Zimmermann, Klaus F. (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know, 2005, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 459-506