IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3160

The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (1), 94-103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3157

Safety Net Still in Transition: Labour Market Incentive Effects of Extending Social Support in Poland

Peter Haan, Michal Myck

revised version published as 'Safety net still in transition: labour market incentive effects of social support in Poland and Germany' in: Bank i Kredyt, 2010, 41 (3), 5-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3154

Educational Self-Selection, Tasks Assignment and Rising Wage Inequality

Arnaud Dupuy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3152

Occupational Gender Composition and Wages in Romania: From Planned Equality to Market Inequality?

Daniela Andrén, Thomas Andrén

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3146

Social Determinants of Labor Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Martin Kahanec, Mariapia Mendola

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2009, 29, 167-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3140

Political Economy of Immigration in Germany: Attitudes and Citizenship Aspirations

Martin Kahanec, Mehmet S. Tosun

published in: International Migration Review, 2009, 43 (2), 263 - 291

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3139

What Makes a Young Entrepreneur?

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Andy Furlong (ed.), International Handbook on Youth and Young Adulthood, Routledge: 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3138

Investment Climate and Employment Growth: The Impact of Access to Finance, Corruption and Regulations Across Firms

Reyes Aterido, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Carmen Pagés

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3136

The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain

Kostas Mavromaras, Seamus McGuinness, Nigel C. O'Leary, Peter J. Sloane, Yin King Fok

published in: Manchester School, 2010, 78(3), 219-238

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3135

Trust, Child Care Technology Choice and Female Labor Force Participation

Mayssun El-Attar

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11 (4), 507-544

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3134

Incentives and Services for College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Joshua Angrist, Daniel W. Lang, Philip Oreopoulos

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 136–63.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3129

House Prices and Employment Reallocation: International Evidence

Olympia Bover, Juan F. Jimeno

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3128

Optimal Taxation: The Design of Child Related Cash- and In-Kind-Benefits

Peter Haan, Katharina Wrohlich

published in: German Economic Review, 2010, 11(3), 278-301

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3125

Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials Using LEED from Hungary, 1986–2003

John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy

published in: Analysis of Firms and Employees - Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (F. Andersson, S. Bender, J. Lane, K. Shaw, and T. von Wachter, eds.), NBER and University of Chicago, 2008.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3119

Determinants of South African Women’s Labour Force Participation, 1995–2004

Miracle Benhura

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3118

Collateral Costs: The Effects of Incarceration on the Employment and Earnings of Young Workers

Harry J. Holzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3109

Family Bargaining and Taxes: A Prolegomenon to the Analysis of Joint Taxation

Robert Pollak

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (2), 216-244

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3107

Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life

Thomas J. Kniesner, W. Kip Viscusi, Christopher Woock, James P. Ziliak

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (1) , 74-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3106

Moving Down: Women’s Part-time Work and Occupational Change in Britain 1991–2001

Sara Connolly, Mary Gregory

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118(526), F52-F76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3104

Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms

Josef Fersterer, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 104 (4), 733-753

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3102

“For One More Year with You”: Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe

Giorgio Brunello, Margherita Fort, Guglielmo Weber

published as 'Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe' in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 516 - 539

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3101

Part-time Employment Can Be a Life-time Setback for Earnings: A Study of British Women 1975–2001

Sara Connolly, Mary Gregory

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61(S1), i76-97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3099

The Relation between Child Labour and Mothers' Work: The Case of India

Francesca Francavilla, Gianna Claudia Giannelli

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31 (2), 232 - 257

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3097

Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 128-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3096

Interactions Between Workers and the Technology of Production: Evidence from Professional Baseball

Eric D. Gould, Eyal Winter

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2009, 91(1), 188–200

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3094

Inequality and Employment in a Dual Economy: Enforcement of Labor Regulation in Brazil

Rita K. Almeida, Pedro Carneiro

substantially revised and extended version available as IZA DP No. 5902

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3093

The Role of Nonstandard Work Hours in Maternal Caregiving for Young Children

Rachel Connelly, Jean Kimmel

published as 'The Role of Non-standard Work Status in Parental Caregiving for Young Children ' in Eastern Economic Journal, 2011, 37 (2), 248-269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3091

Labor Adjustment Costs in a Panel of Establishments: A Structural Approach

Joao Ejarque, Pedro Portugal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3090

Tax Structure and Female Labour Market Participation: Evidence from Ireland

Tim Callan, Arthur van Soest, John R. Walsh

published in: Labour, 2009, 23(1), 1-35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3088

Estimating Income Responses to Tax Changes: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach

Bertil Holmlund, Martin Söderström

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2011, 11 (1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3080

Return Migration, Investment in Children, and Intergenerational Mobility: Comparing Sons of Foreign and Native Born Fathers

Christian Dustmann

Published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43(2), 299 - 324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3076

Matching Bias in Labor Demand Estimation

Giovanna Aguilar, Silvio Rendon

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (2), 297-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3074

Intergenerational Transmission of Language Capital and Economic Outcomes

Teresa Casey, Christian Dustmann

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43 (3), 660 - 687

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3073

Job Satisfaction and Co-worker Wages: Status or Signal?

Andrew E. Clark, Nicolai Kristensen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen

published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 430–447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3070

Children, Kitchen, Church: Does Ethnicity Matter?

Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12 (1): 83-103. [Open Access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3069

The Effect of Job Displacement on the Transitions to Employment and Early Retirement for Older Workers in Four European Countries

Konstantinos Tatsiramos

revised version published as "Job displacement and the transitions to re-employment and early retirement for non-employed older workers" in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (4), 517-535

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3067

How General Is Human Capital? A Task-Based Approach

Christina Gathmann, Uta Schönberg

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (1), 1 - 49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3066

Capital Accumulation and Unemployment: New Insights on the Nordic Experience

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala, Pablo F. Salvador

published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008, 32 (6), 977-1001

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3061

Over-Education in Multilingual Economies: Evidence from Catalonia

Maite Blázquez Cuesta, Silvio Rendon

published online in: International Migration, 2012, [Early View)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3058

Why Are the Returns to Education Higher for Entrepreneurs than for Employees?

Justin van der Sluis, Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3053

An Empirical Assessment of Assortative Matching in the Labor Market

Rute Mendes, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 919-929

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3051

What Works Best for Getting the Unemployed Back to Work: Employment Services or Small-Business Assistance Programmes? Evidence from Romania

Núria Rodríguez-Planas

published as 'Channels Through Which Public Employment Services and Small-Business Assistance Programs Work' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72 (4), 458-485

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3048

Spillovers from High-Skill Consumption to Low-Skill Labor Markets

Francesca Mazzolari, Giuseppe Ragusa

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (1), 74-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3045

Structural Estimation of Search Intensity: Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?

Pieter A. Gautier, José L. Moraga-González, Ronald P. Wolthoff

published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 84, 123-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3044

Job Changes and Hours Changes: Understanding the Path of Labour Supply Adjustment

Richard Blundell, Mike Brewer, Marco Francesconi

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (3), 421 - 453

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3038

Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics Using Markov Processes: An Application to Informality

Mariano Bosch, William F. Maloney

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (4), 621-631

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3035

Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Micro Evidence from an African Success Story

Catia Batista, Aitor Lacuesta, Pedro C. Vicente

substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 5048

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3034

Labor Supply with Social Interactions: Econometric Estimates and Their Tax Policy Implications

Andrew Grodner, Thomas J. Kniesner

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 28, 1-23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3025

The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor

Gil S. Epstein, Nava Kahana

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 99 (3), 545-548

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3021

Why Volunteer? Evidence on the Role of Altruism, Reputation, and Incentives

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Caitlin Knowles Myers

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (11-12), 911-920

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3020

Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzle

Alison L. Booth, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (526) , F77–F99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3019

Performance Pay, Sorting, and Outsourcing

Fred Henneberger, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Alexandre Ziegler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3014

What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research

Mirjam C. van Praag, Peter H. Versloot

published in: Small Business Economics, 2007, 29 (4), 351-382

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3012

The Quantity-Quality Tradeoff of Children in a Developing Country: Identification Using Chinese Twins

Hongbin Li, Junsen Zhang, Yi Zhu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3009

Public versus Private Provision of Daycare: An Experimental Evaluation

Tarja Viitanen

published as 'Child care voucher and labour market behaviour: experimental evidence from Finland' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (23), 3203 - 3212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3008

Dual Citizenship Rights: Do They Make More and Better Citizens?

Francesca Mazzolari

published in: Demography, 46 (1), 2009, 169-191

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3002

A Theory of Employment Guarantees: Contestability, Credibility and Distributional Concerns

Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Ravi Kanbur

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (3-4), 482-497

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2996

Labor Market Rigidities and the Employment Behavior of Older Workers

David M. Blau, Tetyana Shvydko

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (3), 464-484

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2994

Risk Aversion and Schooling Decisions

Christian Belzil, Marco Leonardi

published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 111/112, 35-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2991

What Explains Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the United States?

David M. Blau, Ryan Goodstein

revised version published as 'Can Social Security Explain Trends in Labor Force Participation of older Men in the United States?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (2), 328 - 363

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2989

Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany

Leilanie Basilio, Thomas K. Bauer, Mathias Sinning

published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (5), 510-520

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2986

Retirement and Consumption in a Life Cycle Model

David M. Blau

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (1), 35-71

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2983

Wages and Ageing: Is There Evidence for the "Inverse-U" Profile?

Michal Myck

revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72 (3), 282-306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2980

The Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britain on Couples: Theory and Evidence

Marco Francesconi, Helmut Rainer, Wilbert van der Klaauw

published in: Economic Journal, 119 (535), 2009, F66 - F100

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2976

How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida

Ariel R. Belasen, Solomon Polachek

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44 (1), 251 - 276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2974

Modeling Immigrants' Language Skills

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 27, 75-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2970

The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil: Evidence from Gross Worker Flows

Mariano Bosch, Edwin Goni Pacchioni, William F. Maloney

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2969

Occupational Choice of High Skilled Immigrants in the United States

Barry R. Chiswick, Sarinda Taengnoi

published in: International Migration, 2007, 45 (5), 3 - 34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2965

Persistence of the School Entry Age Effect in a System of Flexible Tracking

Patrick A. Puhani, Andrea M. Weber

published under revised title in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (2), 407-438

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2956

Job-Worker Mismatch and Cognitive Decline

Andries de Grip, Hans Bosma, Dick Willems, Martin van Boxtel

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2008, 60 (2), 237-253

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2949

Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), 747-793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2947

Worker Absenteeism in Search Equilibrium

Per Engström, Bertil Holmlund

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 109 (3), 439-467,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2946

Working Hours Flexibility and Older Workers' Labor Supply

Anne C. Gielen

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61(2), 240-274

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2945

The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting, Human Capital, and Discrimination

Heather Antecol, Anneke Jong, Michael D. Steinberger

published as 'The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting and Human Capital' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 518-543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2941

College Majors and the Knowledge Content of Jobs

James A. Freeman, Barry Hirsch

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (5), 517-535

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2939

Pension Plan Characteristics and Framing Effects in Employee Savings Behavior

David Card, Michael R. Ransom

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (1), 228 - 243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2938

Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility

Seamus McGuinness, Mark Wooden

Published in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48(2), 265-286. doi:10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00557.x

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2932

Performance Pay, Training and Labor Mobility

Anne C. Gielen

revised version published as 'Profit Sharing for Increased Training Investments' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations. 2011, 49 (4), 643-665.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2931

Firms and Early Retirement: Offers That One Does Not Refuse

Lutz Bellmann, Florian Janik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2930

Sluggish Institutions in a Dynamic World: Can Unions and Industrial Competition Coexist?

Barry Hirsch

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22 (1), 153-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2919

Measuring Immigration's Effects on Labor Demand: A Reexamination of the Mariel Boatlift

Örn B. Bodvarsson, Joshua J. Lewer, Hendrik Van den Berg

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 560-574

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2910

The Taxation of Couples

Patricia Apps, Ray Rees

published as "Optimal Taxation and Tax Reform for Two-Earner Households" in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (2), 283-304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2909

Why Are Married Men Working So Much? Home Production, Household Bargaining and Per-Capita Hours

John Knowles

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (3), 1055-1085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2902

Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence among Welfare Participants in Argentina

Rita K. Almeida, Emanuela Galasso

published as 'Jump-starting Self-employment? Evidence for Welfare Participants in Argentina' in: World Development, 2010, 38 (5), 742-755

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2894

Spousal Influences on Parents' Non-Market Time Choices

Rachel Connelly, Jean Kimmel

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2009, 7 (4), 361-394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2892

Minimum Wages and the Welfare of Workers in Honduras

T. H. Gindling, Katherine Terrell

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (3), 291-303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2888

Intertemporal Labor Supply and Involuntary Unemployment

Peter Haan, Arne Uhlendorff

published in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 44, 661-683

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2882

Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education: Simulation Based Evidence

Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Karsten Reuss

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 631-646

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2880

Fundamental Determinants of School Efficiency and Equity: German States as a Microcosm for OECD Countries

Ludger Woessmann

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik , 2010, 230 (2), 234-270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2872

When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (3), 633-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2869

Child Labor and Schooling Response to Changes in Coca Production in Rural Peru

Ana C. Dammert

revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2008, 86 (1), 164-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2868

How Did the Elimination of the Earnings Test above the Normal Retirement Age Affect Retirement Expectations?

Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2008, 29 (2), 197-231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2867

Dynamics of Work Limitation and Work in Australia

Umut Oguzoglu

revised version published in: Health Economics, 2010, 19 (6), 656-669

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2859

Imperfect Transmission of Tacit Knowledge and Other Barriers to Entrepreneurship

Vesa Kanniainen, Panu Poutvaara

published in: Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 2007, 28 (4), 675-694

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2856

Employment and Deadweight Loss Effects of Observed Non-Wage Labor Costs

Giovanna Aguilar, Silvio Rendon

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48 (3), 793 - 809

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2853

First Time Parents’ Paid Work Patterns in Amsterdam: Father’s Part-Time Work, Family’s Immigrant Background and Mother’s Work for Pay When the Infant Is Very Young

Cécile Wetzels

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2846

Estimating the Effects of Length of Exposure to a Training Program: The Case of Job Corps

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Arturo Gonzalez, Todd C. Neumann

published as 'Estimating the Effects of Length of Exposure to Instruction in a Training Program: The Case of Job Corps ' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (1), 153–171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2845

Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis

Helene Dearing, Helmut Hofer, Christine Lietz, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Katharina Wrohlich

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2007, 28 (4), 463-495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2840

Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles

Andrew E. Clark, Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46 (1), 95-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2837

Assessing the Incidence and Wage Effects of Over-Skilling in the Australian Labour Market

Kostas Mavromaras, Seamus McGuinness, Yin King Fok

published in: Economic Record, 2009, 85(268), 60-72