IZA Discussion Papers

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2835

Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies

Alessio J. G. Brown, Christian Merkl, Dennis J. Snower

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 168-179

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2834

Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Players

M. Daniele Paserman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2826

Acculturation Identity and Labor Market Outcomes

Lena Nekby, Magnus Rödin

revised version version published as 'Acculturation Identity and Employment among Second and Middle Generation Immigrants' in: Journal of Economic Psycology, 2010, 31(1), 35-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2824

Labour Market Policy and the Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off

Trine Filges, John Kennes, Birthe Larsen, Torben Tranæs

publiched in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2011, 33 (4), 738-753

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2823

Access to Higher Education and Inequality: The Chinese Experiment

Xiaojun Wang, Belton M. Fleisher, Haizheng Li, Shi Li

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 42, 78-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2821

Are Workers in the Cultural Industries Paid Differently?

Cécile Wetzels

published in: Journal of Cultural Economics, 2008, 32(1), 59-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2820

Subjective Beliefs and Schooling Decisions

Christian Belzil

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2819

The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy

Lisa M. Lynch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2818

Entrepreneurship in the UK

David G. Blanchflower, Chris Shadforth

published in: Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2007, 3 (4), 257–364

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2815

Population Policies, Fertility, Women’s Human Capital, and Child Quality

T. Paul Schultz

published in: T. Paul Schultz and John Strauss (eds.), Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. 4, Amsterdam: North-Holland, Elsevier, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2813

Self-Employment and Parenthood: Exploring the Impact of Partners, Children and Gender

Ruta Aidis, Cécile Wetzels

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2803

Explaining Women’s Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women’s Work

Sandra E. Black, Alexandra Spitz-Oener

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92(1), 187-194

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2797

Globalization and Employment: Imported Skill Biased Technological Change in Developing Countries

Andrea Conte, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Developing Economies, 2011, 49(1), 36-65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2796

When Does Transition Increase the Gender Wage Gap? An Application to Belarus

Francesco Pastore, Alina Verashchagina

published in: Economics of Transition, 2011, 19 (2), 333-369

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2794

Gender and Self-Selection Into a Competitive Environment: Are Women More Overconfident Than Men?

Lena Nekby, Peter Skogman Thoursie, Lars Vahtrik

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100(3), 405-407

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2785

Using Stated Preferences Data to Analyze Preferences for Full and Partial Retirement

Arthur van Soest, Arie Kapteyn, Julie Zissimopoulos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2784

Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Can Ability Bias Explain the Earnings Gap Between College and University Graduates?

Vincenzo Caponi, Miana Plesca

revised version published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, 42 (3), 1100-1131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2776

Household Choices of Child Labor and Schooling: A Simple Model with Application to Brazil

Diana Kruger, Rodrigo R. Soares, Matias Berthelon

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47 (1), 1-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2770

Employment Outcomes and the Interaction Between Product and Labor Market Deregulation: Are They Substitutes or Complements?

Giuseppe Fiori, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Stefano Scarpetta, Fabio Schiantarelli

published as "Employment Effects of Product and Labour Market Reforms: Are There Synergies?" in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (558), 79-104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2767

The Demand for Variety: A Household Production Perspective

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Reuben Gronau

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90 (3), 562-572

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2762

Do Family Planning Programmes Help Women's Employment? The Case of Indian Mothers

Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Francesca Francavilla

published in: Journal of Asian Economics, 2011, 22 (5), 412 - 426

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2751

Skills Shortages and Training in Russian Enterprises

Hong Tan, Yevgeniya Savchenko, Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Anna Lukiyanova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2748

Maximum Fee vs. Child Benefit: A Welfare Analysis of Swedish Child-Care Fee Reform

Anne Brink, Katarina Nordblom, Roger Wahlberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2746

Barriers to Entry, Deregulation and Workplace Training

Andrea Bassanini, Giorgio Brunello

revised version published as 'Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training: A theoretical model with evidence from Europe' in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (8), 1152-1176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2743

Labor Search and Matching in Macroeconomics

Eran Yashiv

published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (8), 1859-1895

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2736

Child Labor and Household Wealth: Theory and Empirical Evidence of an Inverted-U

Kaushik Basu, Sanghamitra Das, Bhaskar Dutta

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 8 - 14

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2735

Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (3), 1238–1260

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2731

Employment Performance and Institutions: New Answers to an Old Question

Bruno Amable, Lilas Demmou, Donatella Gatti

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2728

Urban Density and Pupil Attainment

Stephen Gibbons, Olmo Silva

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63 (1), 631-650

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2722

Cohort-Level Sex Ratio Effects on Women’s Labor Force Participation

Shoshana Grossbard, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (3), 249-278

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2721

Recruitment and Job Applications of Older Jobseekers from the Establishments’ Perspective

Lutz Bellmann, Martin Brussig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2720

Reducing Income Transfers to Refugee Immigrants: Does Starthelp Help You Start?

Michael Rosholm, Rune Majlund Vejlin

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 258-275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2714

'Voluntary' and 'Involuntary' Early Retirement: An International Analysis

David Dorn, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42 (4), 427-438

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2713

Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?

Erzo F.P. Luttmer

published in: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7(1), Article 49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2707

Technology and the Demand for Skill: An Analysis of Within and Between Firm Differences

John M. Abowd, John C. Haltiwanger, Julia Lane, Kevin Lee McKinney, L. Kristin Sandusky

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2705

Total Work, Gender and Social Norms

Michael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Philippe Weil

published as 'Total Work and Gender: Facts and Possible Explanations' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (1), 239-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2701

Spatial and Temporal Aggregation in the Estimation of Labor Demand Functions

José Varejão, Pedro Portugal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2699

Maternity Leave Legislation, Female Labor Supply, and the Family Wage Gap

Uta Schönberg, Johannes Ludsteck

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (3), 469-505

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2694

Shifts and Twists in the Relative Productivity of Skilled Labor

Arnaud Dupuy, Philip S. Marey

published in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 30 (2), 718-35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2693

Short-Run and Long-Term Effects of Childbirth on Mothers’ Employment and Working Hours Across Institutional Regimes: An Empirical Analysis Based on the European Community Household Panel

Johannes Geyer, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2692

Multinationals as Stabilizers? Economic Crisis and Plant Employment Growth

Roberto Alvarez, Holger Görg

published as 'Multinationals as Stabilisers? Economic Crisis, Access to Finance, and Employment Growth' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (7), 847-863

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2687

Is Entrepreneurial Success Predictable? An Ex-Ante Analysis of the Character-Based Approach

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61(2), 189-214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2684

How Many Hours Do You Have to Work to Be Integrated? Full Time and Part Time Employment of Native and Ethnic Minority Women in the Netherlands

Pieter Bevelander, Sandra Groeneveld

published as 'How many hours do you have to work to be integrated?' in: International Migration, 2012, 50 (s1), e117 - e131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2678

Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004)

Nauro F. Campos, Dean Jolliffe

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2007, 21 (3), 509-526