IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2610

Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Employment: Evidence from the Post-Welfare Reform Era

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2608

Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighborhood Quality and/or Parents’ Involvement?

published as 'Neighborhood Effects and Parental Involvement in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education' in: Journal of Regional Science, 2011, 51 (5), 987 - 1013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2607

A Model with Endogenous Programme Participation: Evaluating the Tax Credit in France

Hans Bloemen, Elena G. F. Stancanelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2606

Child Labor

Eric V. Edmonds

published in: Handbook of Development Economics Volume 4: T.P. Shultz and J. Strauss, eds., 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2603

Territorial Differences in Italian Students’ Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003

Massimiliano Bratti, Daniele Checchi, Antonio Filippin

revised version published as "Geographical Differences in Italian Students' Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003" in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2007, 66(3), 299-333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2599

The Impact of Income Taxation on the Ratio between Reservation and Market Wages and the Incentives for Labour Supply

Marco Caliendo, Ludovica Gambaro, Peter Haan

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (9), 877-883

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2597

Job Creation and Job Destruction over the Life Cycle: The Older Workers in the Spotlight

Jean-Olivier Hairault, Arnaud Chéron, François Langot

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2591

The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries: How Large Is It for Men?

Síle O'Dorchai, Robert Plasman, François Rycx

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (7), 571-603

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2587

Matching Language Proficiency to Occupation: The Effect on Immigrants’ Earnings

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published as 'The impact of surplus skills on earnings: Extending the over-education model to language proficiency' in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 36, 263-275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2582

The Changing Nature of the School-to-Work Transition Process in OECD Countries

Glenda Quintini, John P. Martin, Sébastien Martin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2580

Fun with Matched Firm-Employee Data: Progress and Road Maps

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 663-673

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2577

‘Marginal Employment’ and the Demand for Heterogenous Labour: Empirical Evidence from a Multi-Factor Labour Demand Model for Germany

Ronny Freier, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2571

Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

David Autor, William Kerr, Adriana Kugler

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (521), F189 - F217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2570

Minimum Wages and Employment

David Neumark, William Wascher

published in: Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2007, 3 (1+2), 1-182

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2564

Worker Characteristics, Job Characteristics, and Opportunities for Phased Retirement

Robert M. Hutchens

substantially revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 1010-1021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2561

Self-Employment: A Way to End Unemployment? Empirical Evidence from German Pseudo-Panel Data

Daniela Glocker, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2555

Minimum Wages, Minimum Labour Costs and the Tax Treatment of Low-Wage Employment

Herwig Immervoll

corrected and updated version published in OECD (2007), Taxing Wages 2005/2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2552

Choice of Fields of Study of Canadian University Graduates: The Role of Gender and their Parents’ Education

Brahim Boudarbat, Claude Montmarquette

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2550

The Technology of Skill Formation

Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman

published in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (2), 31-47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2549

Technological and Organizational Changes, and Labor Flows: Evidence on French Establishments

Philippe Askenazy, Eva Moreno-Galbis

published in: LABOUR, 2007, 21 (2), 265–301

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2545

The Effects of Wal-Mart on Local Labor Markets

David Neumark, Junfu Zhang, Stephen Ciccarella

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63(2), 405-430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2540

Trends in Hours and Economic Growth

L. Rachel Ngai, Christopher A. Pissarides

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008, 11 (2), 239-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2527

Earnings Instability and Tenure

Lorenzo Cappellari, Marco Leonardi

revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (2), 202 - 234

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2513

The Social Multiplier and Labour Market Participation of Mothers

Eric Maurin, Julie Moschion

published in: American Economic Journal : Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 251-272

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2506

Multinational Companies, Backward Linkages and Labour Demand Elasticities

Holger Görg, Michael Henry, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, 42( 1), 332-348

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2502

Educational Inputs and Outcomes Before the Transition from Communism

John Beirne, Nauro F. Campos

published in: Economics of Transition, 2007, 15 (1), 57-76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2497

Minimum Wages, Globalization and Poverty in Honduras

T. H. Gindling, Katherine Terrell

revised version published in: World Development, 2010, 38(6), 908-918

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2495

Changing Patterns of Ethnic Minority Self-Employment in Britain: Evidence from Census Microdata

Ken Clark, Stephen Drinkwater

revised version published as 'Patterns of Ethnic Self-Employment in Time and Space: Evidence from British Census Microdata' in: Small Business Economics, 2010, 34 (3), 323-338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2492

Financial Incentives and the Timing of Retirement: Evidence from Switzerland

Barbara Hanel, Regina T. Riphahn

published as 'The Timing of Retirement - New Evidence from Swiss Female Workers' in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19(5), 718-728

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2490

Student Achievement and University Classes: Effects of Attendance, Size, Peers, and Teachers

Pedro S. Martins, Ian Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2489

Macroeconomic Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on the Matching Process in Western Germany

Reinhard Hujer, Christopher Zeiss

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2485

How General Is Specific Human Capital?

Christina Gathmann, Uta Schönberg

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 28 (1), 1 - 49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2484

Long Work Hours: Volunteers and Conscripts

Robert Drago, Mark Wooden, David Black

Published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2009, 47(3), 571-600. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00717.x

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2483

Does Manager Turnover Improve Firm Performance? New Evidence Using Information from Dutch Soccer, 1986-2004

Bas ter Weel

published in: De Economist, 2011, 159 (3), 279-303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2480

The Macroeconomics of the Labor Market: Three Fundamental Views

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Portuguese Economic Journal, 2007, 6 (3), 151-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2478

Public Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying to Migrate and Teaching to Stay?

Panu Poutvaara

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110 (3), 591–608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2476

Where to Work? The Role of the Household in Explaining Gender Differences in Labour Market Outcomes

Ralitza Dimova, Ira N. Gang, John Landon-Lane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2473

On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector

Andrew Henley, Reza Arabsheibani, Francisco G. Carneiro

published in: World Development, 2009, 37(5), 992-1003

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2469

Do Downward Private Transfers Enhance Maternal Labor Supply? Evidence from around Europe

Ralitza Dimova, François-Charles Wolff

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (3), 911-933

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2468

Designing Optimal Taxes with a Microeconometric Model of Household Labour Supply

Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino

revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2013, 115 (2), 449-475

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2466

Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes

Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel, Bruce A. Weinberg

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43 (4), 815-858

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2462

Returns to Schooling in Kazakhstan: OLS and Instrumental Variables Approach

Reza Arabsheibani, Altay Mussurov

published in: Economics of Transition, 2007, 15 (2), 342-364

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2459

Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek?

Marcello Estevão, Filipa Sa

revised version published as 'The 35-hour workweek in France: Straightjacket or welfare improvement? ' in: Economic Policy, 2008, 23 (55), 417-463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2456

Employment Fluctuations and Dynamics of the Aggregate Average Wage in Poland 1996-2003

Michal Myck, Leszek Morawski, Jerzy Mycielski

published in: Economics of Transition, 2007, 15(4), 759-799

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2450

Assessing Job Flows across Countries: The Role of Industry, Firm Size and Regulations

John C. Haltiwanger, Stefano Scarpetta, Helena Schweiger

published as 'Cross country differences in job reallocation: The role of industry, firm size and regulations' in: Labour Economics, 2014, 26, 11-25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2449

The Retirement Expectations of Middle-Aged Individuals

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Steven Stillman

published in: Economic Record, 2009, 85(269), 146-163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2445

The Impact of the Minimum Wage on the Incidence of Second Job Holding in Britain

Helen Robinson, Jonathan Wadsworth

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54 (4), 553-574

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2442

Over-Education and the Skills of UK Graduates

Arnaud Chevalier, Joanne Lindley

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 2009, 172(2), 307-337

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2441

The Effect of Family Structure on Parents' Child Care Time in the United States and the United Kingdom

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, David C. Ribar, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (4), 353-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2436

The Influence of Wages on Parents’ Allocations of Time to Child Care and Market Work in the United Kingdom

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, David C. Ribar, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (2), 399-419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2434

Expanding Schooling Opportunities for 4-Year-Olds

Edwin Leuven, Mikael Lindahl, Hessel Oosterbeek, Dinand Webbink

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (3), 319-328, revised version available here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2433

The Economic Effects of Employment Protection: Evidence from International Industry-Level Data

Alejandro Micco, Carmen Pagés

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2431

Intergenerational Transmission of Abilities and Self Selection of Mexican Immigrants

Vincenzo Caponi

published in: International Economic Review, 2011, 52 (2), 523 - 547

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2429

The Role of Noncognitive Skills in Explaining Cognitive Test Scores

Lex Borghans, Huub Meijers, Bas ter Weel

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46 (1), 2-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2428

Fiscal Competition and the Composition of Public Spending: Theory and Evidence

Rainald Borck, Marco Caliendo, Viktor Steiner

published in: FinanzArchiv, 2007, 63 (2), 264-277

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2424

Making Work Pay for the Elderly Unemployed: Evaluating Alternative Policy Reforms for Germany

Peter Haan, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2422

Mexican-Hispanic Self-Employment Entry: The Role of Business Start-Up Constraints

Magnus Lofstrom, Chunbei Wang

published in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007, 613 (1), 32-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2419

The Part-Time Pay Penalty for Women in Britain

Alan Manning, Barbara Petrongolo

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (526), F28-F51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2415

Population Aging and Continued Education

Regina T. Riphahn, Parvati Trübswetter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2414

The Determinants of Motherhood and Work Status: A Survey

Daniela Del Boca, Marilena Locatelli

published as 'Motherhood and participation' in: D. Del Boca and C. Wetzels (eds.), Social Policies, Labor Markets and Motherhood, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 155-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2407

Estimating the Return to Endogenous Schooling Decisions for Australian Workers via Conditional Second Moments

Roger Klein, Francis Vella

published as 'Estimating the Return to Endogenous Schooling Decisions via Conditional Second Moments' in : Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44 (4), 1047 - 1065

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2406

A Note on Unhappiness and Unemployment Duration

Andrew E. Clark

published in Applied Economics Quarterly, 2006, 52 (4), 291-308

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2405

How Immigrants Fare Across the Earnings Distribution: International Analyses

Barry R. Chiswick, Anh T. Le, Paul W. Miller

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (3), 353-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2404

Who Wants Flexibility? Changing Work Hours Preferences and Life Events

Robert Drago, Mark Wooden, David Black

Published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2009, 62(3), 394-414. doi:10.1177/001979390906200308

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2403

The Effects of Globalization on Worker Training

Hans Gersbach, Armin Schmutzler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2402

Do the Unemployed Become Successful Entrepreneurs? A Comparison between the Unemployed, Inactive and Wage-Earners

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (7), 604-626

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2400

Incentives and the Allocation of Effort Over Time: The Joint Role of Affective and Cognitive Decision Making

Lorenz Götte, David B. Huffman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2399

Workfare: Eine wirksame Alternative zum Kombilohn

Holger Bonin, Hilmar Schneider

published in: Wirtschaftsdienst, 2006, 86 (10), 645-650

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2398

Basic Income Reform in Germany: Better Gradualism than Cold Turkey

Alexander Spermann

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly Supplement, 2006, 57, 113-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2397

The (Ir)relevance of the NRU for Policy Making: The Case of Denmark

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala, Pablo F. Salvador

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 55 (3), 369-392

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2395

The Effects of Divorce Risk on the Labour Supply of Married Couples

Kerry L. Papps

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2385

The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12(1), 129-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2382

The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start

Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2011, 27 (1), 31-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2381

Politico-Economic Causes of Labor Regulation in the United States: Rent Seeking, Alliances, Raising Rivals' Costs (Even Lowering One's Own?), and Interjurisdictional Competition

John T. Addison

published in: R. Vaubel and P. Bernholz (eds.), Political Competition and Economic Regulation, London: Routledge 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2372

The Parental Leave Benefit Reform in Germany: Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving towards the Scandinavian Model

C. Katharina Spieß, Katharina Wrohlich

revised version published as 'Parental Leave Benet Reform in Germany: Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving towards the Nordic Model' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2008, 27 (5), 575-591

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2370

The Return to Schooling in Structural Dynamic Models: A Survey

Christian Belzil

published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (5), 1059-1105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2365

Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey

Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2008, 91/92, 385-408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2357

Is there a Causal Effect of High School Math on Labor Market Outcomes?

Juanna Schrøter Joensen, Helena Skyt Nielsen

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44 (1), 171-198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2348

Does School Tracking Affect Equality of Opportunity? New International Evidence

Giorgio Brunello, Daniele Checchi

published in: Economic Policy, 52, 2007, 781-861

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2343

Do Changes in Regulation Affect Employment Duration in Temporary Work Agencies?

Manfred Antoni, Elke J. Jahn

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2009, 62 (2), 226-251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2337

Evaluation of a Tax Reform: A Model with Measurement Error

Rob Euwals

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2008, 15 (9), 697-700

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2334

The Earnings Effect of Education at Community Colleges

Dave E. Marcotte

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2010, 28(1), 36-51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2332

Classification Error in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models: Implications for Female Labor Supply Behavior

Michael P. Keane, Robert M. Sauer

published in: Econometrica, 2009, 77(3), 975-991

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2329

A Large-Scale Validation Study of Measurement Errors in Longitudinal Survey Data

Nicolai Kristensen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen

published in: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2007, 32 (2-3), 65-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2328

Taxing Human Capital Efficiently: The Double Dividend of Taxing Non-Qualified Labour More Heavily Than Qualified Labour

Wolfram F. Richter

revised version based on DP 2328 and DP 3451 published as "Taxing education in Ramsey's tradition" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (11-12), 1254-1260

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2326

Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China

Alan de Brauw, John T. Giles

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (1) 274-313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2325

Does Atypical Work Help the Jobless? Evidence from a CAEAS/CPS Cohort Analysis

John T. Addison, Christopher J. Surfield

published in: Applied Economics, 2009, 41 (9), 1077 - 1087

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2322

Labour Turnover and Labour Productivity in a Retail Organization

W. Stanley Siebert, Nick Zubanov, Arnaud Chevalier, Tarja Viitanen

published in: Academy of Management Journal, 2009, 52 (2), 294-313