IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'How do households adjust to tariff liberalization? Evidence from China's WTO accession' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, 102628

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11264

The Effects of Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeships: Evidence from a German High School Reform

Samuel Mühlemann, Gerard A. Pfann, Harald Pfeifer, Hans Dietrich

forthcoming as 'Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training' in: Economics of Education Review, 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11098

Overoptimistic Entrepreneurs: Predicting Wellbeing Consequences of Self-Employment

Reto Odermatt, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Alois Stutzer

revised version published as 'Are Newly Self-Employed Overly Optimistic About Their Future Well-Being?' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021, 95, 101779

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11085

Maternal Employment and Child Outcomes: Evidence from the Irish Marriage Bar

Irene Mosca, Vincent O'Sullivan, Robert E. Wright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11072

Rising Wage Inequality in Germany: Increasing Heterogeneity and Changing Selection into Full-Time Work

Martin Biewen, Bernd Fitzenberger, Jakob de Lazzer

revised version published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 7:10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10822

The Economic Value of Breaking Bad: Misbehavior, Schooling and the Labor Market

Nicholas W. Papageorge, Victor Ronda, Yu Zheng

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10718

Skill Premium, Labor Supply and Changes in the Structure of Wages in Latin America

Manuel Fernandez Sierra, Julián Messina

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10698

Does a Satisfied Student Make a Satisfied Worker?

Adele Whelan, Seamus McGuinness

heavily revised version forthcoming in: Studies in Higher Education

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10489

The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on the Labor Supply of Older Adults: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

Lauren Hersch Nicholas, J. Catherine Maclean

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10241

Labor Market Imperfections and the Firm's Wage Setting Policy

Sónia Félix, Pedro Portugal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10239

Gender Quotas: Challenging the Boards, Performance, and the Stock Market

Giulia Ferrari, Valeria Ferraro, Paola Profeta, Chiara D. Pronzato

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10066

Wage Flexibility and Employment Fluctuations: Evidence from the Housing Sector

Jörn-Steffen Pischke

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9802

Families in Macroeconomics

Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9708

Peer Effects in Employment Status: Evidence from Housing Lotteries for Forced Evacuees in Fukushima

Ayako Kondo, Masahiro Shoji

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9675

Tattoos, Life Style and the Labor Market

Rik Dillingh, Peter Kooreman, Jan Potters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9508

The Relationship Between Establishment Training and the Retention of Older Workers: Evidence from Germany

Peter B. Berg, Mary K. Hamman, Matthew Piszczek, Christopher J. Ruhm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9404

What Factors Influence Firm Perceptions of Labour Market Constraints to Growth in the MENA Region?

Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (8), 1181-1206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9291

Efficiency and Labor Market Dynamics in a Model of Labor Selection

Sanjay K. Chugh, Christian Merkl

published in: International Economic Review, 2016, 57 (4), 1371–1404.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9278

Skill Gaps in the Workplace: Measurement, Determinants and Impacts

Seamus McGuinness, Luis Ortiz

published in: Industrial Relations Journal, 2016, 47 (3), 253-278

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9204

Minimum Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Primer

Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin Stanwix

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9188

The French Productivity Puzzle

Philippe Askenazy, Christine Erhel

published in: Ph. Askenazy et al. (eds), Productivity Puzzles Across Europe, Oxford: OUP, 2016.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9112

Do the Unemployed Accept Jobs Too Quickly? A Comparison with Employed Job Seekers

Simonetta Longhi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9072

The Rising Cost of Child Care in the United States: A Reassessment of the Evidence

Chris M. Herbst

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8946

Employment and Hours over the Business Cycle in a Model with Search Frictions

Noritaka Kudoh, Hiroaki Miyamoto, Masaru Sasaki

publication in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2019. 31, 436-461

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8924

Immigration and Wage Dynamics: Evidence from the Mexican Peso Crisis

Joan Monras

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8919

United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany

Claus Schnabel

published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik), 2016, 236 (2), 157-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8918

How the Demand for Labor May Adapt to the Availability of Labor: A Preliminary Exploration with Historical Data

Harriet Duleep, Xingfei Liu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8890

Some Surprising Facts about Working Time Accounts and the Business Cycle

Almut Balleer, Britta Gehrke, Christian Merkl

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2017, 38 (7), 940-953

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8840

Economic Shocks and Internal Migration

Joan Monras

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8793

The Stress Cost of Children

Hielke Buddelmeyer, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Mark Wooden

published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 109, 148 - 161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8655

How Darwinian Should an Economy Be?

Gilles Saint-Paul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8522

Cultural Values and Decision to Work of Immigrant Women in Italy

Vincenzo Scoppa, Manuela Stranges

published in: Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2019, 33 (1), 101-123.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8377

Defining and Measuring Informality in the Turkish Labor Market

Elif Öznur Acar, Aysit Tansel

Published in: Sosyoekonomi,2016, 24(28): 147-174.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8284

Employee Trust and Workplace Performance

Sarah Brown, Daniel Gray, Jolian McHardy, Karl Taylor

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 361-378

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8053

Cities, Tasks and Skills

Suzanne Kok, Bas ter Weel

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2014, 54(5), 856-892

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8024

The Quantity and Quality of Children: A Semi-Parametric Bayesian IV Approach

Sylvia Frühwirth-Schnatter, Martin Halla, Alexandra Posekany, Gerald J. Pruckner, Thomas Schober

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7983

When Do Remittances Facilitate Asset Accumulation? The Importance of Remittance Income Uncertainty

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo

published as 'Remittance income uncertainty and asset accumulation' in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:3

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7915

A Balancing Act at Times of Austerity: Matching the Supply and Demand for Skills in the Greek Labour Market

Konstantinos Pouliakas

Revised version published in: Pouliakas, K. and Psifidou, I. 2015, 'Greece: Vocational education and training in economic change', Education in the European Union Pre-2003 Member States: Bloomsbury Publishing

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7746

Labour Market Dynamics in Spanish Regions: Evaluating Asymmetries in Troublesome Times

Hector Sala, Pedro Trivín

published in: SERIEs, 2014, 5(2), 197-221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7597

What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?

Stephan Klasen, Janneke Pieters

published in: World Bank Econ Rev, 2015, 29(3), 449-478

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7462

Maternity Leave and the Responsiveness of Female Labor Supply to a Household Shock

Emma Tominey

forthcoming in: European Economic Review, 2016.