IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'The role of institutions and immigrant networks in firms' offshoring decisions' in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2020, 53 (4), 1745 - 1792

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11882

Unequal Use of Social Insurance Benefits: The Role of Employers

Sarah Bana, Kelly Bedard, Maya Rossin-Slater, Jenna Stearns

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2023, 233 (2), 633 - 660

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11867

Some (Maybe) Unpleasant Arithmetic in Minimum Wage Evaluations: The Role of Power, Significance and Sample Size

Ronald Bachmann, Rahel Felder, Sandra Schaffner, Marcus Tamm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11748

A Database on the Passage and Enactment of Recent State Minimum Wage Increases

Jeffrey Clemens, Duncan Hobbs, Michael R. Strain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11728

Minimum Wages and Retirement

Mark Borgschulte, Heepyung Cho

published in: ILR Review, 2020, 73 (1), 153 - 177

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11585

Exploiting the Irish Border to Estimate Minimum Wage Impacts in Northern Ireland

Duncan McVicar, Andrew Park, Seamus McGuinness

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 8(2)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11584

Two Stories of Wage Dynamics in Latin America: Different Policies, Different Outcomes

Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza, Luis C. Carvajal-Osorio

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2020, 41, 128–168,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11427

Minimum Wage Analysis Using a Pre-Committed Research Design: Evidence through 2016

Jeffrey Clemens, Michael R. Strain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11297

People versus Machines: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Automatable Jobs

Grace Lordan, David Neumark

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 52, 40-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11246

The Short-Term Distributional Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform

Marco Caliendo, Alexandra Fedorets, Malte Preuß, Carsten Schröder, Linda Wittbrodt

substantially revised version published as 'The short- and medium-term distributional effects of the German minimum wage reform' in: Empirical Economics, 2023, 64, 1149 - 1175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11190

The Short-Run Employment Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform

Marco Caliendo, Alexandra Fedorets, Malte Preuß, Carsten Schröder, Linda Wittbrodt

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 53, 46-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11168

Government Programs Can Improve Local Labor Markets, But Do They? A Re-Analysis of Ham, Swenson, Imrohoroğlu, and Song (2011)

David Neumark, Timothy Young

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10782

High-Impact Minimum Wages and Heterogeneous Regions

Philipp Vom Berge, Hanna Frings

published in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 59, 701-729.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10582

The Impact of Traineeships on the Employment of the Mentally Ill: The Role of Partial Compliance

Alberto Martini, Enrico Rettore, Gianpaolo Barbetta

published as 'When Non-Compliance Carries the Day: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Employment Program for the Severely Mentally Ill' in: Evaluation Review, 2022, 46 (5), 555–577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10572

Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes

Arindrajit Dube

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (4), 268–304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10512

Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion

Michael A. Clemens, Ethan Gatewood Lewis, Hannah M. Postel

published in: American Economic Review, 2018, 108 (6), 1468–1487.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10500

Maternity and Family Leave Policy

Maya Rossin-Slater

published in: S.L. Averett, L.M. Margys, S.D. Hoffman (eds.): Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy, Oxford, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10483

Brothers in Arms: Spillovers from a Draft Lottery

Paul Bingley, Petter Lundborg, Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 06 August 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10388

The Impact of the 1896 Factory and Shops Act on Victorian Labour Markets

Andrew Seltzer, Jeff Borland

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78 (3), 785-821

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10375

Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial

Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10332

How Does the Minimum Wage Affect Firm Investments in Fixed and Human Capital? Evidence from China

Tobias Haepp, Carl Lin

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21(4), 1057-1080

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10205

Can Overtime Premium Flexibility Promote Employment? Firm- and Worker-Level Evidence from a Labour Law Reform

Pedro S. Martins

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10116

Informality as a Stepping Stone: A Search-Theoretical Assessment of Informal Sector and Government Policy

Semih Tumen

published in: Central Bank Review, 2016, 16(3), 109-117

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10107

An Evaluation of the Workforce Investment Act Adult Program in Minnesota: Lessons from the Financial Crisis

Ellen Bendewald, Nicholas Maryns, Raymond Robertson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10098

Minimum Wage Violation in Central and Eastern Europe

Karolina Goraus-Tanska, Piotr Lewandowski

published in: International Labour Review, 2019, 158(2), 297-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10084

Performance Pay and Malnutrition

Prakarsh Singh, Sandip Mitra

published as 'Incentives, Information and Malnutrition: Evidence from an experiment in India' in: European Economic Review, 2017, 93, 24-46.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10075

Cognitive Performance and Labor Market Outcomes

Dajun Lin, Randall Lutter, Christopher J. Ruhm

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 121 - 135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10031

The Elasticity of the Migrant Labor Supply: Evidence from Temporary Filipino Migrants

Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Sekou Keita

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53 (11), 1822-1834

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9962

Monopsonistic Competition, Low-Wage Labour Markets, and Minimum Wages: An Empirical Analysis

Ronald Bachmann, Hanna Frings

published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (51), 5268-5286

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9864

Federal Minimum Wage Hikes Do Reduce Teenage Employment: The Time Series Effects of Minimum Wages in the US Revisited

Stephen Bazen, Velayoudom Marimoutou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9831

The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Labor Market Outcomes

Joseph J. Sabia, Thanh Tam Nguyen

published in: Journal of Law & Economics, 2018, 61 (3), 361–396

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9715

The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Earnings Inequality: Evidence from China

Carl Lin, Myeong-Su Yun

published in: Research in Labor Economics (Income Inequality Around the World), 2016, 44, 179-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9589

The Effect of Doubling the Minimum Wage on Employment: Evidence from Russia

Alexander Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2016, 5:6

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9576

The Optimal Minimum Wage with Regulatory Uncertainty

John Bennett, Ioana Chioveanu

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19 (6), 1099-1116

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9547

Social Assistance in Five Countries in North-Western Europe

Hans Hansen, Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9528

Happy Birthday, You're Fired! The Effects of Age-Dependent Minimum Wage on Youth Employment Flows in the Netherlands

Jan Kabátek

published in: ILR Review, 2021,74 (4), 1008 - 1035

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9460

Minimum Wages and Spatial Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence

Joan Monras

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37 (3), 853–904

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9204

Minimum Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Primer

Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin Stanwix

published in: World Bank Observer, 2017, 32 (1), 21 - 74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9165

Children of Migrants: The Impact of Parental Migration on Their Children's Education and Health Outcomes

Xin Meng, Chikako Yamauchi

published as 'Children of Migrants: The Cumulative Impact of Parental Migration on Children's Education and Health Outcomes in China' in: Demography, 2017, 54 (5), 1677-1714

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9148

Dismissal Disputes and Endogenous Sorting

Pietro Garibaldi, Gerard A. Pfann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9134

How to Fight Long-Term Unemployment: Lessons from Germany

Alexander Spermann

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4:15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9114

Do Employment Protection Reforms Affect Well-Being?

Vanessa Dräger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9091

The Effect of Statutory Sick Pay Regulations on Workers' Health

Martin Halla, Susanne Pech, Martina Zweimüller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8944

Pooling Multiple Case Studies Using Synthetic Controls: An Application to Minimum Wage Policies

Arindrajit Dube, Ben Zipperer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8788

Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants

David Autor, Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen, Alexander Strand

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8717

Matthew Runs Amok: The Belgian Service Voucher Scheme

Ive Marx, Dieter Vandelannoote

published in: Carbonnier, C. and N. Morel (eds.), The political economy of household services in Europe, Palgrave MacMillan, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8703

The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Match Stability

Mario Centeno, Claudia Duarte, Alvaro A. Novo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8621

Teacher Pay and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance

Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder

published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018, 10(2): 249-276.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8601

Divided Opinion on The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or Systematic Differences

Donal O'Neill

published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 136, 175-178

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8449

Evaluating Workplace Mandates with Flows versus Stocks: An Application to California Paid Family Leave

Mark Curtis, Barry Hirsch, Mary C. Schroeder

revised version published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 83 (2), 501-526

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8421

Career Wage Profiles and the Minimum Wage

Kerry L. Papps

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8420

On the Robustness of Minimum Wage Effects: Geographically-Disparate Trends and Job Growth Equations

John T. Addison, McKinley L. Blackburn, Chad Cotti

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4, 1-16.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8253

The Consequences of Increased Enforcement of Legal Minimum Wages in a Developing Country: An Evaluation of the Impact of the Campaña Nacional de Salarios Mínimos in Costa Rica

T. H. Gindling, Nadwa Mossaad, Juan Diego Trejos

slightly revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68(3), 666-707

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8173

Search, Flows, Job Creations and Destructions

Pierre Cahuc

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 22-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7943

Human Well-being and In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Richard Dorsett, Andrew J. Oswald

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7878

Minimum Wages, Unemployment and Informality: Evidence from Panel Data on Russian Regions

Alexander Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7813

Minimum Wages and Employment in China

Tony Fang, Carl Lin

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4:22, 1-30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7787

Wage Flexibility and the Great Recession: The Response of the Irish Labour Market

Aedin Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman

published in: [IZA Journal of European Labor Studies], 2015, 4(18)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7723

Incentives for Teacher Relocation: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance

Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41, 120-136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7674

Minimum Wages and Aggregate Job Growth: Causal Effect or Statistical Artifact?

Arindrajit Dube

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7669

Immigration and Entrepreneurship

Robert W. Fairlie, Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of International Immigration, 1B, Elsevier, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7638

Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies

Sylvia Allegretto, Arindrajit Dube, Michael Reich, Ben Zipperer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7546

Older Workers and Working Time

David N.F. Bell, Alasdair C. Rutherford

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2013, 1-2, 28-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7490

Youth Unemployment in Old Europe: The Polar Cases of France and Germany

Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:18

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7166

Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?

David Neumark, J.M. Ian Salas, William Wascher

published in: ILR Review, 2014, 67 (S3), 608-648.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7127

Incidence of a "Social VAT" Reform: A French Scenario

Therese Rebiere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7114

The Effects of Living Wage Laws on Low-Wage Workers and Low-Income Families: What Do We Know Now?

David Neumark, Matthew Thompson, Leslie Koyle

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2012, 1:11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7113

Simulating the Economic Impacts of Living Wage Mandates Using New Public and Administrative Data: Evidence for New York City

David Neumark, Matthew Thompson, Francesco Brindisi, Leslie Koyle, Clayton Reck

pubished in: Economic Development Quarterly, 2013, 27 (4), 271 - 283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7092

The Effect of Tip Credits on Earnings and Employment in the U.S. Restaurant Industry

William E. Even, David A. Macpherson

revised version published as "The Effect of the Tipped Minimum Wage on Employees in the U.S. Restaurant Industry" in: Southern Economic Journal, 2014, 80 (3), 633-655

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7047

The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector

Bodo Aretz, Melanie Arntz, Terry Gregory

published in: German Economic Review, 2013, 14 (3), 282-315.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6892

Minimum Wages and Female Labor Supply in Germany

Christian Bredemeier, Falko Juessen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6880

Active Labor Market Programs: Employment Gain or Fiscal Drain?

Alessio J. G. Brown, Johannes Koettl

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6858

Labor Market Impacts of a Large-Scale Public Works Program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme

Laura V Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6810

The German Labor Market after the Great Recession: Successful Reforms and Future Challenges

Marco Caliendo, Jens Hogenacker

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1(3), 1-24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6760

Lost in Transition? Minimum Wage Effects on German Construction Workers

Ronald Bachmann, Marion König, Sandra Schaffner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6749

Do Employees Profit from Profit Sharing? Evidence from Canadian Panel Data

Richard J. Long, Tony Fang

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012, 65 (4), 899-927

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6717

Business Taxation and Wages: Evidence from Individual Panel Data

Thomas K. Bauer, Tanja Kasten, Lars Siemers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6682

Sharpening the Effectiveness of Natural Experiments as an Analytical Tool

Harriet Duleep

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6624

Optimal Fiscal Devaluation

François Langot, Lise Patureau, Thepthida Sopraseuth

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6548

The Impact of Indian Job Guarantee Scheme on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Mehtabul Azam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6504

The Impact of Greek Labour Market Regulation on Temporary and Family Employment: Evidence from a New Survey

Achilleas Anagnostopoulos, W. Stanley Siebert

published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2015, 26 (18), 2366-2393

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6484

Minimum Wages as a Barrier to Entry: Evidence from Germany

Ronald Bachmann, Thomas K. Bauer, Hanna Kroeger

published in: Labour, 2014, 28 (3), 338-357

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6269

Less Myth, More Measurement: Decomposing Excess Returns from the 1989 Minimum Wage Hike

Carl Lin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6237

Decomposing Excess Returns in Stochastic Linear Models

Carl Lin

revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 118(1), 143-147

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6224

Detecting Wage Under-reporting Using a Double Hurdle Model

Peter Elek, János Köllő, Balázs Reizer, Péter A. Szabó

published in: Informal Employment in Emerging a Transition Economies, Research in Labor Economics, 34,. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012, 135-166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6186

Reforming an Insider-Outsider Labor Market: The Spanish Experience

Samuel Bentolila, Juan J. Dolado, Juan F. Jimeno

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6108

Labor Earnings Respond Differently to Income-Tax and to Payroll-Tax Reforms

Etienne Lehmann, François Marical, Laurence Rioux

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 99 (1), 66-84.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5942

Underreporting of Earnings and the Minimum Wage Spike

Mirco Tonin

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:2