IZA Discussion Papers

published in: David Leal and Stephen Trejo (eds)., Latinos and the Economy: Integration and Impact in Schools, Labor Markets, and Beyond, New York: Springer, 2011, 169-191

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5340

Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain

Samuel Bentolila, Pierre Cahuc, Juan J. Dolado, Thomas Le Barbanchon

published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122, 155-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5162

Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Female Employment and Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis

John T. Addison, Orgul Demet Ozturk

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012, 65 (4), 779-809

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5087

Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation: A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe

Günther Schmid

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5078

Wages, Employment and Tenure of Temporarily Subsidized Workers: Does the Industry Matter?

Gesine Stephan

revised version published as 'Hétérogénéité sectorielle des effets d'un dispositif de subvention salariale sur les salaires et l'emploi en Allemagne' in: Travail et Emploi, 2014, 139, 61-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5035

Whatever Works: Dualisation and the Service Economy in Bismarckian Welfare States

Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx

published in: P.Emmenegger et al. (eds.): The Age of Dualization, Oxford: 2012, 73-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4983

The Combined Employment Effects of Minimum Wages and Labor Market Regulation: A Meta-Analysis

Bernhard Boockmann

published in: Applied Economic Quarterly, 2010, 56, 156-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4949

The Minimum Wage in a Deflationary Economy: The Japanese Experience, 1994-2003

Ryo Kambayashi, Daiji Kawaguchi, Ken Yamada

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 264-276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4948

The Economic Crisis, Public Sector Pay, and the Income Distribution

Tim Callan, Brian Nolan, John R. Walsh

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 32, 207-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4933

Rational Expectations and the Puzzling No-Effect of the Minimum Wage

Sara Pinoli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4705

Youth Unemployment: Déjà Vu?

David N.F. Bell, David G. Blanchflower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4665

Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policies and Labor Supply: The German Experience

Marco Caliendo

substantially revised and extended version available as IZA DP No. 6810

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4659

Welfare Usage in the U.S.: Does Immigrant Birthplace and Immigration Status Matter?

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Maharouf Oyolola

revised version published as 'Do Immigrant Groups Differ in Welfare Usage? Evidence from the U.S.A' in: Atlantic Economic Journal, 2011, 39 (3), 231-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4595

Institutional Arrangements, Employment Performance and the Quality of Work

Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Verena Tobsch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4465

Better Protected, Better Paid: Evidence on How Employment Protection Affects Wages

Karen van der Wiel

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 16-26

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4442

Wage Returns to University Disciplines in Greece: Are Greek Higher Education Degrees Trojan Horses?

Ilias Livanos, Konstantinos Pouliakas

published in: Education Economics, 2011, 19 (4), 411 - 445

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4408

Noncompliance and the Effects of the Minimum Wage on Hours and Welfare in Competitive Labor Markets

Leif Danziger

published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (6), 625-630

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4320

Endogenous Monopsony and the Perverse Effect of the Minimum Wage in Small Firms

Leif Danziger

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 224-229

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4273

Immigration to the Land of Redistribution

Tito Boeri

published in: Economica, 2010, 77 (308), 651-687

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4238

Analyzing Female Labor Supply: Evidence from a Dutch Tax Reform

Nicole Bosch, Bas van der Klaauw

published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 271-280

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4236

Long-Term Impact of Youth Minimum Wages: Evidence from Two Decades of Individual Longitudinal Data

Ana Rute Cardoso

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2019, 121 (4), 1337 - 1380

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4206

Are Returns to Education on the Decline in Venezuela and Does Mission Sucre Have a Role to Play?

Naihobe Gonzales, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (6), 1348-1369

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4100

Reforming German Labor Market Institutions: A Dual Path to Flexibility

Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx

revised version published in: Journal of European Social Policy, 2011, 21(1), 73-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3976

Crime and the Labour Market: Evidence from a Survey of Inmates

Horst Entorf

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2009, 229 (2+3), 254-269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3867

Institutional Features of Wage Bargaining in 23 European Countries, the US and Japan

Philip Du Caju, Erwan Gautier, Daphne Momferatou, Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3781

Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?

Harry J. Holzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3774

Analysis of Pay Inequality and its Impacts on Growth and Performance in the Korean Manufacturing Industry

Yunhee Kim, Jeong-Dong Lee, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3643

The Ambiguous Effect of Minimum Wages on Workers and Total Hours

Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 218-228

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3633

The Effect of Extending the Duration of Eligibility in an Italian Labour Market Programme for Dismissed Workers

Enrico Rettore, Adriano Paggiaro, Ugo Trivellato

published as 'The Effect of Longer Eligibility to a Labour Market Programme for Dismissed Workers' in: Labour, 2009, 23 (1), 37 - 66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3597

New Estimates of the Effects of Minimum Wages in the U.S. Retail Trade Sector

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

published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (4), 397-408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3596

Citizenship in the United States: The Roles of Immigrant Characteristics and Country of Origin

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 29, 2009, 91 - 130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3502

Labor Market Policies, Institutions and Employment Rates in the EU-27

Riccardo Rovelli, Randolph Luca Bruno

published in: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2010, 48 (3), 661-685

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3499

The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants’ Employment and Earnings

Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 544-563

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3459

Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002

Simon Appleton, Lina Song, Qingjie Xia

published in: World Development, 2010, 38 (5), 665-678

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3390

Minimum Wages in Kenya

Mabel Andalón, Carmen Pagés

published in: Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar (eds.): Labour Markets and Economic Development, Routledge, 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3373

The Impact of the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies in the UK

Peter Dolton, Gerry Makepeace

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3352

Better Protected, Better Paid: Evidence on How Employment Protection Affects Wages

Karen van der Wiel

substantially revised version published as IZA DP No. 4465

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3300

The Effect of Minimum Wages on Wages and Employment: County-Level Estimates for the United States

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

published online in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2012, 50 (3), 412-435.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3286

Single Mothers and Poverty in Costa Rica

T. H. Gindling, Luis Oviedo

published in: CEPAL Review, 2008, 94 (April), 121-132

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3161

Labor Market Policies and Outcomes: Cross Country Evidence for the EU-27

Riccardo Rovelli, Randolph Luca Bruno

substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 3502

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3150

The Elasticity of Labor Demand and the Minimum Wage

Leif Danziger

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (3), 757-772

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3141

Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts and Collective Wage Determination

Laszlo Goerke

published as 'The Effects of Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts in the Presence of Collective Bargaining Contracts' in: W. Franz, H.-J. Ramser, M. Stadler (Hrsg.), Arbeitsverträge – Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Seminar Ottobeuren, Tübingen, 2008, 37, 199-226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2998

Turning a Blind Eye: Costly Enforcement, Credible Commitment and Minimum Wage Laws

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

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (543), 244 - 269

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. 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. 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. 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. 2708

Will the Skill-Premium in the Netherlands Rise in the Next Decades?

Arnaud Dupuy

published in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (21), 2723-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2574

Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment

Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (3), 956–978

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. 2557

Does a Food for Education Program Affect School Outcomes? The Bangladesh Case

Xin Meng, Jim Ryan

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (2), 415-447

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. 2430

Labour Market Regulation in the EU-15: Causes and Consequences – A Survey

W. Stanley Siebert

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

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. 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. 2360

The Elasticity of Labor Demand and the Optimal Minimum Wage

Leif Danziger

Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22, (3), 757-772

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2120

Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik – Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen

Werner Eichhorst

published in: Lothar Funk (ed.), Anwendungsorientierte Marktwirtschaftslehre und Neue Politische Ökonomie, Marburg: Metropolis, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2105

Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives

Alessio J. G. Brown, Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 24 (3), 587-604

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1967

Is There a Social Security Tax Wedge?

Alessandro Cigno

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 68-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1678

Optimum Income Taxation and Layoff Taxes

Pierre Cahuc, Andre Zylberberg

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (10-11), 2003-2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1667

Low-Wage Employment in Portugal: A Mixed Logit Approach

Carlos Pestana Barros, Isabel Proença, José António Cabral Vieira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1625

The Behavioral Effects of Minimum Wages

Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, Christian Zehnder

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121 (4), 1347-1381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1570

Minimum Wage or Negative Income Tax: Why Skilled Workers May Favor Wage Rigidities

Maya Bacache-Beauvallet, Etienne Lehmann

published as 'Minimum wage or negative income tax: why skilled workers may favor wage rigidities' in: Spanish Economic Review, 2008, 10 (1), 63-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1566

The Effects of Living Wage Laws: Evidence from Failed and Derailed Living Wage Campaigns

Scott Adams, David Neumark

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2005, 78 (2), 177-202

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1490

Wohlfahrts- und Verteilungseffekte eines allgemeinen Freibetrags bei den Sozialabgaben

Hilmar Schneider, Holger Bonin

published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research, 2005, 38 (4), 475-492

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1428

Minimum Wage Effects in the Longer Run

David Neumark, Olena Y. Nizalova

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42 (2), 435-452

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1364

Labor Market Institutions and the Employment-Productivity Trade-Off: A Wage Posting Approach

Arnaud Chéron, Jean-Olivier Hairault, François Langot

published as "A quantitative evaluation of payroll tax subsidies for low-wage workers: An equilibrium search approach" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92(3-4), 817-843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1327

Downward Nominal Wage Flexibility: Real or Measurement Error?

Peter T. Gottschalk

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87 (3), 556-568

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1322

Do Earnings Subsidies Affect Job Choice?

Helen Connolly, Peter T. Gottschalk

published as 'Do earnings subsidies affect job choice? The impact of SSP subsidies on job turnover and wage growth' in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, 42 (4), 1276 - 1304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1207

The Long and Short of It: Maternity Leave Coverage and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes

Masanori Hashimoto, Rick Percy, Teresa Schoellner, Bruce A. Weinberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1160

Minimum Wages, Inequality and Globalization

T. H. Gindling, Katherine Terrell

published in: Michigan Journal of International Law, 2004, 26(1), 245-269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1159

The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market

T. H. Gindling, Katherine Terrell

revised version published as 'The effects of multiple minimum wages throughout the labor market: The case of Costa Rica ' in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 485-511

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1136

Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage

Sara Lemos

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2005, 4 (1), Art.16

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1135

The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Wages, Employment and Prices

Sara Lemos

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 397-413

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1106

Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes: Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?

Holger Bonin

published in: R. Zwengel (ed.), Gesellschaftliche Perspektiven: Jahrbuch der Hessischen Gesellschaft für Demokratie und Ökologie, 2004, 5, 55-71

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1091

Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market

Dean R. Hyslop, Steven Stillman

published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (2), 201-230

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1089

The Effects of the Minimum Wage in the Formal and Informal Sectors in Brazil

Sara Lemos

published as: 'Minimum Wage Effects in a Developing Country' in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16(2), 224-237.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1072

The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Prices

Sara Lemos

published as: 'A Survey of the Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices' in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008, 22(1), 187-212.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1071

The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Prices in Brazil

Sara Lemos

published as: 'Anticipated Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices' in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38(3), 325-337.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1070

Are Wage and Employment Effects Robust to Alternative Minimum Wage Variables?

Sara Lemos

published as: 'Comparing Employment Estimates Using Different Minimum Wage Variables: the case of Brazil' in: International Review of Applied Economic, 2009, 23(4), 405-425.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1069

A Menu of Minimum Wage Variables for Evaluating Wages and Employment Effects: Evidence from Brazil

Sara Lemos

published as 'Minimum Wage Policy and Employment Effects: Evidence from Brazil' in: Economía: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2004, 5 (1), 219-266

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1018

Legal Minimum Wages and the Wages of Formal and Informal Sector Workers in Costa Rica

T. H. Gindling, Katherine Terrell

published in: World Development, 2005, 33 (11), 1905-1921

IZA Discussion Paper No. 970

Fighting “Low Equilibria” by Doubling the Minimum Wage? Hungary’s Experiment

Gabor Kertesi, János Köllő

IZA Discussion Paper No. 949

Minimum Wage Effects on Labor Market Outcomes under Search with Bargaining

Christopher Flinn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 861

Inflation, Minimum Wage and Other Wages: An Econometric Study on French Macroeconomic Data