IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages: Key Elasticities from a Stripped-Down Job Search Approach' in Economica, 2010, 77 (305), 46-59.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1314

Key Elasticities in Job Search Theory: International Evidence

John T. Addison, Mario Centeno, Pedro Portugal

published as 'Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages: Key Elasticities from a Stripped-Down Job Search Approach' in Economica, 2010, 77 (305), 46-59.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1299

Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings

Giorgio Brunello, Charlotte Lauer

published as "The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings" in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (1), 273 - 290

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1297

Worker Displacement during the Transition: Experience from Slovenia

Peter F. Orazem, Milan Vodopivec, Ruth Wu

published in: Economics of Transition, 2005, 13 (2), 311-340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1276

Wage Determination under Communism and in Transition: Evidence from Central Europe

Swati Basu, Saul Estrin, Jan Svejnar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1262

Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey

Aysit Tansel

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53 (2), 453-477

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1261

Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills

Barry Hirsch

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2005, 58 (4), 525-551

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1254

Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male-Female Earnings

Gerrit Mueller, Erik Plug

published as 'Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male and Female Earnings ' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 60 (1), 3-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1252

Reservation Wages, Search Duration, and Accepted Wages in Europe

John T. Addison, Mario Centeno, Pedro Portugal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1252

Reservation Wages, Search Duration, and Accepted Wages in Europe

John T. Addison, Mario Centeno, Pedro Portugal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1249

International Outsourcing and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in the United Kingdom

Alexander Hijzen, Holger Görg, Robert C. Hine

published in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (506), 860-878

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1211

Do You Need a Job to Find a Job?

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Paul Frijters, Guyonne Kalb

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. 1199

The Return to a University Education in Great Britain

Peter J. Sloane, Nigel C. O'Leary

published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 193 (1), 75-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1185

Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus. First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Thorsten Schank, Claus Schnabel, Joachim Wagner

substantially revised version published as 'Do exporters really pay higher wages? First evidence from linked employer-employee data' in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72 (1), 52-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1181

How Changes in Benefits Entitlement Affect Job-Finding: Lessons from the Slovenian "Experiment"

Jan C. van Ours, Milan Vodopivec

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24 (2), 351-378

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1164

To Teach or Not to Teach? Panel Data Evidence on the Quitting Decision

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price

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. 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. 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. 1154

Classic Monopsony or New Monopsony? Searching for Evidence in Nursing Labor Markets

Barry Hirsch, Edward J. Schumacher

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24 (5), 969-989

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1128

Wages and Employment Growth: Disaggregated Evidence for West Germany

Jens Suedekum, Uwe Blien

published as 'Stimulating employment growth with higher wages? A new approach to address an old controversy' in: Kyklos, 2007, 60 (3), 441-467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1102

How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed

Solomon Polachek

published in: F. Blau, M. Brinton, and D. Grusky, (eds.) The Declining Significance of Gender?, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1078

Michael Gerfin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1077

Firm-Sponsored General Training in Frictional Labour Markets: An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland

Michael Gerfin

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. 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. 1011

Wage Dips and Drops around First Birth

Astrid Kunze, Mette Ejrnæs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1009

Signaling in the Labor Market: New Evidence on Layoffs and Plant Closings

Núria Rodríguez-Planas

published as 'Playing Hard to Get: Theory and Evidence on Layoffs, Recalls, and Unemployment' in: Research in Labor Economics, 2013, 38, 211 - 258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 984

Are There Asymmetries in the Effects of Training on the Conditional Male Wage Distribution?

Wiji Arulampalam, Alison L. Booth, Mark L. Bryan

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (1), 251-272

IZA Discussion Paper No. 982

Winners and Losers: Fragmentation, Trade and Wages Revisited

Ingo Geishecker, Holger Görg

revised version published as 'Winners and losers: A micro-level analysis of international outsourcing and wages' in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2008, 41(1), 243-270

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. 944

Much Ado About Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Direct Investment?

Holger Görg, David Greenaway

published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2004, 19(2), 171-197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 937

Fiscal Policy, Economic Integration and Unemployment

Wolfgang Eggert, Laszlo Goerke

published in: Journal of Economics/Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie, 2004, 82 (2), 137-167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 929

Empirical Labor Search: A Survey

Zvi Eckstein, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 136 (2), 531-564

IZA Discussion Paper No. 917

A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration

Rob Euwals, Hans Roodenburg

published in: Economics Letters, 2004, 85 (2), 241-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 903

Evaluating the Causal Effects of Foreign Acquisition on Domestic Skilled and Unskilled Wages

Sourafel Girma, Holger Görg

revised version published as 'Evaluating the foreign ownership wage premium using a difference-in-differences matching approach' in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72(1), 97-112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 883

Overeducation, Wages and Promotions within the Firm

Sandra Groeneveld, Joop Hartog

published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (6), 701-714

IZA Discussion Paper No. 860

Timing and Flexibility of Housework and Men and Women's Wages

Jens Bonke, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Nina Smith

published in: D.S. Hamermesh and G.A. Pfann (eds.). Contributions to Economic Analysis, Vol. 271, Elsevier Press, 2004

IZA Discussion Paper No. 852

The Labor Market Effects of Payroll Taxes in a Middle-Income Country: Evidence from Colombia

Adriana Kugler, Maurice Kugler

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 57(2), 335-358.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 840

Equilibrium Unemployment Under Negotiated Profit Sharing

Erkki Koskela, Rune Stenbacka

published in: Journal of Economics, 87(2), 2006, 159-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 814

Measuring Labor Market Frictions: A Cross-Country Comparison

Geert Ridder, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1 (1), 224-244

IZA Discussion Paper No. 807

Testing for Employee Discrimination Using Matched Employer-Employee Data: Theory and Evidence

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos, Stephen Wheatley Price

IZA Discussion Paper No. 806

Multiple Equilibria and Minimum Wages in Labor Markets with Informational Frictions and Heterogeneous Production Technologies

Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: International Economic Review, 2003, 44 (4), 1337-1357

IZA Discussion Paper No. 801

A Study of the Austrian Labor Market Dynamics Using a Model of Search Equilibrium

Andrey Launov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 794

Investigating the Quitting Decision of Nurses: Panel Data Evidence from the British National Health Service

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price

published in: Health Economics, 2007, 16 (1), 57-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 748

Economic Integration, Wage Policies and Social Policies

Michael P. Pflüger

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2004, 56 (1), 135-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 737

Unions, Work-Related Training, and Wages: Evidence for British Men

Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi, Gylfi Zoega

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003, 57 (1), 68-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 717

International Fragmentation and Relative Wages in the UK

Alexander Hijzen, Holger Görg, Robert C. Hine

IZA Discussion Paper No. 710

On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000

Zvi Eckstein, Yoram Weiss

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2 (4), 665-695

IZA Discussion Paper No. 677

Class Ridden or Meritocratic? An Economic Analysis of Recent Changes in Britain

Fernando Galindo-Rueda, Anna Vignoles

IZA Discussion Paper No. 673

Labour as a Buffer: Do Temporary Workers Suffer?

Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi, Jeff Frank

published in: Gabriel Fagan, Francesco Paolo Mongelli and Julian Morgan (eds.), Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe, Edward Elgar 2003

IZA Discussion Paper No. 669

Assessing Unemployment Traps in Belgium Using Panel Data Sample Selection Models

Anna Cristina D'Addio, Isabelle De Greef, Michael Rosholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 664

Skill Upgrading and Rigid Relative Wages: The Case of Danish Manufacturing

Jan Rose Skaksen, Anders Sorensen

published as 'Skill Upgrading and Rigid Relative Wages' in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Contributions to Macroeconomics, 2005, 5(1), Art. 7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 661

Efficiency Wages and Effort: Are Hard Jobs Better?

Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

revised version published as "Estimating the Shirking Model with Variable Effort" in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 623-647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 656

The Impact of the Unemployment Benefit System on International Spillover Effects

Thomas Beissinger, Oliver Buesse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 642

The Effect of Immigration on Wages in Three European Countries

Joop Hartog, Aslan Zorlu

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (1), 113-151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 640

Dual Track or Academic Route for Auditors: Does It Matter?

Joop Hartog, Nicole Jonker, Hans van Ophem

published in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (9), 1019-1035

IZA Discussion Paper No. 626

Gender Differences in Entry Wages and Early Career Wages

Astrid Kunze

revised version published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2003, 71/72, 245-266

IZA Discussion Paper No. 618

Oligopsony, Institutions and the Efficiency of General Training

Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi, Gylfi Zoega

published in: J. Messina, C. Michelacci, J. Turunen and G. Zoega (eds.), Proceedings of the 2004 ECB/CEPR Labour Market Workshop, Edward Elgar 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 609

Cognitive Ability and Paternalism

Gilles Saint-Paul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 605

The Wage Policy of Firms – Comparative Evidence for the U.S. and Germany from Personnel Data

Christian Grund

revised version published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2005, 16 (1), 104-119

IZA Discussion Paper No. 597

Disentangling Pay and Productivity in a Corporatist Economy: The Case of Germany

Scott M. Fuess Jr., Meghan Millea

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2006, 27(3), 397-409

IZA Discussion Paper No. 595

Work-Related Training and the New National Minimum Wage in Britain

Wiji Arulampalam, Alison L. Booth, Mark L. Bryan

summary of main results published in: Economic Journal, 2004, 114 (494), C87-C94

IZA Discussion Paper No. 590

Why Do Foreign-Owned Firms Pay More? The Role of On-the-Job Training

Holger Görg, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

published in: Review of World Economics, 2007, 143(3), 464-482

IZA Discussion Paper No. 577

Are the More Educated Receiving More Training? Evidence from Thailand

Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (4), 613-629

IZA Discussion Paper No. 563

Wage and Productivity Dispersion in U.S. Manufacturing: The Role of Computer Investment

Timothy Dunne, Lucia Foster, John C. Haltiwanger, Kenneth Troske

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22 (2), 397-430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 560

Wages and International Rent Sharing in Multinational Firms

John W. Budd, Jozef Konings, Matthew J. Slaughter

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 81 (1), 73-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 543

Wages, Productivity, and Work Intensity in the Great Depression

Julia Darby, Robert A. Hart

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2008, 75 (1), 91-103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 537

Unemployment Vouchers versus Low-Wage Subsidies

Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Edmund S. Phelps (ed.), Designing Inclusion: Tools to Raise Low-end Pay and Employment in Private Enterprise, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 131 - 160

IZA Discussion Paper No. 534

The Insider-Outsider Theory: A Survey

Assar Lindbeck, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 517

Child Care Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers

Erdal Tekin

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 42 (2), 2007, 453-487

IZA Discussion Paper No. 488

Identifying Human Capital Externalities: Theory with an Application to US Cities

Antonio Ciccone, Giovanni Peri

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 73 (2), 2006, 381-412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 486