IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Tax Incentives for Migrants With Mid-Level Earnings: Evidence From the Netherlands' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2025, 17 (3), 42–79

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15399

COVID-19 Private Pension Withdrawals and Unemployment Tenures

Tristram Sainsbury, Robert Breunig, Timothy Watson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15351

Take-up of Social Benefits

Wonsik Ko, Robert A. Moffitt

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15317

The Economic and Fiscal Effects on the United States from Reduced Numbers of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Michael A. Clemens

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2022, 38 (3), 449-486.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15289

De-facto Gaps in Social Protection for Standard and Non-standard Workers: An Approach for Monitoring the Accessibility and Levels of Income Support

Herwig Immervoll, Rodrigo Fernandez, Raphaela Hyee, Jongmi Lee, Daniele Pacifico

elements published in: Left on your own? Social protection when labour markets are in flux, OECD, 2019, and in two OECD country studies: Korea, 2023, United States, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15279

The Full Returns to the Choice of Occupation and Education

Andrew E. Clark, Maria Cotofan, Richard Layard

published as 'Do wages underestimate the inequality in workers’ rewards? The joint distribution of job quality and wages across occupations' in: Economica, 2024, 91 (362), 497-546

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15232

How Reliable Are Social Safety Nets? Value and Accessibility in Situations of Acute Economic Need

Herwig Immervoll, Raphaela Hyee, Rodrigo Fernandez, Jongmi Lee

updated and extended version published as: IZA DP No. 17477, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14825

Higher Education Expansion and Supply of Teachers in China

Fengyan Dai, Lei Xu, Yu Zhu

published in: China Economic Review, 2022, 71, 101732

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14819

Redistributive Effect and the Progressivity of Taxes and Benefits: Evidence for the UK, 1977-2018

Nicolas Herault, Stephen P. Jenkins

published in: Journal of Income Distribution, 2022, 31 (3 - 4), 10 - 45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14752

Two Decades of Welfare Reforms in Australia: How Did They Affect Single Mothers and Their Children?

Alexandra de Gendre, Stefanie Schurer, Angela Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14601

Welfare Effects of Unemployment Benefits When Informality Is High

Hannah Liepmann, Clemente Pignatti

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 229, 105032.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14525

The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education

Jorge Luis García, Frederik H. Bennhoff, Duncan Ermini Leaf, James J. Heckman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14525

The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education

Jorge Luis García, Frederik H. Bennhoff, Duncan Ermini Leaf, James J. Heckman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14340

The Effects of Shortening Potential Benefit Duration: Evidence from Regional Cut-Offs and a Policy Reform

Ewa Galecka-Burdziak, Marek Góra, Jonas Jessen, Robin Jessen, Jochen Kluve

updated version available as IZA DP 15978

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14340

The Effects of Shortening Potential Benefit Duration: Evidence from Regional Cut-Offs and a Policy Reform

Ewa Galecka-Burdziak, Marek Góra, Jonas Jessen, Robin Jessen, Jochen Kluve

updated version available as IZA DP 15978

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14274

The Effect of Child Benefits on Financial Difficulties and Spending Habits: Evidence from Poland's Family 500+ Program

Stefani Milovanska-Farrington

published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2022, 19, 719 - 739

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14248

Labor Demand Response to Labor Supply Incentives: Lessons from the German Mini-Job Reform

Gabriela Galassi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14189

The Lock-in Effects of Part-Time Unemployment Benefits

Helène Benghalem, Pierre Cahuc, Pierre Villedieu

published online as 'The Lock-in Effects of Information on Part-time Unemployment Benefits' in: Journal of Human Resources, 06 October 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13990

Technology, Labour Market Institutions and Early Retirement: Evidence from Finland

Naomitsu Yashiro, Tomi Kyyrä, Hyunjeong Hwang, Juha Tuomala

published in: Economic Policy, 2022, 37, 811-849

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13990

Technology, Labour Market Institutions and Early Retirement: Evidence from Finland

Naomitsu Yashiro, Tomi Kyyrä, Hyunjeong Hwang, Juha Tuomala

published in: Economic Policy, 2022, 37, 811-849

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13589

Can Childcare Benefits Increase Maternal Employment? Evidence from Childcare Benefits Policy in Japan

Shinsuke Asakawa, Masaru Sasaki

published as 'Can child benefit reductions increase maternal employment? Evidence from Japan' in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2022, 66, 101231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13539

Designing Disability Insurance Reforms: Tightening Eligibility Rules or Reducing Benefits?

Andreas Haller, Stefan Staubli, Josef Zweimüller

published in: Econometrica, 2024, 92 (1), 79-110.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13484

Universal Credit and Crime

Rocco d'Este, Alex Harvey

published as 'The Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reforms: Universal Credit, Financial Insecurity, and Crime' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2024, 40 (1), 129 - 181

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13341

The Effect of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment Insurance Receipt: New Evidence from a Regression Kink Design in Missouri, 2003-2013

David Card, Andrew C. Johnston, Pauline Leung, Alexandre Mas, Zhuan Pei

published in: American Economics Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2015, 105 (5), 126-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13331

Potential Unemployment Insurance Duration and Labor Supply: The Individual and Market-Level Response to a Benefit Cut

Andrew C. Johnston, Alexandre Mas

pubished in: Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126 (6), 2480-2522

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13132

Mandated Sick Pay: Coverage, Utilization, and Welfare Effects

J. Catherine Maclean, Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13112