IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2704

Does Extending Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from an Australian Experiment

Ryan Kellogg, Hendrik Wolff

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2008, 56 (3), 207-220

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2700

Policy Evaluation and Economic Policy Advice

Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: AStA: Advances in Statistical Analysis, 2007, 91 (4), 379-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2692

Multinationals as Stabilizers? Economic Crisis and Plant Employment Growth

Roberto Alvarez, Holger Görg

published as 'Multinationals as Stabilisers? Economic Crisis, Access to Finance, and Employment Growth' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (7), 847-863

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2682

Rationality as a Barrier to Peace: Micro-Evidence from Kosovo

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ira N. Gang, Myeong-Su Yun

published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 51(2): 242-264, 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2678

Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004)

Nauro F. Campos, Dean Jolliffe

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2007, 21 (3), 509-526

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2638

Does Reform Work? An Econometric Examination of the Reform-Growth Puzzle

Ian Babetskii, Nauro F. Campos

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011, 39 (2), 140-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2602

Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21(2), 27-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2569

Political Institutions and the Development of Telecommunications

Veneta Andonova, Luis Diaz-Serrano

published as 'Political Institutions and the Development of Telecommunications', Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 89, 77-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2568

Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Bernard M. S. van Praag

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2007, 53, 42-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2568

Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Bernard M. S. van Praag

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2007, 53, 42-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2558

Growth, Development, and Technological Change

Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger

published in: Wei-Bin Zhang (ed.), UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Mathematical Models in Economics), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK: 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2532

Demand for Higher Education Programs: The Impact of the Bologna Process

Ana Rute Cardoso, Miguel Portela, Carla Sá, Fernando Alexandre

published in: CESIfo Economic Studies, 2008, 54 (2), 229-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2461

Intermarriage, Language, and Economic Assimilation Process: A Case Study of France

Xin Meng, Dominique Meurs

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 127-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2460

The Economics of Prozac: Do Employees Really Gain from Strong Employment Protection?

Etienne Wasmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2452

The Babeldaob Road: The Impact of Road Construction on Rural Labor Force Outcomes in the Republic of Palau

Randall K. Q. Akee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2447

Layoffs as Part of an Optimal Incentive Mix: Theory and Evidence

Anders Frederiksen, Elöd Takáts

published as 'Promotions, Dismissals and Employee Selection: Theory and Evidence' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2011, 27(1), 159-179

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2440

Brain Drain and Inequality Across Nations

Frédéric Docquier

published as 'Fuite des cerveaux et inégalités entre pays' in: Revue d'Economie du Développement, 2007, 21 (2), 49-88

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2438

Checkerboards and Coase: Transactions Costs and Efficiency in Land Markets

Randall K. Q. Akee

revised version published as 'Checkerboards and Coase: The Effect of Property Institutions on Efficiency in Housing Markets' in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52 (2), 395-410

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2423

Relative Rewards within Team-Based Compensation

Bernd Irlenbusch, Gabriele K. Ruchala

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (2), 141-167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2393

The Macroeconomics of Targeting: The Case of an Enduring Epidemic

Clive Bell, Hans Gersbach

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28 (1), 54-72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2391

Firm Size, Economic Situation and Influence Activities

Matthias Kräkel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2389

Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Local Consumer Markets: Exploiting the Army’s Procedures for Matching Personnel to Duty Locations

Heather Antecol, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64(2), 496-509

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2359

Civil War, Crop Failure, and the Health Status of Young Children

Richard Akresh, Philip Verwimp

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011, 59(4), 777-810

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2346

Unemployment, Social Capital, and Subjective Well-Being

Rainer Winkelmann

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, 10 (4), 421-430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2335

Wage Mobility in Israel: The Effect of Sectoral Concentration

Ana Rute Cardoso, Shoshana Neuman, Adrian Ziderman

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2010, 31 (2), 146-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2312

The Social Contract with Endogenous Sentiments

Matteo Cervellati, Joan Esteban, Laurence Kranich

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 95 (9-10), 612-627

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2283

Attitudes Towards Immigration: Does Economic Self-Interest Matter?

Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jakob R. Munch, Sanne Schroll, Jan Rose Skaksen

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (2), 254-257

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2275

Seemingly Irrelevant Events Affect Economic Perceptions and Expectations: The FIFA World Cup 2006 as a Natural Experiment

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2269

Dispersion or Concentration for the 1.5 Generation? Destination Choices of the Children of Immigrants in the US

Jamie Goodwin-White

published in: Population, Space and Place, 2007, 13 (5), 313 - 331

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2256

Towards a Unifying Approach of the 'New Economic Geography'

Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum

published in revised form as 'A synthesis of footloose-entrepreneur new economic geography models: when is agglomeration smooth and easily reversible?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2008, 8 (1), 39-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2252

How Do Trade and Financial Integration Affect the Relationship between Growth and Volatility?

M. Ayhan Kose, Eswar Prasad, Marco E. Terrones

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2006, 69 (1), 176-202

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2246

Effects of Attrition and Non-Response in the Health and Retirement Study

Arie Kapteyn, Pierre-Carl Michaud, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest

published as 'Temporary and permanent unit non-response in follow-up interviews of the Health and Retirement Study' in: Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2011, 2 (2), 145 - 169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2220

Cross-Border Mergers and National Champions in an Integrating Economy

Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2008, 164 (3), 477-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2217

Crises, What Crises?

Nauro F. Campos, Cheng Hsiao, Jeffrey B. Nugent

published as 'Crises, What Crises? New Evidence on the Relative Roles of Political and Economic Crises in Begetting Reforms' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46 (10), 1670-1691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2217

Crises, What Crises?

Nauro F. Campos, Cheng Hsiao, Jeffrey B. Nugent

published as 'Crises, What Crises? New Evidence on the Relative Roles of Political and Economic Crises in Begetting Reforms' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46 (10), 1670-1691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2190

Economic, Neurobiological and Behavioral Perspectives on Building America's Future Workforce

Eric I. Knudsen, James J. Heckman, Judy L. Cameron, Jack P. Shonkoff

published in: World Economics, 2006, 7 (3), 17 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2182

Peer Effects, Social Multipliers and Migrants at School: An International Comparison

Horst Entorf, Martina Lauk

published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2008, 34(4), 633-654

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2159

Economic Surplus and Derived Demand

Ekkehart Schlicht

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2153

Naturalisation and Socioeconomic Integration: The Case of the Netherlands

Pieter Bevelander, Justus Veenman

published in: Pieter Bevelander and Don J. DeVoretz (eds.): The Economics of Citizenship, Malmo University, Malmö: Holmbergs, Sweden, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2146

A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labor-Scarce Economies?

Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson

published in T.J. Hatton. K. H. O'Rourke and A. M. Taylor (eds.), The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson, Cambridge Mass: MIT Press, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2125

Construction Contracts (or: "How to Get the Right Building at the Right Price?")

Surajeet Chakravarty, W. Bentley MacLeod

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2115

Female Labor Market Transitions in Europe

Lutz C. Kaiser

published German version: Arbeitsmarktflexibilität, Arbeitsmarktübergänge und Familie: Die Europäische Perspektive, in: Szydlik, Marc (Ed.) (2008), Flexibilisierung – Folgen für Arbeit und Familie. Springer VS, pp. 295-313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2108

Friendship in a Public Good Experiment

Marco Haan, Peter Kooreman, Tineke Riemersma

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2084

Income Inequality and Job Satisfaction of Full-Time Employees in Germany

Christoph Wunder, Johannes Schwarze

published in: Journal of Income Distribution, 2009, 18(2), 70-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2070

An Examination of the Reliability of Prestigious Scholarly Journals: Evidence and Implications for Decision-makers

Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Economica, 2007, 74 (293), 21-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2036

Start-up Success of Freelancers: New Microeconometric Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Joachim Merz, Peter Paic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2001

Performance Pay and Multi-dimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences and Gender

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk

published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 556-590

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1980

An Analysis of Reservation Wages for the Economically Inactive

David H. Blackaby, Paul L. Latreille, Philip D. Murphy, Nigel C. O'Leary, Peter J. Sloane

published in: Economics Letters, 2007, 97 (1), 1-5

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1978

Reputations, Relationships and the Enforcement of Incomplete Contracts

W. Bentley MacLeod

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2007, 45(3), 595-628

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1978

Reputations, Relationships and the Enforcement of Incomplete Contracts

W. Bentley MacLeod

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2007, 45(3), 595-628

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1977

Public Implementation Eliminates Detrimental Effects of Punishment on Human Cooperation

Erte Xiao, Daniel Houser

revised version published as "Punish in Public" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (7-8), 1006-1017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1976

How Far and For How Much? Evidence on Wages and Potential Travel-to-Work Distances from a Survey of the Economically Inactive

Paul L. Latreille, David H. Blackaby, Philip D. Murphy, Nigel C. O'Leary, Peter J. Sloane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1973

Ottoman Conquests and European Ecclesiastical Pluralism

Murat Iyigun

published as 'Luther & Suleyman' in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008,123 (4), 1465-1494.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1972

Competing Approaches to Forecasting Elections: Economic Models, Opinion Polling and Prediction Markets

Andrew Leigh, Justin Wolfers

published in: Economic Record, 2006, 82 (258), 325-340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1934

Head-content or Headcount? Short-term Skilled Labour Movements as a Source of Growth

Massimiliano Tani

published as 'Short-Term Skilled Labour Movements and Economic Growth' in: International Migration, 2008, 46 (3), 161-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1903

On Human Capital Formation with Exit Options: Comment and New Results

Panu Poutvaara

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (3), 679-684

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1899

Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty and Risk

Refet S. Gürkaynak, Justin Wolfers

published in: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2005, 11 - 50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1899

Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty and Risk

Refet S. Gürkaynak, Justin Wolfers

published in: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2005, 11 - 50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1882

Do Former College Athletes Earn More at Work? A Nonparametric Assessment

Daniel J. Henderson, Alexandre Olbrecht, Solomon Polachek

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41(3), 558-577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1863

International Capital Market Integration, Educational Choice and Economic Growth

Hartmut Egger, Peter Egger, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann

published as 'The Impact of Capital Market Integration on Educational Choice and the Consequences for Economic Growth' in: World Economy, 2010, 33 (10), 1241-1268

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1860

The Cost of Caring for Young Children

Dan T. Rosenbaum, Christopher J. Ruhm

published as 'Family Expenditures on Child Care' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7(1), Article 34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1843

Women and Competition in Elimination Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Data

Thierry Lallemand, Robert Plasman, François Rycx

published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2008, 9 (1), 3-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1838

Is There a Link between Economic Outcomes and Genetic Evolution? Cross-Country Evidence from the Major Histocompatibility Complex

José A.M. Borghans, Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1819

Household Migration Decisions as Survival Strategy: The Case of Burkina Faso

Adama Konseiga

published in: Journal of African Economies, 2007, 16 (2), 198-233

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1802

Discrimination as a Competitive Device: The Case of Local Television News

Caitlin Knowles Myers

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2008, 8(1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1782

High Skilled Immigration in the International Arena

Barry R. Chiswick

published in: T.R. Shastri (ed.), Emigration: Economic Implications, Icfai University Press, India, 2007, 84-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1777

How Many Winners Are Good to Have? On Tournaments with Sabotage

Christine Harbring, Bernd Irlenbusch

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 65 (3), 682-702

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1756

Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with Two Elites

Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann

published as 'Oligarchic Land Ownership, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101 (1), 206-215.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1734

Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices

Almas Heshmati, Jong-Eun Oh

published in: European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 3(2), 133-170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1734

Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices

Almas Heshmati, Jong-Eun Oh

published in: European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 3(2), 133-170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1722

Bargaining Frictions and Hours Worked

Stéphane Auray, Samuel Danthine

revised published as "Bargaining Frictions, Labor Income Taxation and Economic Performance" in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (6), 778-802

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1719

Did Political Constraints Bind During Transition? Evidence from Czech Elections 1990-2002

Orla Doyle, Patrick Paul Walsh

published in: Economics of Transition, 2007, 15 (3), 575–601

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1716

What Buys Happiness? Analyzing Trends in Subjective Well-Being in 15 European Countries, 1973-2002

Christian Bjørnskov, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Peder J. Pedersen

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, 9 (2), 317-330

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1674

A Cure for Discrimination? Affirmative Action and the Case of California Proposition 209

Caitlin Knowles Myers

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (3), 379-396

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1673

Maternal Employment and Adolescent Development

Christopher J. Ruhm

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(5), 958-983

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1647

The Neuroeconomics of Mind Reading and Empathy

Tania Singer, Ernst Fehr

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1641

Neuroeconomic Foundations of Trust and Social Preferences

Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher, Michael Kosfeld

published in: American Economic Review, 2005, 95 (2), 346-351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1614

Economic Performance and Unemployment: Evidence from an Emerging Economy - Turkey

Hakan Berument, Nukhet Dogan, Aysit Tansel

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27(7), 604-623

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1601

Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Australian Economic Review, 2005, 38 (3), 307-319

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1595

Social Pressure Influences Decisions of Individuals: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees

Thomas Dohmen

revised version published as 'The Influence of Social Forces: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees' in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46(3), 411-424

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1592

Economic Integration, Market Power and Technological Change

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1578

Measurement of Globalization and Its Variations Among Countries, Regions and Over Time

Amit Kumar Bhandari, Almas Heshmati

published in: Arno Tausch and Almas Heshmati (eds.), Roadmap to Bangalore? Globalization, the EU's Lisbon Process, the Structures of Global Inequality, Nova Science Publishers, USA, 2007

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. 1560

Are There Differences in the Health-Socioeconomic Status Relationship over the Life Cycle? Evidence from Germany

Keith A. Bender, Steffen Habermalz

published in: Labour, 2008, 22 (1), 107-125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1516

Regionalism in West Africa: Do Polar Countries Reap the Benefits? A Role for Migration

Adama Konseiga

published in: Natalia Dinello and Ernest Aryeetey (eds.), Testing Global Interdependence: Issues on Trade, Aid, Migration and Development, Edward Elgar, 2007, Ch. 8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1494

People People: Social Capital and the Labor-Market Outcomes of Underrepresented Groups

Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel, Bruce A. Weinberg

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2014, 67 (2), 287-334

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1457

Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (4), 981-999

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1409

Private Returns to Human Capital over Transition: A Case Study of Belarus

Francesco Pastore, Alina Verashchagina

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2006, 25(1), 91-107