IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'Do Employers Prefer Overqualified Graduates? A Field Experiment' in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2018, 57 (3), 351 - 388

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9649

Does It Pay to Care? Prosocial Engagement and Employment Opportunities

Stijn Baert, Suncica Vujic

revised version published as 'Does it Pay to Care? Volunteering and Employment Opportunities' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, 819 - 836.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9640

Remittances and Expenditure Patterns of the Left Behinds in Rural China

Sylvie Démurger, Xiaoqian Wang

published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 177-190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9635

The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labour Markets

Boris Hirsch, Elke J. Jahn, Michael Oberfichtner

substantially revised version coauthored with Alan Manning published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57, S111-S136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9627

Is There a Rationale to Contact the Unemployed Right from the Start? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Bert van Landeghem, Frank Cörvers, Andries de Grip

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 45, 158-168

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9588

Worker Flows and Labour Market Adjustment during the Great Recession: Evidence from a Large Shock

Hartmut Lehmann, Tiziano Razzolini, Anzelika Zaiceva

thoroughly revised version published as 'The Great Recession and Labor Market Adjustment: Evidence from Latvia' in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2020, 62 (1), 149 - 181.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9577

Local and Spatial Cointegration in the Wage Curve: A Spatial Panel Analysis for German Regions

Reinhold Kosfeld, Christian Dreger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9571

Are Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries Stationary? Evidence from Univariate and Panel Unit Root Tests

Naceur Khraief, Muhammad Shahbaz, Almas Heshmati, Muhammad Azam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9541

The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti

Evans Jadotte, Xavier Ramos

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52 (12), 1810-1825.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9531

Making Work Pay: Increasing Labour Supply of Secondary Earners in Low Income Families with Children

Anna Kurowska, Michal Myck, Katharina Wrohlich

published in: Contemporary Economics, 2017, 11(2), 161-170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9477

Where Does Education Pay Off in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Two Cities of the Republic of Congo

Mathias Kuepie, Christophe Jalil Nordman

published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2016, 44 (1), 1-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9464

Collective Labour Supply, Taxes, and Intrahousehold Allocation: An Empirical Approach

Hans Bloemen

published in: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2019, 37 (3), 471-481

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9438

The Use and Impact of Job Search Procedures by Migrant Workers in China

Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Carl Lin

published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37(0), 154-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9430

Gradual Retirement, Financial Incentives, and Labour Supply of Older Workers: Evidence from a Stated Preference Analysis

Ahmed Elsayed, Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge, Raymond Montizaan

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 150, 277-294

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9404

What Factors Influence Firm Perceptions of Labour Market Constraints to Growth in the MENA Region?

Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (8), 1181-1206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9404

What Factors Influence Firm Perceptions of Labour Market Constraints to Growth in the MENA Region?

Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (8), 1181-1206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9404

What Factors Influence Firm Perceptions of Labour Market Constraints to Growth in the MENA Region?

Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (8), 1181-1206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9391

The Japanese Labour Market during the Global Financial Crisis and the Role of Non-Standard Work: A Micro Perspective

Alexander Hijzen, Ryo Kambayashi, Hiroshi Teruyama, Yuji Genda

published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2015, 38, 260-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9391

The Japanese Labour Market during the Global Financial Crisis and the Role of Non-Standard Work: A Micro Perspective

Alexander Hijzen, Ryo Kambayashi, Hiroshi Teruyama, Yuji Genda

published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2015, 38, 260-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9389

Labour Market Institutions and Inflation Differentials in the EU

Gaetano D'Adamo, Riccardo Rovelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9375

Intra-Household Commuting Choices and Local Labour Markets

Jennifer Roberts, Karl Taylor

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69 (3), 734-757

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9365

Are Public or Private Providers of Employment Services More Effective? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Kai Rehwald, Michael Rosholm, Michael Svarer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9325

Are There Austerity‐Related Policy Changes in Germany?

Werner Eichhorst, Anke Hassel

published in: Sotiria Theodoropoulou (ed.), Labour market reforms in the era of pervasive austerity: a European perspective, Bristol: Policy Press, 2018.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9278

Skill Gaps in the Workplace: Measurement, Determinants and Impacts

Seamus McGuinness, Luis Ortiz

published in: Industrial Relations Journal, 2016, 47 (3), 253-278

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9233

Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Heterogeneity during the Great Recession: Evidence from Europe

Ronald Bachmann, Peggy Bechara, Anica Kramer, Sylvi Rzepka

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2017, 4:19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9188

The French Productivity Puzzle

Philippe Askenazy, Christine Erhel

published in: Ph. Askenazy et al. (eds), Productivity Puzzles Across Europe, Oxford: OUP, 2016.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9054

What Factors Affect Doctors' Hours Decisions: Comparing Structural Discrete Choice and Reduced-Form Approaches

Guyonne Kalb, Daniel Kühnle, Anthony Scott, Terence Chai Cheng, Sung-Hee Jeon

published as 'What factors affect physicians' labour supply: Comparing structural discrete choice and reduced-form approaches' in: Health Economics, 2017, 27 (2), e101 - e119

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9043

Does Education Raise Productivity and Wages Equally? The Moderating Roles of Age, Gender and Industry

François Rycx, Yves Saks, Ilan Tojerow

published as 'Does Education Raise Productivity and Wages Equally ? The Moderating Role of Age and Gender' in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 7 (1), 1-37

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9037

Top Incomes in Canada: Evidence from the Census

Thomas Lemieux, W. Craig Riddell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9016

On the Potential Interaction Between Labour Market Institutions and Immigration Policies

Claudia Cigagna, Giovanni Sulis

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36(4), 441 - 468

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9014

Impacts of the Availability of Old-Age Benefits on Exits from the Labour Market

Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak, Marek Góra

published as 'The impact of easy and early access to old-age benefits on exits from the labour market: a macro-micro analysis' in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2016, 5, 18 (2016)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8935

Sexual Identity, Earnings, and Labour Market Dynamics: New Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Australia

Joseph J. Sabia, Mark Wooden

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 83 (4), 903-931.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8920

Offshoring and Labour Market Reforms: Modelling the German Experience

Thomas Beissinger, Nathalie Chusseau, Joël Hellier

published in: Economic Modelling, 2016, 53, 314-333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8919

United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany

Claus Schnabel

published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik), 2016, 236 (2), 157-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8883

Economic Liberalisation and the Mobility of Minority Groups: Evidence from M?ori in New Zealand

Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman

published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2016, 5, 4 (2016)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8878

The Role of Trade and Offshoring in the Determination of Child Labour

Alessandro Cigno, Giorgia Giovannetti, Laura Sabani

published in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2018, 27, 267 - 292.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8833

A Centralized Approach to Modelling Collective Household Decisions: Some Preliminary Results

Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino, Federico Perali

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8832

Shifting Taxes from Labour to Property: A Simulation under Labour Market Equilibrium

Flavia Coda Moscarola, Ugo Colombino, Francesco Figari, Marilena Locatelli

revised version published as 'Shifting Taxes away from Labour Enhances Equity and Fiscal Efficiency' in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2020, 42 (2), 367- 384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8832

Shifting Taxes from Labour to Property: A Simulation under Labour Market Equilibrium

Flavia Coda Moscarola, Ugo Colombino, Francesco Figari, Marilena Locatelli

revised version published as 'Shifting Taxes away from Labour Enhances Equity and Fiscal Efficiency' in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2020, 42 (2), 367- 384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8832

Shifting Taxes from Labour to Property: A Simulation under Labour Market Equilibrium

Flavia Coda Moscarola, Ugo Colombino, Francesco Figari, Marilena Locatelli

revised version published as 'Shifting Taxes away from Labour Enhances Equity and Fiscal Efficiency' in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2020, 42 (2), 367- 384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8822

The Labour Supply Effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its Implications for Parental Altruism

Angus J. Holford

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2015, 13 (3), 531 - 568

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8809

The Impact of Arab Spring on Hiring and Separation Rates in the Tunisian Labour Market

Ilham Haouas, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8804

Dual Labour Markets at Work: The Impact of Employers' Use of Temporary Agency Work on Regular Workers' Job Stability

Boris Hirsch

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (5), 1191-1215

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8802

The Impact of Temporary Agency Work on Trade Union Wage Setting: A Theoretical Analysis

Thomas Beissinger, Philipp Baudy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8802

The Impact of Temporary Agency Work on Trade Union Wage Setting: A Theoretical Analysis

Thomas Beissinger, Philipp Baudy

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. 8689

Expropriation with Hukou Change: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment

Mehtap Akgüç, Xingfei Liu, Massimiliano Tani

published in: China Economic Review, 2020, 60, 101391

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8676

Gender Bias in Tax Systems Based on Household Income

Yuri Andrienko, Patricia Apps, Ray Rees

published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 117/118, 141-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8649

Dual Labour Markets and (Lack of) On-the-Job Training: PIAAC Evidence from Spain and Other EU Countries

Antonio Cabrales, Juan J. Dolado, Ricardo Mora

published in SERIEs Journal of the Spanish Economic Association (2017), 8, 345-371.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8567

Climate Vulnerability, Communities' Resilience and Child Labour

Delphine Boutin

published in: Revue d’Economie Politique, 2014, 124 (4), 625-638

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8555

Using Internet Data to Analyse the Labour Market: A Methodological Enquiry

Lucia Mýtna Kureková, Miroslav Beblavy, Anna-Elisabeth Thum

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8541

Earnings and Employment in Foreign-Owned Firms

David C. Maré, Lynda Sanderson, Richard Fabling

published in: In W. Cochrane, M. P. Cameron, & O. Alimi (Eds.), Labor markets, migration, and mobility: Essays in honor of Jacques Poot, Springer Nature, 2021, 1 - 40

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8466

Early Retirement and Financial Incentives: Differences Between High and Low Wage Earners

Rob Euwals, Elisabetta Trevisan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8447

Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors?

Stijn Baert, Ann-Sophie De Pauw, Nick Deschacht

revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (3), 714 - 736.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8447

Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors?

Stijn Baert, Ann-Sophie De Pauw, Nick Deschacht

revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (3), 714 - 736.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8430

The Extent and Cyclicality of Career Changes: Evidence for the U.K.

Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, Bart Hobijn, Powen She, Ludo Visschers

published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 84, 18 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8407

Labour Market Progression of Canadian Immigrant Women

Alicia Adsera, Ana Ferrer

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 39, 88 - 98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8401

Changes in Labour Market Transitions in Ireland over the Great Recession

Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4 (9)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8400

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Youth Labour Markets

Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar

published in: Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2016, 26 (2), 1-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8349

Transitions in a West African Labour Market: The Role of Family Networks

Christophe Jalil Nordman, Laure Pasquier-Doumer

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2015, 54, 74-85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8318

Wage Subsidies and Hiring Chances for the Disabled: Some Causal Evidence

Stijn Baert

revised version published in: European Journal of Health Economics , 2016, 17, 71 - 86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8308

Do Personality Traits Affect Productivity? Evidence from the Lab

Maria Cubel, Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Santiago Sanchez-Pages, Marian Vidal-Fernandez

published in: Economic Journal , 2016, 126 (592). 654–681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8284

Employee Trust and Workplace Performance

Sarah Brown, Daniel Gray, Jolian McHardy, Karl Taylor

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 361-378

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8279

Between Light and Shadow: Informality in the Russian Labour Market

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov

published in: S.Oxenstierna (ed.), The Challenges for Russia's Politicized Economic System: Routledge, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8263

Behavioural Labour Economics: Advances and Future Directions

Thomas Dohmen

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 71-85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8263

Behavioural Labour Economics: Advances and Future Directions

Thomas Dohmen

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 71-85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8258

Real Unit Labour Costs in Eurozone Countries: Drivers and Clusters

Javier Ordóñez, Hector Sala, José I. Silva

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4:15, 1-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8226

Migration, Education and the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation

Ilhom Abdulloev, Ira N. Gang, Myeong-Su Yun

published in: European Journal of Development Research, 2014, 26 (4), 509–526

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8221

The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates

Robert Dixon, Guay C. Lim, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Applied Economics, 2015, 47 (24), 2523-2539

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8220

Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings

Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi

published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2, 2015, 1535–1727

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8220

Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings

Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi

published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2, 2015, 1535–1727

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8177

What Happens When Employers are Free to Discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League

Alex Bryson, Arnaud Chevalier

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 51-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8155

Not So Standard Anymore? Employment Duality in Germany

Werner Eichhorst, Verena Tobsch

published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2015, 48 (2), 81-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8147

The Political Economy of Labor Market Regulation with R&D

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8125

Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data

John T. Addison, Pedro Portugal, José Varejão

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 4-11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8125

Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data

John T. Addison, Pedro Portugal, José Varejão

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 4-11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8125

Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data

John T. Addison, Pedro Portugal, José Varejão

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 4-11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8121

Unemployment Transitions to Stable and Unstable Jobs Before and During the Crisis

Amparo Nagore García, Arthur van Soest

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8110

Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?

Joop Hartog, Luis Diaz-Serrano

published in: De Economist, 2015, 163, 125-153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8061

The Two-Step Australian Immigration Policy and its Impact on Immigrant Employment Outcomes

Bob Gregory

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8034

Wage Determination and Imperfect Competition

Alison L. Booth

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 53-58

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8029

Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine

Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Jutta Viinikainen, Christian Hakulinen, Laura Pulkki-Raback, Olli Raitakari

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 142, 259-274

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8015

Do Tertiary Dropout Students Really Not Succeed in European Labour Markets?

Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published as 'How do Tertiary Dropouts fare in the Labour Market? A Comparison between EU countries' in: Higher Education Quarterly, 2017, 1, 75-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8008

Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants

Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé

published as 'Non-farm entrepreneurship in rural sub-Saharan Africa: New empirical evidence' in: Food Policy, 2017, 67, 175-191

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8007

Remittances and Child Labour in Africa: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Olivier B. Bargain, Delphine Boutin

published as 'Remittance Effects on Child Labour: Evidence from Burkina Faso' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51 (7), 922-938

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7921

Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States

Julia Jauer, Thomas Liebig, John P. Martin, Patrick A. Puhani

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7814