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The IZA Discussion Paper Series makes new research output by IZA staff and network members accessible before it gets published in refereed journals. Already comprising over 17,000 working papers, the series has become the premier outlet for brand new research in the field. Submission guidelines for authors.

30 IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18815

Top Researchers on Scientific Committees: Decision Quality, Peer Effects, and Opportunity Costs

Milan Makany, Natalia Zinovyeva

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18477

Female Promotions and the Academic Pipeline: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Manuel Bagues, Milan Makany, Giulia Vattuone, Natalia Zinovyeva

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17848

From Followers to Leaders: The Career Impact of High-Quality Managers

Yuyu Chen, Lukas Hensel, Xinjue Yao

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17653

Families’ Career Investments and Firms’ Promotion Decisions

Frederik Almar, Benjamin Friedrich, Ana Reynoso, Bastian Schulz, Rune Majlund Vejlin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12736

Visible Minorities and Job Mobility: Evidence from a Workplace Panel Survey

Mohsen Javdani

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2020, 18, 491–524

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12306

The Gender Promotion Gap: Evidence from Central Banking

Laura Hospido, Luc Laeven, Ana Lamo

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104 (5), 981 - 996

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12264

Responding to Regulation: The Effects of Changes in Mandatory Retirement Laws on Firm-Provided Incentives

Anders Frederiksen, Colleen Flaherty Manchester

published as 'Personnel Practices and Regulation: How Firm-Provided Incentives Respond to Changes in Mandatory Retirement Law' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (4), 1011-1042

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11675

Working Hours and Top Management Appointments: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Anders Frederiksen, Takao Kato, Nina Smith

revised version published online as 'Working Hours, Top Management Appointments, and Gender: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10547

Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from Chinese Schools

Naureen Karachiwalla, Albert Park

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, 109-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9658

Are Men Given Priority for Top Jobs? Investigating the Glass Ceiling in the Italian Academia

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2018, Vol. 12, No. 3: 475-503.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9380

Moving Up or Falling Behind? Gender, Promotions, and Wages in Canada

Mohsen Javdani, Andrew McGee

published in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2019, 58 (2), 189-228.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8859

Gender Differences in Attitudes Towards Competition: Evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published as 'Gender differences in the propensity to apply for promotion: evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69 (5), 986 - 1009.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8725

Women Helping Women? Evidence from Private Sector Data on Workplace Hierarchies

Astrid Kunze, Amalia Miller

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99 (5), 769-775, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7759

After the Tournament: Outcomes and Effort Provision

Andrew McGee, Peter McGee

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (4), 2125-2146.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7378

Intra-Firm Upward Mobility and Immigration

Mohsen Javdani, Andrew McGee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6821

The Role of Connections in Academic Promotions

Natalia Zinovyeva, Manuel Bagues

published in: American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, 2015, 7 (2), 264-292

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6444

Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records

Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

published as 'Do Female Top Managers Help Women to Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records' in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2022, 639, 173-197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5970

Climbing the Job Ladder: New Evidence of Gender Inequity

David W. Johnston, Wang-Sheng Lee

published in: Industrial Relations, 2012, 51 (1), 128 - 151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5671

Effects of Training on Employee Suggestions and Promotions in an Internal Labor Market

Christian Pfeifer, Simon Janssen, Philip Yang, Uschi Backes-Gellner

published as 'Effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions' in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 65(3), 270-287.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5298

What Do We Work For? An Anatomy of Pre- and Post-Tax Earnings Growth

Anders Frederiksen, Timothy J. Halliday, Alexander K. Koch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5163