IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Eco-innovation and (green) employment: A task-based approach to measuring the composition of work in firms' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024, 127, 103015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13767

Transfer Payment Systems and Financial Distress: Insights from Health Insurance Premium Subsidies

Christian P. R. Schmid, Nicolas Schreiner, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20 (5), 1829-1858

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13747

Do Public Subsidies of Union Membership Increase Union Membership Rates?

Erling Barth, Alex Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13544

Subsidizing Domestic Services as a Tool to Fight Unemployment: Effectiveness and Hidden Costs

Elisabeth Leduc, Ilan Tojerow

published as 'Home work: Exploring the labor market effects of subsidizing domestic services' in: Labour Economics, 2024, 90, 102595

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13478

Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-Term Unemployment? Experimental Evidence from North Macedonia

Alex Armand, Pedro Carneiro, Federico Tagliati, Yiming Xia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13373

Allocating Subsidies for Private Investments to Maximize Jobs Impacts

David A. Robalino, Jose M. Romero, Ian Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12755

Do Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed Affect Participants' Well-Being? A Rigorous Look at (Un-)Intended Consequences of Labor Market Policies

Marco Caliendo, Stefan Tübbicke

published in: Evaluation Review, 2022, 46 (5), 517-554

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12718

Having It All, for All: Child-Care Subsidies and Income Distribution Reconciled

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, Kerstin Roeder

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 176, 188--211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12690

Catching up or Lagging Behind? The Long-Term Business and Innovation Potential of Subsidized Start-Ups out of Unemployment

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn, Martin Weissenberger

published in: Research Policy, 2020, 49 (10), 1-14

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12476

Can Agricultural Extension and Input Support Be Discontinued? Evidence from a Randomized Phaseout in Uganda

Ram Fishman, Stephen C. Smith, Vida Bobic, Munshi Sulaiman

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104 (6), 1273–1288.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12261

New Evidence on Long-Term Effects of Start-Up Subsidies: Matching Estimates and Their Robustness

Marco Caliendo, Stefan Tübbicke

published in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 59 (4), 1605-1631

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11774

Thinking of Incentivizing Care? The Effect of Demand Subsidies on Informal Caregiving and Intergenerational Transfers

Joan Costa-Font, Sergi Jimenez-Martin, Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto

revised version published as 'Do Public Caregiving Subsidies and Supports affect the Provision of Care and Transfers?' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 84,102639

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11197

Why Do French Engineers Find Stable Jobs Faster than PhDs?

David N. Margolis, Luis Miotti

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11196

Public Funding and Corporate Innovation

Mathias Beck, Martin Junge, Ulrich Kaiser

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11055

The Post-Reform Effectiveness of the New German Start-Up Subsidy for the Unemployed

Lutz Bellmann, Marco Caliendo, Stefan Tübbicke

published in: LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2018, 32(3), 293-319

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11002

Taxes and Market Hours: The Role of Gender and Skill

Robert Duval Hernández, Lei Fang, L. Rachel Ngai

published as 'Taxes, subsidies and gender gaps in hours and wages' in: Economica, 2023, 90 (358), 373-408.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10655

How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence

David McKenzie

published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2017, 32(2), 127-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10641

How Sustainable Are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from a Randomized Phase-Out of the BRAC Program in Uganda

Ram Fishman, Stephen C. Smith, Vida Bobic, Munshi Sulaiman

This analysis of midline experimental results was expanded using endline data in IZA DP No. 12476,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10564

Equal Opportunity through Higher Education: Theory and Evidence on Privilege and Ability

Yuval Arbel, Ronen Bar-El, Yossef Tobol

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10502

Women's Career Choices, Social Norms and Child Care Policies

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, Kerstin Roeder

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 168, 162–173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9995

Can Wage Subsidies Boost Employment in the Wake of an Economic Crisis? Evidence from Mexico

Miriam Bruhn

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (8), 1558 - 1577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9993

Evaluating the Impact of the Post-2008 Employment Subsidy Program in Turkey

Binnur Balkan, Yusuf Soner Baskaya, Semih Tumen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9628

Personality Traits and the Evaluation of Start-Up Subsidies

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn, Martin Weißenberger

published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 86, 87-108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9184

Worker-level and Firm-level Effects of a Wage Subsidy Program for Highly Educated Labor: Evidence from Denmark

Ulrich Kaiser, Johan Moritz Kuhn

published in: Research Policy, 2016, 45 (9), 1939-1943

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9171

Designing Efficient College and Tax Policies

Sebastian Findeisen, Dominik Sachs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8988

Permanent Wage Cost Subsidies for Older Workers: An Effective Tool for Increasing Working Time and Postponing Early Retirement?

Andrea Albanese, Bart Cockx

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 58, 145-166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8886

Employment Subsidies, Informal Economy and Women's Transition into Work in a Depressed Area: Evidence from a Matching Approach

Manuela Deidda, Adriana Di Liberto, Marta Foddi, Giovanni Sulis

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4:7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8865

Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies

Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski, Maria Vagliasindi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8865

Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies

Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski, Maria Vagliasindi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8817

Subsidized Start-Ups out of Unemployment: A Comparison to Regular Business Start-Ups

Marco Caliendo, Jens Hogenacker, Steffen Künn, Frank Wießner

published in: Small Business Economics, 45(1), 2015, 165-190

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. 8114

Single Mothers and the Earned Income Tax Credit: Insurance Without Disincentives?

Kartik Athreya, Devin Reilly, Nicole B. Simpson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8087

Five Crossroads on the Way to Basic Income: An Italian Tour

Ugo Colombino

revised version published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2015, 1 (3), 353-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7943

Human Well-being and In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Richard Dorsett, Andrew J. Oswald

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7735

People, Places and Public Policy: Some Simple Welfare Economics of Local Economic Development Programs

Patrick Kline, Enrico Moretti

published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2014, 6, 629-662 (

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7460

Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn

published in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48 (6), 1108-1134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7011

Higher Education in Turkey: Subsidizing the Rich or the Poor?

Asena Caner, Cagla Okten

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7007

Labor Supply Heterogeneity and Demand for Child Care of Mothers with Young Children

Patricia Apps, Jan Kabátek, Ray Rees, Arthur van Soest

published in: Empirical Economics, 2016, 51, 1641-1677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6892

Minimum Wages and Female Labor Supply in Germany

Christian Bredemeier, Falko Juessen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6880

Active Labor Market Programs: Employment Gain or Fiscal Drain?

Alessio J. G. Brown, Johannes Koettl

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6830

Getting Back into the Labor Market: The Effects of Start-Up Subsidies for Unemployed Females

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28(4), 1005-1043

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6828

What's Best for Women: Gender Based Taxation, Wage Subsidies or Basic Income?

Ugo Colombino, Edlira Narazani

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6704

Can Pro-Marriage Policies Work? An Analysis of Marginal Marriages

Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Demography, 2014, 51(4), 1357-1379

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6510

Mind the Gap: Net Incomes of Minimum Wage Workers in the EU and the US

Ive Marx, Sarah Marchal, Brian Nolan

published in Marx, I. and K. Nelson (eds.), Minimum Income Protection in Flux, Palgrave MacMillan, 2012, pp. 54-80

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5986

Long-Run Effects of Public-Private Research Joint Ventures: The Case of the Danish Innovation Consortia Support Scheme

Ulrich Kaiser, Johan Moritz Kuhn

published in: Research Policy, 2012, 41 (5), 913–927

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5728

The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

John Cawley, Christopher J. Ruhm

published in: Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. McGuire, and Pedro P. Barros (eds.), Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 2. New York: Elsevier, 2012, 95-199 95-199

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5078

Wages, Employment and Tenure of Temporarily Subsidized Workers: Does the Industry Matter?

Gesine Stephan

revised version published as 'Hétérogénéité sectorielle des effets d'un dispositif de subvention salariale sur les salaires et l'emploi en Allemagne' in: Travail et Emploi, 2014, 139, 61-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4931

The Employment Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies

Kristiina Huttunen, Jukka Pirttilä, Roope Uusitalo

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97, 49–60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4864

Can Training Programs or Rather Wage Subsidies Bring the Unemployed Back to Work? A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation for Germany

Renate Neubäumer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4790

Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed: Long-Term Evidence and Effect Heterogeneity

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (3-4), 311-331

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4427

Do Means-Tested School Lunch Subsidies Change Children's Weekly Consumption Patterns?

Larry L. Howard, Nishith Prakash

published as 'Do School Lunch Subsidies Change the Dietary Patterns of Children from Low-Income Households?' in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2012, 30 (3), 362 - 381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4384

Subsidizing Firm Entry in Open Economies

Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97 (1), 258-271

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4076

Subsidies and Exports in Germany: First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data

Sourafel Girma, Holger Görg, Joachim Wagner

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2009, 55 (3), 179-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3946

Low-Skilled Immigration and the Expansion of Private Schools

Davide Dottori, I-Ling Shen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3785

Estimating the Effect of Student Aid on College Enrollment: Evidence from a Government Grant Policy Reform

Helena Skyt Nielsen, Torben Sørensen, Christopher Taber

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2010, 2 (2), 185-215

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3772

Wage Subsidies for Needy Job-Seekers and Their Effect on Individual Labour Market Outcomes after the German Reforms

Sarah Bernhard, Hermann Gartner, Gesine Stephan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3588

Student Loans Repayment and Recovery: International Comparisons

Hua Shen, Adrian Ziderman

published in: Higher Education, 2009, 57, 315-333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3536

Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?

Martin Halla, Friedrich Schneider

revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76(3), 411–431

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3508

Do Employment Subsidies Work? Evidence from Regionally Targeted Subsidies in Turkey

Gordon Betcherman, N. Meltem Daysal, Carmen Pagés

published in: Labour Economics, 17:4 (August 2010), 710-722

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3360

Start-Up Subsidies in East Germany: Finally, a Policy that Works?

Marco Caliendo

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30(7), 625-647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3355

Alternative Labor Market Policies to Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency: Mandating Higher Wages, Subsidizing Employment, and Raising Productivity

David Neumark

published in: Heinrich, C.; Scholz, J. (eds.), Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, , 2009, 5-78

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3220

Start-Ups by the Unemployed: Characteristics, Survival and Direct Employment Effects

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2010, 35(1), 71-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3175

‘Marginal Employment’: Stepping Stone or Dead End? Evaluating the German Experience

Ronny Freier, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3114

Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose: Chancen und Risiken

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2009, 10(2), 189-213

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3023

The Expansion of Higher Education and Time-Consistent Taxation

Panu Poutvaara

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 27 (2), 257-267

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2660

Turning Unemployment into Self-Employment: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Start-Up Programmes

Hans J. Baumgartner, Marco Caliendo

revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 70(3), 347-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2424

Making Work Pay for the Elderly Unemployed: Evaluating Alternative Policy Reforms for Germany

Peter Haan, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2399

Workfare: Eine wirksame Alternative zum Kombilohn

Holger Bonin, Hilmar Schneider

published in: Wirtschaftsdienst, 2006, 86 (10), 645-650

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2122

An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of the Self-Sufficiency Project on the Employment Behaviour of Former Welfare Recipients

Jeffrey Zabel, Saul Schwartz, Stephen Donald

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1686

Educational Attainment and Child Labor: Do Subsidies Work?

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Abhra Roy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1532

Moral Hazard and Cash Benefits in Long-Term Home Care

Bernard van den Berg, Wolter Hassink

published as "Cash benefits in long-term home care" in: Health Policy, 2008, 88 (2-3), 209-221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1490

Wohlfahrts- und Verteilungseffekte eines allgemeinen Freibetrags bei den Sozialabgaben

Hilmar Schneider, Holger Bonin

published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research, 2005, 38 (4), 475-492

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1415

Recent Developments in Part-Time Work in EU-15 Countries: Trends and Policy

Hielke Buddelmeyer, Gilles Mourre, Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger

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. 1014

Single Mothers Working at Night: Standard Work, Child Care Subsidies, and Implications for Welfare Reform

Erdal Tekin

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2007, 45 (2), 233-250

IZA Discussion Paper No. 939

Acquisition of Skills, Education Subsidies, and Agglomeration of Firms

Eric Toulemonde

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2006, 59 (3), 420-439

IZA Discussion Paper No. 637

Household Labor Supply Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies in Germany

Holger Bonin, Wolfram Kempe, Hilmar Schneider

published in: Journal of Applied Social Sciences Studies, 2003, 123 (1), 199-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 587

Kombilohn oder Workfare? Zur Wirksamkeit zweier arbeitsmarktpolitischer Strategien

Holger Bonin, Wolfram Kempe, Hilmar Schneider

published in: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2003, 72 (1), 51-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 538

The Pension Transfer Program

Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

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. 517

Child Care Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers

Erdal Tekin

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

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