IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3801

Intergenerational Top Income Mobility in Sweden: A Combination of Equal Opportunity and Capitalistic Dynasties

Anders Björklund, Jesper Roine, Daniel Waldenström

revised version published as 'Intergenerational top income mobility in Sweden: Capitalist dynasties in the land of equal opportunity?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (5-6), 474-484

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3779

Crime, Unemployment, and Xenophobia? An Ecological Analysis of Right-Wing Election Results in Hamburg, 1986−2005

Ralph Rotte, Martin Steininger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3765

The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain

Lorenzo Cappellari, Stephen P. Jenkins

Revised version: IZA DP 4457

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3699

Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States

Erkki Koskela, Panu Poutvaara

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3684

Distribution of Wealth and Interdependent Preferences

Andrew Grodner, Thomas J. Kniesner

published in: Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2010, 6 (4), 265-366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3550

Formality, Informality, and Social Welfare

John Bennett

published as 'Informal Production and Labour Market Segmentation' in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2011, 167 (4), 686-707

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. 3494

Immigrants and Welfare Programmes: Exploring the Interactions between Immigrant Characteristics, Immigrant Welfare Dependence and Welfare Policy

Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2008, 24 (3), 543-560

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3459

Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002

Simon Appleton, Lina Song, Qingjie Xia

published in: World Development, 2010, 38 (5), 665-678

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3405

Labour Supply and Taxes

Costas Meghir, David Phillips

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3142

Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?

Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl, Thilo Schaefer

revised version published as "Is a flat tax reform feasible in a grown-up democracy of Western Europe? A simulation study for Germany" in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2008, 15 (5), 620-636

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3131

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Leaver Characteristics, Employment and Recidivism: An Analysis of Maryland and Missouri

Peter R. Mueser, David W. Stevens, Kenneth Troske

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3100

The Persistence of Welfare Participation

Thomas Andrén

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3062

The Revealed Preference Approach to Collective Consumption Behavior: Testing, Recovery and Welfare Analysis

Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock, Frederic Vermeulen

published as 'The revealed preference approach to collective consumption behavior: testing and sharing rule recovery' in: Review of Economic Studies, 2011, 78 (1), 175 - 198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3045

Structural Estimation of Search Intensity: Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?

Pieter A. Gautier, José L. Moraga-González, Ronald P. Wolthoff

published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 84, 123-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2922

The Enfranchisement of Women and the Welfare State

Graziella Bertocchi

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (4), 535-553

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2804

Income Transfers, Welfare and Family Decisions

Joaquín Andaluz, Miriam Marcén, José Alberto Molina

published as "The effects of inter-generational transfers on the marital surplus" in The Manchester School, 2017, 85 (3), 320-338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2783

Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children: Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare

Javier A. Birchenall, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (1-2), 280-295

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2709

Are Youths on Income Support Less Happy? Evidence from Australia

Wang-Sheng Lee, Umut Oguzoglu

published in: Australian Economic Review, 2007, 40 (4), 369-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2669

A Theory of Child Targeting

Olivier B. Bargain, Olivier Donni

published as 'Targeting and Child Poverty' in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 39(4), 783-808

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2610

Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Employment: Evidence from the Post-Welfare Reform Era

David Neumark, William Wascher

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2459

Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek?

Marcello Estevão, Filipa Sa

revised version published as 'The 35-hour workweek in France: Straightjacket or welfare improvement? ' in: Economic Policy, 2008, 23 (55), 417-463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2457

Immigrants in a Booming Economy: Analysing their Earnings and Welfare Dependence

Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy

published in: Labour, 2007, 21(4), 789-808

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2266

State Dependence in Canadian Welfare Participation

Jörgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom, Xuelin Zhang

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2014, 39, 81-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2261

Immigrant-Native Differences in Welfare Participation: The Role of Entry and Exit Rates

Jörgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Industrial Relations, 2011, 50 (3), 412 - 442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2230

A Reappraisal of the Virtues of Private Sector Employment Programmes

Brian Krogh Graversen, Peter Jensen

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112 (3), 546-569

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2127

Individual Attitudes towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries

Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda

published as 'Does the Welfare State Affect Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants? Evidence across Countries' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 295 - 314

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2094

Welfare Migration in Europe and the Cost of a Harmonised Social Assistance

Giacomo De Giorgi, Michele Pellizzari

published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (4), 353-363

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2068

From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia's "Great Leap Forward"?

Paul Frijters, Bob Gregory

published in: The Economic Record, 82 (257) 2006, 207-224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2026

The Effect of Benefits on Single Motherhood in Europe

Libertad González

published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 393-412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1995

Welfare State Retrenchment: The Partisan Effect Revisited

Bruno Amable, Donatella Gatti, Jan Schumacher

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22 (3), 426-444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1810

Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Microsimulation Analysis

Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Emmanuel Saez

published in: Economic Journal, 2007. 118 (516), 1-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1728

What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments

Marianne P. Bitler, Jonah B. Gelbach, Hilary W. Hoynes

published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (4), 988–1012.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1717

Evaluating Search and Matching Models Using Experimental Data

Jeremy Lise, Shannon Seitz, Jeffrey A. Smith

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:16

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1677

The Determinants of the Prevalence of Single Mothers: A Cross-Country Analysis

Libertad González

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1676

Should the U.S. Have Locked the Heaven's Door? Reassessing the Benefits of the Postwar Immigration

Xavier Chojnicki, Frédéric Docquier, Lionel Ragot

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (1), 317-359

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1626

The Correlates of Work in a Post-AFDC World: The Results from a Longitudinal State-Level Analysis

Dan Lewis, Spyros Konstantopoulos, Lisa Altenbernd

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1600

Migration, Co-ordination Failures and EU Enlargement

Tito Boeri, Herbert Brücker

published as 'Why are Europeans so tough on migrants?' in: Economic Policy, 2005, 20 (44), 629-703

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1599

Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated

Maurice Schiff

published in: Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff (eds.), International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain, Palgrave MacMillan: New York, 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1536

Ethnic Enclaves and Welfare Cultures: Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Olof Aslund, Peter Fredriksson

published as: 'Peer Effects in Welfare Dependence: Quasi-experimental Evidence" in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(3), 799–825

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1536

Ethnic Enclaves and Welfare Cultures: Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Olof Aslund, Peter Fredriksson

published as: 'Peer Effects in Welfare Dependence: Quasi-experimental Evidence" in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(3), 799–825

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1520

The Effects of Welfare-to-Work Program Activities on Labor Market Outcomes

Andrew Dyke, Carolyn J. Heinrich, Peter R. Mueser, Kenneth Troske

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1511

Labor Supply, Home Production and Welfare Comparisons

Olivier Donni

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 92 (7), 1720-1737

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1474

Effort-Based Career Opportunities and Working Time

Massimiliano Bratti, Stefano Staffolani

revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (6), 489-512

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1467

Does Work Pay in France? Monetary Incentives and the Guaranteed Minimum Income

Marc Gurgand, David N. Margolis

published as 'Does work pay in France? Monetary incentives, hours constraints, and the guaranteed minimum' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (7), 1669-1697

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1441

Normative Evaluation of Tax Policies: From Households to Individuals

Olivier B. Bargain

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (2), 339-371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1420

The Transition from Welfare to Work and the Role of Potential Labor Income

Hilmar Schneider, Arne Uhlendorff

published in: Journal of Applied Social Sciences Studies, 2005, 125 (1), 51-61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1326

Integration, Agglomeration and Welfare

Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63 (2), 544-566

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1279

Migration and Diversity: Human versus Social Capital

Vlad Manole, Maurice Schiff

published in: Review of International Economics, 2013, 21 (2), 281–294

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1259

Family Structure and Child Outcomes in the United States and Sweden

Anders Björklund, Donna K. Ginther, Marianne Sundström

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (1), 183-201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1248

The Consequences of ‘In-Work’ Benefit Reform in Britain: New Evidence from Panel Data

Marco Francesconi, Wilbert van der Klaauw

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42 (1), 1-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1225

Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience: The Case of Female Immigrants

Sarit Cohen Goldner, Zvi Eckstein

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156 (1), 86-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1144

Welfare-to-Work, Wages and Wage Growth

Reamonn Lydon, Ian Walker

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2005, 26 (3), 335–370

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1047

Transition Patterns for the Welfare Reliance of Low Income Mothers in Australia

Xiaodong Gong

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. 917

A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration

Rob Euwals, Hans Roodenburg

published in: Economics Letters, 2004, 85 (2), 241-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 895

Transitions in Welfare Participation and Female Headship

John M. Fitzgerald, David C. Ribar

published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2004, 23 (5-6), 641-670

IZA Discussion Paper No. 894

Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths

Rainer Winkelmann

published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 197-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 891

From Welfare to Work: Evaluating a Proposed Tax and Benefit Reform Targeted at Single Mothers in Sweden

Lennart Flood, Elina Pylkkänen, Roger Wahlberg

published in: Labour, 2007, 21 (3), 443-471

IZA Discussion Paper No. 851

Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice

Joshua Angrist

published in: Economic Journal, 2004, 114 (494), C52-C83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 769

Household Labor Supply and Welfare Participation in Sweden

Lennart Flood, Jörgen Hansen, Roger Wahlberg

published in Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39 (4), 1008-1032

IZA Discussion Paper No. 758

Equilibrium Policy Experiments and the Evaluation of Social Programs

Jeremy Lise, Shannon Seitz, Jeffrey A. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 736

The Employment Effects of Active Social Policy

Iben Bolvig, Peter Jensen, Michael Rosholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 698

Product Market Integration, Comparative Advantages and Labour Market Performance

Torben M. Andersen, Jan Rose Skaksen

published as "Labour Demand, Wage Mark-ups and Product Market Integration" in: Journal of Economics, 2007, 92 (2), 103-135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 696

Institutions in the Economic Fitness Landscape: What Impact Do Welfare State Institutions Have on Economic Performance?

Ronald Schettkat

CESifo Dice Report , 2003, 2, 27-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 643

Parental Separation and Children's Educational Attainment: A Siblings Approach

Anders Björklund, Marianne Sundström

published as 'Parental Separation and Children's Educational Attainment: A Siblings Analysis on Swedish Register Data' in: Economica, 2006, 73 (292), 605-624

IZA Discussion Paper No. 639

Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?

Gilles Saint-Paul

published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (1), 129-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 628

Assisting the Long-Term Unemployed: Results from a Randomized Trial

Robert Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Yvonne Dunlop, Marion Terrill

published in: Economic Record, 2003, 79 (244), 84-102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 610

Unemployment Benefits, Risk Aversion, and Migration Incentives

Axel Heitmueller

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18(1), 93-112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 584

Welfare to Temporary Work: Implications for Labor Market Outcomes

Carolyn J. Heinrich, Peter R. Mueser, Kenneth Troske

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87 (1), 154-173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 561

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Leaver Characteristics, Employment and Recidivism

William J. Carrington, Peter R. Mueser, Kenneth Troske

IZA Discussion Paper No. 533

Assessing Welfare Accounts

Stefan Fölster, Robert Gidehag, Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Torben Andersen and Per Molander (eds,): Alternatives for Welfare Policy: Coping with Internationalisation and Demographic Change, Cambridge, 2003, 255 - 275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 533

Assessing Welfare Accounts

Stefan Fölster, Robert Gidehag, Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Torben Andersen and Per Molander (eds,): Alternatives for Welfare Policy: Coping with Internationalisation and Demographic Change, Cambridge, 2003, 255 - 275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 533

Assessing Welfare Accounts

Stefan Fölster, Robert Gidehag, Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Torben Andersen and Per Molander (eds,): Alternatives for Welfare Policy: Coping with Internationalisation and Demographic Change, Cambridge, 2003, 255 - 275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 519

Labor Mobility of Immigrants: Training, Experience, Language and Opportunities

Sarit Cohen Goldner, Zvi Eckstein

published in: International Economic Review, 2008, 49 (3), 837-872

IZA Discussion Paper No. 498

Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification

Paul Frijters, John de New, Michael A. Shields

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, 42 (4), 1326 - 1346

IZA Discussion Paper No. 461

Welfare and Labor Earnings: An Evaluation of the Financial Gains to Work

Marc Gurgand, David N. Margolis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 428

Mothers, Fathers and Children after Divorce: The Role of Institutions

Daniela Del Boca

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2003, 16 (3), 399–422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 390

The Impact of Labor Market Reforms on Capital Flows, Wages and Unemployment

Thomas Beissinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 383

The Determinants and Consequences of Child Care Subsidies for Single Mothers

David M. Blau, Erdal Tekin

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (4), 719 - 741

IZA Discussion Paper No. 360

The Dynamics of Immigrant Welfare and Labor Market Behavior

Jörgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (4), 941 - 970

IZA Discussion Paper No. 347

Labor Market Conditions and Post-Reform Declines in Welfare Receipt Among Immigrants

Magnus Lofstrom, Frank D. Bean

published as 'Assessing Immigrant Policy Options: Labor Market Conditions and Postreform Declines in Immigrants' Receipt of Welfare' in: Demography, 2002, 39 (4), 617-637

IZA Discussion Paper No. 347

Labor Market Conditions and Post-Reform Declines in Welfare Receipt Among Immigrants

Magnus Lofstrom, Frank D. Bean

published as 'Assessing Immigrant Policy Options: Labor Market Conditions and Postreform Declines in Immigrants' Receipt of Welfare' in: Demography, 2002, 39 (4), 617-637

IZA Discussion Paper No. 249

"Should I Pay for You or for Myself?" The Optimal Level and Composition of Retirement Benefit Systems

Bernard M. S. van Praag, Pedro Cardoso

IZA Discussion Paper No. 234

Sozioökonomische Determinanten extremistischer Wahlerfolge in Deutschland: Das Beispiel der Europawahlen 1994 und 1999

Ralph Rotte, Martin Steininger

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2001, 121 (3), 53-406

IZA Discussion Paper No. 190

Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration

Christian Dustmann, Ian Preston

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7 (1), Article 62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 181

Space, Search and Efficiency

Etienne Wasmer, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 51(3), 515-541

IZA Discussion Paper No. 172

Reforming the Financial Incentives of the Welfare System

David Card

IZA Discussion Paper No. 168