IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 684

The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants

Patrick A. Puhani

published as 'Relative Demand Shocks and Relative Wage Rigidities During the Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment' in: Kyklos, 2003, 56 (4),541-562

IZA Discussion Paper No. 682

Vocational Training of Unemployed Workers in Belgium

Bart Cockx

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (1), 23-48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 678

Fostering Within-Family Human Capital Investment: An Intragenerational Insurance Perspective of Social Security

Martin Barbie, Marcus Hagedorn, Ashok Kaul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 676

Agriculture: Transition Buffer or Black Hole? A Three-State Model of Employment Dynamics

Alexandru Voicu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 673

Labour as a Buffer: Do Temporary Workers Suffer?

Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi, Jeff Frank

published in: Gabriel Fagan, Francesco Paolo Mongelli and Julian Morgan (eds.), Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe, Edward Elgar 2003

IZA Discussion Paper No. 672

Self-Selection, Earnings, and Out-Migration: A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants to Germany

Amelie F. Constant, Douglas S. Massey

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 16 (4), 2003, 631-653

IZA Discussion Paper No. 670

From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History

Maristella Botticini, Zvi Eckstein

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2007, 5 (5), 885-926,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 666

Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen

Pascal Arnds, Holger Bonin

published in: M. Herfurth, M. Kohli and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Arbeit in einer alternden Gesellschaft (Labor in an Aging Society), Leverkusen: Leske+Budrich, 2003, 65-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 662

Getting It Right: Employment Subsidy or Minimum Wage?

Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

revised version published as "Dealing with Monopsony Power: the Case for Employment Subsidies" in: Economics Letters, 2007, 94 (1), 83-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 657

Employment Consequences of Restrictive Permanent Contracts: Evidence from Spanish Labor Market Reforms

Adriana Kugler, Juan F. Jimeno, Virginia Hernanz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 656

The Impact of the Unemployment Benefit System on International Spillover Effects

Thomas Beissinger, Oliver Buesse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 655

Effects of In-Class Variation and Student Rank on the Probability of Withdrawal: Cross-Section and Time-Series Analysis for UK University Students

Wiji Arulampalam, Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24 (3), 251-262

IZA Discussion Paper No. 654

Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times: Evidence From the OECD

Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Christopher J. Ruhm

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2006, 4 (3), 298-316.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 652

How Do Parents Raise the Educational Attainment of Future Generations?

Erik Plug

published as 'Estimating the Effect of Mother's Schooling on Children's Schooling Using a Sample of Adoptees' in: American Economic Review, 2004, 94 (1), 358-368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 640

Dual Track or Academic Route for Auditors: Does It Matter?

Joop Hartog, Nicole Jonker, Hans van Ophem

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. 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. 634