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IZA Discussion Paper No. 1318
Charity Donations and the Euro Introduction: Some Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Money Illusion
Peter Kooreman, Riemer Faber, Heleen Hofmans
published in: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 2004, 36 (6), 1121-1124
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1317
Gender Equality in Educational Achievement: An East-West Comparison
Sylke V. Schnepf
revised version published in Schnepf (2007). Women in Central and Eastern Europe: Measuring Gender Inequality Differently. Saarbruecken, Germany: Verlag Mueller.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1316
The Evolution of Income-Related Inequalities in Health Care Utilization in Switzerland over Time
Robert E. Leu, Martin Schellhorn
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2006, 52 (4), 666-690
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1315
The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Israel
Sarit Cohen Goldner, M. Daniele Paserman
published in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (8), 1027-1045
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1314
Key Elasticities in Job Search Theory: International Evidence
John T. Addison, Mario Centeno, Pedro Portugal
published as 'Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages: Key Elasticities from a Stripped-Down Job Search Approach' in Economica, 2010, 77 (305), 46-59.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1313
A Pair-Wise Approach to Testing for Output and Growth Convergence
M. Hashem Pesaran
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 138 (1), 312-355
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1312
Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27 (5), 1312-1325
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1311
Jobs for Young University Graduates: Is It Worth Having a Degree?
Ana Rute Cardoso
published in: Economics Letters, 2007, 94 (2), 271-277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1310
The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States
Gilles Saint-Paul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1309
Timing Constraints and the Allocation of Time: The Effects of Changing Shopping Hours Regulations in the Netherlands
Joyce P. Jacobsen, Peter Kooreman
published in: European Economic Review, 2005, 49 (1), 9-27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1308
Female Breadwinner Families: Their Existence, Persistence and Sources
Robert Drago, David Black, Mark Wooden
Published in: Journal of Sociology, 2005, 41(4), 343-362. doi: 10.1177/1440783305058465
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1307
Regional Income Inequality in Selected Large Countries
Almas Heshmati
published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge and New York, 2007, 121-155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1306
Measuring the Returns to the GED: Using an Exogenous Change in GED Passing Standards as a Natural Experiment
Magnus Lofstrom, John Tyler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1305
The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide: A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration
Menzie D. Chinn, Robert W. Fairlie
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2007, 59 (1), 16-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1304
International Migration in the Long-Run: Positive Selection, Negative Selection and Policy
Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson
published in: D. Snower (ed.) Labour Mobility and the World Economy, Kiel: Kiel Institute for World Economics, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1303
Survey Non-Response and Unemployment Duration
Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, Peter Dolton
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 2006, 169 (3), 585-604
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1302
Cyclicality and the Labor Market
Craig A. Gallet, John A. List, Peter F. Orazem
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2005, 72 (2), 284-304
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1301
Assessing the Performance of Matching Algorithms When Selection into Treatment Is Strong
Boris Augurzky, Jochen Kluve
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2006, 22 (3), 533-557
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1300
Estimating the Threat Effect of Active Labour Market Programmes
Michael Rosholm, Michael Svarer
Published as: 'The Threat Effect of Active Labour Market Programmes' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110 (2), 385 - 401
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1299
Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings
Giorgio Brunello, Charlotte Lauer
published as "The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings" in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (1), 273 - 290
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1298
Delegation of Authority as an Optimal (In)complete Contract
Andreas Roider
revised version published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2006, 162(3), 391-411
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. 1296
Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia Robb
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (2), 225-245
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1295
The Enrollment Effect of Secondary School Fees in Post-War Germany
Regina T. Riphahn
published as 'Effect of Secondary School Fees on Educational Attainment' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (1), 147 - 176
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1294
A Collective Retirement Model: Identification and Estimation in the Presence of Externalities
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Frederic Vermeulen
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 159-167
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1293
Nascent Entrepreneurs
Joachim Wagner
published in: Simon C. Parker (ed.), The Life Cycle of Entrepreneurial Ventures (International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship, Vol. 3), New York: Springer 2006, 15-37
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1292
Why Are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital
Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia Robb
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25 (2), 289-323
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1291
Labour Market Institutions and Wage Inequality
Winfried Koeniger, Marco Leonardi, Luca Nunziata
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (3), 340-356
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1290
Does Employment Protection Reduce the Demand for Unskilled Labor?
Kirsten Daniel, W. Stanley Siebert
published in: International Economic Journal, 2005, 19 (2), 197-222
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1289
An Alternative Approach to Testing Dual Labour Market Theory
Andrey Launov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1288
Women's Hours of Market Work in Germany: The Role of Parental Leave
Monika Merz
published in: R. Goméz-Salvador et al. (eds.), Labour Supply and Incentive to Work in Europe, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1287
What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? A Re-Examination Using PISA Data
Thomas Fuchs, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Empirical Economics, 2007, 32 (2-3), 433-464
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1286
Cut-Point Shift and Index Shift in Self-Reported Health
Maarten Lindeboom, Eddy van Doorslaer
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23 (6), 1083-1099
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1285
Technical Change and the Wage Structure During the Second Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Merchant Marine, 1865-1912
Aimee Chin, Chinhui Juhn, Peter Thompson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1284
How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
Ludger Woessmann
published in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2008, 78 (1), 45-70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1283
On the Inefficiency of Inequality
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1282
Do Workers Really Benefit From Their Social Networks?
Francois Fontaine
published in: Recherches Économique de Louvain / Louvan Economic Reivew, 2008, 74 (1), 5-31
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1281
The Effect of Health Changes and Long-Term Health on the Work Activity of Older Canadians
Doreen Au, Thomas F. Crossley, Martin Schellhorn
revised version published in: Health Economics, 2005, 14 (10), 999-1018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1280
Why Do Self-Employed Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden Have Such Low Incomes?
Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö
published in: Brussels Economic Review / Cahiers Economique de Bruxelles, 2006, 48 (1-2), 43-71
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. 1278
Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox
Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 110 (2), 339 - 366
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1277
The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
Almas Heshmati
published in: Nissanke and Thorbecke (eds.), The Impact of Globalization on the Worlds Poor, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1276
Wage Determination under Communism and in Transition: Evidence from Central Europe
Swati Basu, Saul Estrin, Jan Svejnar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1275
Migration and Labour Market Differences: The Case of Wales
David H. Blackaby, Stephen Drinkwater
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1274
Why Are Fertility and Women's Employment Rates So Low in Italy? Lessons from France and the U.K.
Daniela Del Boca, Silvia Pasqua, Chiara D. Pronzato
published in: Labour, 2005, 19 (s1), 51-79
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1273
Carefree? Participation and Pay Differentials for Informal Carers in Britain
Axel Heitmueller, Kirsty Inglis
published as "The earnings of informal carers: Wage differentials and opportunity costs" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (4), 821-841
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1272
Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Saul Estrin, Klaus Meyer
published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2007, 49 (1), 61-80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1271
Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality
Almas Heshmati
published in: ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, 2005, 5 (1), 7-52
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1270
Emotions and Incentives
Matthias Kräkel
published as 'Emotions in tournaments' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (1), 204 - 214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1269
The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120 (2), 669-700
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1268
Labor Market Institutions, Wages, and Investment
Jörn-Steffen Pischke
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2005, 51 (1), 47-75
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1267
The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality
Almas Heshmati
published as "The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality: A Review of the Economic Literature" in: Journal of World-Systems Research, 2006, 12 (1), 61-107
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1266
Shot Across the Bow, Stigma or Selection? The Effect of Repeating a Class on Educational Attainment
Michael Fertig
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1265
High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe
Thomas K. Bauer
published in: RWI-Mitteilungen, 2003/2004, 54/55 (1), 57-85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1264
Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey
John T. Addison, Clive R. Belfield
published as 'Unions, Training, and Firm Performance' in: Journal of Labor Market Research/Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 2007, 40 (4), 361-381
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1263
Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality
Almas Heshmati
revised version published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1262
Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey
Aysit Tansel
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53 (2), 453-477
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1261
Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills
Barry Hirsch
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2005, 58 (4), 525-551
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1260
Strategic Wage Setting and Coordination Frictions with Multiple Applications
Pieter A. Gautier, José L. Moraga-González
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. 1258
Determinants of Unemployment Duration for Men and Women in Turkey
Aysit Tansel, H. Mehmet Tasci
substantially revised version published as 'Hazard Analysis of Unemployment Duration by Gender in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey' in: Labour, 2010, 24 (4), 501-530
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1257
Outlier Aversion in Evaluating Performance: Evidence from Figure Skating
Jungmin Lee
published as 'Outlier Aversion in Subjective Evaluation: Evidence From World Figure Skating Championships' in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2008, 9 (2), 141-159
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1256
Do Financial Incentives Promote the Employment of the Disabled?
Sher Verick
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1255
Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey
Aysit Tansel, Fatma Bircan
revised version published as 'Demand for education in Turkey: A tobit analysis of private tutoring expenditures' in: Economics of Education Review, 2006, 25, 303-313
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1254
Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male-Female Earnings
Gerrit Mueller, Erik Plug
published as 'Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male and Female Earnings ' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 60 (1), 3-22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1253
Geographic Labour Mobility and Unemployment Insurance in Europe
Konstantinos Tatsiramos
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22(2), 267-283
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1252
Reservation Wages, Search Duration, and Accepted Wages in Europe
John T. Addison, Mario Centeno, Pedro Portugal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1251
Joint Estimation of Sequential Labor Force Participation and Fertility Decisions Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques
Kenneth Troske, Alexandru Voicu
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 150-169
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1250
Observable and Unobservable Household Sharing Rules: Evidence from Young Couples' Pocket Money
Jungmin Lee
published under revised title in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55 (3), 557-582
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1249
International Outsourcing and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in the United Kingdom
Alexander Hijzen, Holger Görg, Robert C. Hine
published in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (506), 860-878
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. 1247
A Simulation of an Income Contingent Tuition Scheme in a Transition Economy
Milan Vodopivec
published in: Higher Education, 2009, 57 (4), 429-448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1246
Linguistic Distance: A Quantitative Measure of the Distance Between English and Other Languages
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005, 26 (1), 1-11
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1245
The Heterogeneous Effect of Selection in Secondary Schools: Understanding the Changing Role of Ability
Fernando Galindo-Rueda, Anna Vignoles
published in: P. Peterson and L. Woessmann (eds.), Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem, MIT Press: 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1244
The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2006, 10 (4), 652 - 665
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1243
Creative Destruction and Transition: The Effects of Firm Entry and Exit on Productivity Growth in Estonia
Jaan Masso, Raul Eamets, Kaia Philips
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1242
Institutions and Development: The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System
Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2005, 10 (3), 229-270
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1241
Stepping Stones for the Unemployed: The Effect of Temporary Jobs on the Duration until Regular Work
Marloes Zijl, Gerard J. van den Berg, Arjan Heyma
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (1), 107-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1240
General Diagnostic Tests for Cross Section Dependence in Panels
M. Hashem Pesaran
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1239
Rationalizing Boundedly Rational Choice: Sequential Rationalizability and Rational Shortlist Methods
Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti
published as "Sequentially Rationalizable Choice" in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (5), 1824-1839
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1238
The Linguistic and Economic Adjustment of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in the United States, 2000: A Preliminary Report
Barry R. Chiswick, Michael Wenz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1237
Who Is the Enemy?
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: Defense and Peace Economics, 2007, 18 (6), 469–484
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1236
Random Coefficient Panel Data Models
Cheng Hsiao, M. Hashem Pesaran
published in: L. Mátyás and P. Sevestre (eds.), The Econometrics of Panel Data, Springer 2008 (3rd ed.)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1235
In-School Work Experience, Parental Allowances, and Wages
Christian Dustmann, John Micklewright, Arthur van Soest
published under revised title in: Empirical Economics, 2009, 37 (1), 201-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1234
Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen: Proclivity and Performance
Amelie F. Constant
substantially revised version published in: Kyklos, 2006, 59 (4), 465-480
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1233
Do a Few Months of Compulsory Schooling Matter? The Education and Labour Market Impact of School Leaving Rules
Emilia Del Bono, Fernando Galindo-Rueda
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1232
Ethnic Networks and International Trade
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: Foders, Federico and Langhammer, Rolf J. (eds), Labor Mobility and the World Economy. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg 2006, 85-103
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1231
Where Immigrants Settle in the United States
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2004, 6 (2), 185-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1230
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Policy in Europe
Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson
published in: D. Snower (ed.) Labour Mobility and the World Economy, Kiel: Kiel Institute for World Economics, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1229
Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from an International Company
Axel Engellandt, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 241-257
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1228
A Vague Theory of Choice over Time
Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti
published in:B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Advances in Theoretical Economics , 2006, 6 (1), 1265-1265
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1227
Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism
Ira N. Gang, Gil S. Epstein
published in: Public Choice, 2007, 132 (3-4), 257-271
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1226
Pre-School Enrollment: An Analysis by Immigrant Generation
Barry R. Chiswick, Noyna DebBurman
published in: Social Science Research, 2006, 35 (1), 60-87
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. 1224
Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?
Maristella Botticini, Zvi Eckstein
published in: Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65 (4), 922-948
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1223
One or Many Kuznets Curves? Short and Long Run Effects of the Impact of Skill-Biased Technological Change on Income Inequality
Gianluca Grimalda, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2010, 20 (2), 265-306
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1222
Does Monitoring Decrease Work Effort? The Complementarity Between Agency and Crowding-Out Theories
David L. Dickinson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2008, 63 (1), 56-76.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1221
A Review of Decomposition of Income Inequality
Almas Heshmati
revised version published in: A. Heshmati (Ed), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2007, 27-48
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1220
Females' Willingness to Work and the Discouragement Effect of a Poor Local Childcare Provision
Maarten van Ham, Felix Büchel
published in: [Applied Economics Quarterly], 2004, 50 (4), 363 - 378
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1219
Inequalities and Their Measurement
Almas Heshmati
published in: A. Heshmati (Ed), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2007, 11-25
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