IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3067

How General Is Human Capital? A Task-Based Approach

Christina Gathmann, Uta Schönberg

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (1), 1 - 49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2969

Occupational Choice of High Skilled Immigrants in the United States

Barry R. Chiswick, Sarinda Taengnoi

published in: International Migration, 2007, 45 (5), 3 - 34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2949

Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), 747-793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2945

The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting, Human Capital, and Discrimination

Heather Antecol, Anneke Jong, Michael D. Steinberger

published as 'The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting and Human Capital' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 518-543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2943

Social and Occupational Security and Labour Market Flexibility in Sweden: The Case of Unemployment Compensation

Gabriella Sjögren Lindquist, Eskil Wadensjö

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2941

College Majors and the Knowledge Content of Jobs

James A. Freeman, Barry Hirsch

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (5), 517-535

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2859

Imperfect Transmission of Tacit Knowledge and Other Barriers to Entrepreneurship

Vesa Kanniainen, Panu Poutvaara

published in: Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 2007, 28 (4), 675-694

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2803

Explaining Women’s Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women’s Work

Sandra E. Black, Alexandra Spitz-Oener

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92(1), 187-194

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2763

Symbolic Values, Occupational Choice, and Economic Development

Giacomo Corneo, Olivier Jeanne

published in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (2), 241-255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2676

Earnings and Occupational Attainment: Immigrants and the Native Born

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published as 'Earnings and Occupational Attainment among Immigrants' in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48 (3), 454 - 465

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2670

The International Transferability of Immigrants’ Human Capital Skills

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28 (2), 162-169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2664

Occupational Language Requirements and the Value of English in the U.S. Labor Market

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (1), 353-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2592

Studying Justice: Measurement, Estimation, and Analysis of the Actual Reward and the Just Reward

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Kjell Törnblom and Riel Vermunt (eds.), Distributive and Procedural Justice: Research and Social Applications. London, UK: Ashgate, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2567

Skill Uncertainty and Social Inference

Robert J. Oxoby

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (3), 422-427

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2485

How General Is Specific Human Capital?

Christina Gathmann, Uta Schönberg

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 28 (1), 1 - 49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2419

The Part-Time Pay Penalty for Women in Britain

Alan Manning, Barbara Petrongolo

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (526), F28-F51