IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1488

Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality: Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model

Paul Frijters, John de New, Michael A. Shields

revised version published as 'The Increasingly Mixed Proportional Hazard Model: An Application to Socioeconomic Status, Health Shocks, and Mortality' in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2011, 29 (2), 271-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1447

Venture Capital Investment and Labor Market Performance: New Empirical Evidence for OECD Countries

Ansgar H. Belke, Andreas Schaal

published in: Keuschnigg, Christian / Kanniainen, Vesa (eds.), Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, CESifo Seminar Series, MIT Press, Cambridge/MA, 2004, 97-126

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. 1411

Crossing the Tracks? More on Trends in the Training of Male and Female Workers in Great Britain

Melanie K. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2008, 46 (2), 268-282.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1386

Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants Versus Natives

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published as 'Self-employment against employment or unemployment: Markov transitions across the business cycle' in: Eurasian Business Review, 2014, 4 (1), 51-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1368

Job Stability Trends, Layoffs, and Transitions to Unemployment: An Empirical Analysis for West Germany

Annette Bergemann, Antje Mertens

revised version published as 'Job Stability Trends, Lay-offs, and Transitions to Unemployment in West Germany' in: Labour, 2011, 25 (4), 421–446

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1346

The Evolution of Income-Related Health Inequalities in Switzerland over Time

Robert E. Leu, Martin Schellhorn

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2006, 52 (4), 666-690

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1325

Returns to Schooling in Russia and Ukraine: A Semiparametric Approach to Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Klara Sabirianova Peter

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (2), 324-350

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. 1182

Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia

Belton M. Fleisher, Klara Sabirianova Peter, Xiaojun Wang

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (2), 351-370

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1163

The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment Duration and the Subsequent Employment Stability

Konstantinos Tatsiramos

substantially revised version appeared as DP No. 2280

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1128

Wages and Employment Growth: Disaggregated Evidence for West Germany

Jens Suedekum, Uwe Blien

published as 'Stimulating employment growth with higher wages? A new approach to address an old controversy' in: Kyklos, 2007, 60 (3), 441-467