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IZA Discussion Paper No. 15688
Different Degrees of Skill Obsolescence across Hard and Soft Skills and the Role of Lifelong Learning for Labor Market Outcomes
Tobias Schultheiss, Uschi Backes-Gellner
published in: Industrial Relations, 2023, 62 (3), 257 - 287
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15687
Education Expansion and High-Skill Job Opportunities for Workers: Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?
Tobias Schultheiss, Curdin Pfister, Ann-Sophie Gnehm, Uschi Backes-Gellner
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 82, 102354
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15679
The Geography of Occupational Choice: Empirical Evidence from the Swiss Apprenticeship Market
Andreas Kuhn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15677
AI, Skill, and Productivity: The Case of Taxi Drivers
Kyogo Kanazawa, Daiji Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Shigeoka, Yasutora Watanabe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15672
Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations
Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2023, 15, 349 - 388
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15665
Business Cycles and Police Hires
Fernando Saltiel, Cody Tuttle
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15658
How to Best Fight Poverty: The Uneven Ex-post Effects of Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers on Labor Earnings
Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Roberto Quaranta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15649
Costs and Benefits of an Individual Learning Account (ILA): A Simulation Analysis for the Netherlands
Henri Bussink, Bas ter Weel
published in: Economic Modelling, 2023, 118, 106085
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15647
The Role of Within-Occupation Task Changes in Wage Development
Ronald Bachmann, Gökay Demir, Colin P. Green, Arne Uhlendorff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15640
Is Longer Maternal Care Always Beneficial? The Impact of a Four-Year Paid Parental Leave
Alena Bicakova, Klara Kaliskova
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2024, 37, 36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15635
The Dynamics of Power in Labor Markets: Monopolistic Unions versus Monopsonistic Employers
Samuel Dodini, Kjell G. Salvanes, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15619
'The Double Dividend of Training' – Labor Market Effects of Work-Related Continuous Education in Switzerland
Stefan Denzler, Jens Ruhose, Stefan C. Wolter
published as 'Labour market effects of work-related continuous education in Switzerland – evidence from administrative data' in: Economics of Education Review, 2025, 107, 102683
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15618
Filling the Gap: The Consequences of Collaborator Loss in Corporate R&D
Felix Poege, Fabian Gaessler, Karin Hoisl, Dietmar Harhoff, Matthias Dorner
heavily revised version published online in: Management Science, 27 June 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15609
Analysis of Twins
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke
published in: Klaus. F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer Nature, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15604
How Good Am I? Effects and Mechanisms behind Salient Ranks
Rigissa Megalokonomou, Yi Zhang
published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 170, 104870
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15594
Opening the Black Box: Task and Skill Mix and Productivity Dispersion
G.Jacob Blackwood, Cindy Cunningham, Matt Dey, Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, John C. Haltiwanger, Rachel Nesbit, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, Jay Stewart, Cody Tuttle, Zoltan Wolf
published in: Susanto Basu, Lucy Eldridge, John Haltiwanger, and Erich Strassner (eds.), Technology, Productivity and Economic Growth, University of Chicago Press, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15560
First Generation Elite: The Role of School Networks
Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
forthcoming in: American Economic Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15557
College Admission as a Screening and Sorting Device
Mikkel Høst Gandil, Edwin Leuven
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15551
Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Programme
Richard Freund, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Jere R. Behrman
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2024, 38 (2), 296 - 318
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15547
Child Care in the United States: Markets, Policy, and Evidence
Chris M. Herbst
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023, 42 (1), 255-304
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