IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2416

Estimates of the Effect of Parents’ Schooling on Children’s Schooling Using Censored and Uncensored Samples

Monique de Haan, Erik Plug

published as 'Estimating intergenerational schooling mobility on censored samples: consequences and remedies' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26 (1), 151–166,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2402

Do the Unemployed Become Successful Entrepreneurs? A Comparison between the Unemployed, Inactive and Wage-Earners

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (7), 604-626

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2380

The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (2), 645-677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2364

Real Wage Cyclicality of Female Stayers and Movers in Part-Time and Full-Time Jobs

Robert A. Hart

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2342

Part-time Work and Occupational Attainment Amongst a Cohort of British Women

Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2298

First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada

Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Arthur Sweetman

published as ''First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada' in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 27, 215-70.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2204

Education Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility: Evidence from the Finnish Comprehensive School Reform

Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, Sari Pekkala Kerr

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, 965-973

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2071

A Selection-Based Theory of the Transition from Employment to Entrepreneurship: The Role of Employer Size

Simon C. Parker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2021

Skill Transferability, Regret and Mobility

Lex Borghans, Bart H.H. Golsteyn

published in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (13), 1663-1678

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1999

Native-Migrant Differences in Risk Attitudes

Holger Bonin, Amelie F. Constant, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (15), 1581-1586

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1993

Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility

Miles Corak

published in: Research on Economic Inequality, 2006, 13 (1), 143-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1971

Employees Who Become Self-Employed: Do Labour Income and Wages Have an Impact?

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

revised version published as 'The Best and the Brightest or the Least Successful? Self-Employment Entry among Male Wage-Earners in Sweden' in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40(1), 155-172

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1943

Intergenerational Mobility, Human Capital Transmission and the Earnings of Second-Generation Immigrants in Sweden

Mats Hammarstedt, Mårten Palme

revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1:4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1938

American Exceptionalism in a New Light: A Comparison of Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in the Nordic Countries, the United Kingdom and the United States

Markus Jäntti, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Eva Österbacka, Anders Björklund, Tor Eriksson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1906

Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity

Gabriela Schütz, Heinrich W. Ursprung, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61 (2), 279-308

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1766