IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 686

Permanent and Transitory Wage Inequality of British Men, 1975-2001: Year, Age and Cohort Effects

Adriaan Kalwij, Rob Alessie

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007, 22 (6), 1063 - 1093

IZA Discussion Paper No. 685

Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain

Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel

published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (3), 505-532

IZA Discussion Paper No. 684

The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants

Patrick A. Puhani

published as 'Relative Demand Shocks and Relative Wage Rigidities During the Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment' in: Kyklos, 2003, 56 (4),541-562

IZA Discussion Paper No. 683

Is Education Used as a Signaling Device for Productivity in Developing Countries? Evidence from Ghana

Eric Strobl

published as "Do employers use education as a signal for ability in developing countries? Evidence from Ghana" in: Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 11(4), 259-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 680

Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland: Fakten, Ursachen und Bekämpfung

Marcus Hagedorn, Ashok Kaul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 679

Establishment Age and Wages: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

Arnd Kölling, Claus Schnabel, Joachim Wagner

published in: Beiträge zur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 2005, 294, 81-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 677

Class Ridden or Meritocratic? An Economic Analysis of Recent Changes in Britain

Fernando Galindo-Rueda, Anna Vignoles

IZA Discussion Paper No. 673

Labour as a Buffer: Do Temporary Workers Suffer?

Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi, Jeff Frank

published in: Gabriel Fagan, Francesco Paolo Mongelli and Julian Morgan (eds.), Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe, Edward Elgar 2003

IZA Discussion Paper No. 671

School Effects and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Adults in the 1980s and 1990s

Amelie F. Constant, Spyros Konstantopoulos

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 49 (1), 2003, 5-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 669

Assessing Unemployment Traps in Belgium Using Panel Data Sample Selection Models

Anna Cristina D'Addio, Isabelle De Greef, Michael Rosholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 668

Solow and Heterogeneous Labor: A Neoclassical Explanation of Wage Inequality

Jürgen Meckl, Stefan Zink

published in: Economic Journal, 2004, 114 (498), 835-854

IZA Discussion Paper No. 664

Skill Upgrading and Rigid Relative Wages: The Case of Danish Manufacturing

Jan Rose Skaksen, Anders Sorensen

published as 'Skill Upgrading and Rigid Relative Wages' in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Contributions to Macroeconomics, 2005, 5(1), Art. 7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 662

Getting It Right: Employment Subsidy or Minimum Wage?

Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

revised version published as "Dealing with Monopsony Power: the Case for Employment Subsidies" in: Economics Letters, 2007, 94 (1), 83-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 660

Do Large Employers Pay More in Developing Countries? The Case of Five African Countries

Eric Strobl, Robert Thornton

revised version published as "A Comparative Study of the Employer Size Wage Effect in Africa" in: Journal of Economic Development, 2004, 29 (1), 137-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 657

Employment Consequences of Restrictive Permanent Contracts: Evidence from Spanish Labor Market Reforms

Adriana Kugler, Juan F. Jimeno, Virginia Hernanz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 650

Overeducation and Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Harminder Battu, Peter J. Sloane

published in: Manchester School, 2004, 72 (4), 535-559

IZA Discussion Paper No. 645

Long-Run Inflation-Unemployment Dynamics: The Spanish Phillips Curve and Economic Policy

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30 (2), 279-300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 642