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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising over 14,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics. 

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53 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13158
Labour Supply in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence on Hours, Home Office, and Expectations
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Radost Holler, Lena Janys, Bettina M. Siflinger, Christian Zimpelmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12214
Firms and Wage Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe
Iga Magda, Jan Gromadzki, Simone Moriconi
forthcoming in: Journal of Comparative Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11377
The Cyclicality of the Stepping-Stone Effect of Temporary Agency Employment
Elke J. Jahn, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11256
Informal Employment Relationships and the Labor Market: Is There Segmentation in Ukraine?
Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics 2018, 46 (3), 838-857
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10293
Collective Bargaining and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Italy
Francesco Devicienti, Bernardo Fanfani, Agata Maida
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9981
Testing for the Ratchet Effect: Evidence from a Real-Effort Work Task
Eric Cardella, Briggs Depew
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9359
Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty in Egypt?
Aysit Tansel, Halil Ibrahim Keskin, Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir
Revised version published as " “Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty in Egypt: Evidence from Quantile Regression on Panel Data,” Empirical Economics, 2020, 58(6):2949-2979.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8901
Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany
Regina T. Riphahn, Michael Zibrowius
published in: Education Economics, 2016, 24 (1), 33 - 57
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8773
Determinants of Transitions across Formal / Informal Sectors in Egypt
Aysit Tansel, Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir
Revised version published as “Transitions across Labor Market States Including Formal/Informal Division in Egypt,” Review of Development Economics, 2020, 23(4): 1674-1695.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8383
How Far Away Is a Single European Labor Market?
Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann
revised version published as 'European Labor Market Integration: What the Experts Think' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2017, 38 (7), 954-974 [Details & Download]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8279
Between Light and Shadow: Informality in the Russian Labour Market
Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov
published in: S.Oxenstierna (ed.), The Challenges for Russia's Politicized Economic System: Routledge, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8090
Linguistic Barriers in the Destination Language Acquisition of Immigrants
Ingo E. Isphording, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 105, 30–50.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7844
Re-defining Informal Employment and Measuring its Determinants: Evidence from Russia
Hartmut Lehmann, Anzelika Zaiceva
published in: Journal of International Development, 2015, 27 (4), 464 - 488
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7200
Workplace Heterogeneity and the Rise of West German Wage Inequality
David Card, Jörg Heining, Patrick Kline
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6600
Creating New Administrative Data to Describe the Scientific Workforce: The STAR METRICS Program
Julia Lane, Lou Schwarz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6556
The Formal/Informal Employment Earnings Gap: Evidence from Turkey
Aysit Tansel, Elif Öznur Acar
Published in: Research On Economic Inequality, Volume, F24. Editors: John A. Bishop and Juan Gabriel Rodriguez. (pp. 123-156). ISSN: 1049-2585/
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6271
Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data
Aysit Tansel, Elif Öznur Acar
Published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 44 (4): 617-635.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5998
The Process of Wage Adjustment: An Analysis Using Establishment-Level Data
Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin
published in: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2016, 37(2), 245-268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5959
Are Children "Normal"?
Dan A. Black, Natalia Kolesnikova, Seth G. Sanders, Lowell J. Taylor
published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, [Accepted for Publication]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5364
Der Aufstieg des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses in Deutschland – vom Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis zur Ölkrise 1973
Michael J. Kendzia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5333
What Drives the Demand for Temporary Agency Workers?
Elke J. Jahn, Jan Bentzen
published in: LABOUR, 2012, 26 (3), 341-355
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5231
Der Institutionalisierungsprozess des Lohnarbeitsverhältnisses vom Ersten bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland
Michael J. Kendzia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5107
Herausbildung erster Wesenszüge des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses in Deutschland
Michael J. Kendzia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4973
Looking Beyond the Bridge: How Temporary Agency Employment Affects Labor Market Outcomes
Elke J. Jahn, Michael Rosholm
published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 65 (1) 108-125
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4962
Der vormoderne Allokationsprozess von Arbeit in Deutschland
Toni Pierenkemper, Michael J. Kendzia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4676
A Note on Informality in the Labor Market
Melanie Khamis
published in: Journal of International Development, 2012, 24 (7), 894-908
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4527
Illegal Migration, Wages, and Remittances: Semi-Parametric Estimation of Illegality Effects
Christian Schluter, Jackline Wahba
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4492
The Employment of Temporary Agency Workers in the UK: With or Against the Trade Unions?
René Böheim, Martina Zweimüller
published in: Economica, 2013, 80 (317), 65–95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4444
Atypical Work: Who Gets It, and Where Does It Lead? Some U.S. Evidence Using the NLSY79
John T. Addison, Chad Cotti, Christopher J. Surfield
revised version published as 'Atypical Jobs: Stepping Stones or Dead Ends? Evidence from the NLSY79' in: The Manchester School, 2015, 83(1), 17–55
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4372
Firm Performance and Managerial Turnover: The Case of Ukraine
Alexander Muravyev, Oleksandr Talavera, Olga Bilyk, Bogdana Grechaniuk
published in: Eastern European Economics, 2010, 48(2), 5-24
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4178
Coming to America: Does Immigrant's Home Country Economic Status Impact the Probability of Self-Employment in the U.S.?
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Willie Belton
revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102(3), 538-542
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4065
Atypical Work and Employment Continuity
John T. Addison, Christopher J. Surfield
published in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48 (4), 655-683
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3454
The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition
Simon Appleton, John Knight, Lina Song, Qingjie Xia
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45, (2), 256-275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3401
What Are the Factors Behind Pay Settlements? Evidence from Spanish and British Data
Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin
published as 'The Determinants of Pay Settlements. The Influence of the National Context' in: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2013, 24 (3), 579-600
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3269
Informal Employment Relationships and Labor Market Segmentation in Transition Economies: Evidence from Ukraine
Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3144
Temporary Agency Work in Portugal, 1995–2000
René Böheim, Ana Rute Cardoso
published as 'Temporary help services employment in Portugal, 1995-2000' in: David H. Autor (ed.), Studies of Labor Market Intermediation. Chicago: Chicago Univ. Press and NBER, 2009, 520-560
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2974
Modeling Immigrants' Language Skills
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 27, 75-128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2343
Do Changes in Regulation Affect Employment Duration in Temporary Work Agencies?
Manfred Antoni, Elke J. Jahn
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2009, 62 (2), 226-251
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2325
Does Atypical Work Help the Jobless? Evidence from a CAEAS/CPS Cohort Analysis
John T. Addison, Christopher J. Surfield
published in: Applied Economics, 2009, 41 (9), 1077 - 1087
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2282
The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings
Sami H. Miaari, Robert M. Sauer
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 129-148
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2195
Working Hours in Japan: Who Is Time-Privileged?
Scott M. Fuess, Jr.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2002
Leisure Time in Japan: How Much and for Whom?
Scott M. Fuess, Jr.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1966
Child Labor, Urban Proximity and Household Composition
Marcel Fafchamps, Jackline Wahba
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 79 (2), 374-397
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1940
Social Networks in the Boardroom
Francis Kramarz, David Thesmar
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(4), 780-807
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1882
Do Former College Athletes Earn More at Work? A Nonparametric Assessment
Daniel J. Henderson, Alexandre Olbrecht, Solomon Polachek
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41(3), 558-577
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1851
The Sociology of Groups and the Economics of Incentives: Theory and Evidence on Compensation Systems
William E. Encinosa III, Martin Gaynor, James B. Rebitzer
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2007, 62 (2), 187-214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1435
Training and Union Wages
Christian Dustmann, Uta Schönberg
revised version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 363-376
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1273
Carefree? Participation and Pay Differentials for Informal Carers in Britain
Axel Heitmueller, Kirsty Inglis
published as "The earnings of informal carers: Wage differentials and opportunity costs" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (4), 821-841
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1166
Other Forms of Employment: Temporary Employment Agencies and Self-Employment
Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö
published in: Labour, 2008, 22(3), 495-507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1090
Temporary Employment Agencies: A Route for Immigrants to Enter the Labour Market?
Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö
IZA Discussion Paper No. 933
Training in Europe
Wiji Arulampalam, Alison L. Booth, Mark L. Bryan
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2 (2/3), 346-360
IZA Discussion Paper No. 393
Union Bargaining Power: A View from Japan
Scott M. Fuess, Jr.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 185
The Post-Unification German Labor Market
Holger Bonin, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: R. T. Riphahn/ D. J. Snower / K. F. Zimmermann (Eds.), Employment Policy in Transition: The Lessons of German Integration for the Labor Market, Springer Verlag, 2001, 8-30; see IZA Reprints 66/00
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