IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Polachek, S.W., Tatsiramos, K., Russo, G. and van Houten, G. (eds.), Workplace Productivity and Management Practices (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 49), Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021, 85-106.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14409

Post-merger Restructuring of the Labor Force

Britta Gehrke, Ernst Maug, Stefan Obernberger, Christoph Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14239

Do You Really Want to Share Everything? The Wellbeing of Work-Linked Couples

Juliane Hennecke, Clemens Hetschko

published online in: Oxford Economic Papers, 16 September 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14148

Culture as a Hiring Criterion: Systemic Discrimination in a Procedurally Fair Hiring Process

Dominique Meurs, Patrick A. Puhani

published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 87, 102482

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14040

Academic Careers and Fertility Decisions

Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: D. Checchi, T. Jappelli, A. Uricchio (eds.), Teaching, Research and Academic Careers, Springer, 2022, 135 -161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13840

Don't Downsize This! Social Reactions to Mass Dismissals on Twitter

Andrea Bassanini, Eve Caroli, Bruno Chaves Ferreira, Antoine Rebérioux

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13733

Do Recruiters Select Workers with Different Personality Traits for Different Tasks? A Discrete Choice Experiment

Caroline Wehner, Andries de Grip, Harald Pfeifer

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 78, 102186

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13669

Teacher Allocation and School Performance in Italy

Alex Bryson, Lorenzo Corsini, Irene Martelli

published in: Labour, 2022, 36 (4), 409 - 423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13596

Competition and Career Advancement: The Hidden Costs of Paid Leave

Julian V. Johnsen, Hyejin Ku, Kjell G. Salvanes

latest version published online as 'Competition and Career Advancement' in: Review of Economic Studies, 13 October 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13583

Trustworthiness in the Financial Industry

Andrej Gill, Matthias Heinz, Heiner Schumacher, Matthias Sutter

revised version published as 'Social Preferences of Young Professionals and the Financial Industry' in: Management Science, 2023, 69 (7), 3905-3919.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13174

Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm

Ina Ganguli, Ricardo Hausmann, Martina Viarengo

published in: Economica, 2021, 88 (349), 104 - 128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13154

Apprenticeship and Youth Unemployment

Pierre Cahuc, Jeremy Hervelin

published as 'The effect of workplace vs school-based vocational education on youth unemployment: Evidence from France' in: European Economic Review, 2024, 162, 104637

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13033

Does Working at a Start-Up Pay Off?

Daniel Fackler, Lisa Hölscher, Claus Schnabel, Antje Weyh

published in: Small Business Economics, 2022, 58 (4), 2211-2233

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12991

Fertility Decisions and Employment Protection: The Unintended Consequences of the Italian Jobs Act

Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa

published as 'Employment protection and fertility decisions: the unintended consequences of the Italian Jobs Act' in: Economic Policy, 2021, 36 (108), 735 - 773

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12902

Gender Promotion Gaps: Career Aspirations and Workplace Discrimination

Ghazala Azmat, Vicente Cuñat, Emeric Henry

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12736

Visible Minorities and Job Mobility: Evidence from a Workplace Panel Survey

Mohsen Javdani

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2020, 18, 491–524

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12598

Does Employing Older Workers Affect Workplace Performance?

Alex Bryson, John Forth, Helen Gray, Lucy Stokes

published in: Industrial Relations, 2020, 59 (4), 532 - 562,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12305

The Effect of Employment Protection on Firms' Worker Selection

Sebastian Butschek, Jan Sauermann

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 09 May 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12264

Responding to Regulation: The Effects of Changes in Mandatory Retirement Laws on Firm-Provided Incentives

Anders Frederiksen, Colleen Flaherty Manchester

published as 'Personnel Practices and Regulation: How Firm-Provided Incentives Respond to Changes in Mandatory Retirement Law' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (4), 1011-1042

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11556

Do Startups Provide Employment Opportunities for Disadvantaged Workers?

Daniel Fackler, Michaela Fuchs, Lisa Hölscher, Claus Schnabel

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72 (5), 1123-1148

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11065

Antecedents of Overtime Work: The Case of Junior Academics

Irina Frei, Christian Grund

published in: German Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020, 34, 371-397

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10932

Gender Stereotyping and Self-Stereotyping Attitudes: A Large Field Study of Managers

Tor Eriksson, Nina Smith, Valdemar Smith

published as 'Gender stereotyping and self-stereotyping among Danish managers' in: Gender in Management: An International Journal, 2021, 36 (5), 622-639

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10912

Employer Screening Costs, Recruiting Strategies, and Labor Market Outcomes: An Equilibrium Analysis of On-Campus Recruiting

Russell Weinstein

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 55, 282-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10844

Does Random Selection of Commissioners Improve the Quality of Selected Candidates? An Investigation in the Italian Academia

Daniele Checchi, Silvia De Poli, Enrico Rettore

published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2018, 4 (2), 211-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10643

Performance Pay and Applicant Screening

Uwe Jirjahn, Jens Mohrenweiser

revised version published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57(3), 540-575

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10547

Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from Chinese Schools

Naureen Karachiwalla, Albert Park

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, 109-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10454

Working Hours, Promotion and the Gender Gap in the Workplace

Takao Kato, Hiromasa Ogawa, Hideo Owan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10314

Which Are the Benefits of Having More Female Leaders? Evidence from the Use of Part-Time Work in Italy

Francesco Devicienti, Elena Grinza, Alessandro Manello, Davide Vannoni

published as 'What Are the Benefits of Having More Female Leaders? Evidence from the Use of Part-Time Work in Italy' in: Industrial and Labor Relation Review, 2019, 72 (4), 897–926

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10289

The Diversity of Personnel Practices and Firm Performance

Pedro S. Martins

published in: S. W. Polachek, K. Tatsiramos, G. Russo, G. van Houten (eds.), Workplace Productivity and Management Practices', (Research in Labour Economics 49), 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9860

Clever Enough to Tell the Truth

Bradley Ruffle, Yossef Tobol

published in: Experimental Economics, 2017, 20, 130-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9858

Allocating Effort and Talent in Professional Labor Markets

Gadi Barlevy, Derek Neal

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37 (1), 187–246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9841

Politics in the Family: Nepotism and the Hiring Decisions of Italian Firms

Stefano Gagliarducci, Marco Manacorda

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12 (2), 67 - 95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9658

Are Men Given Priority for Top Jobs? Investigating the Glass Ceiling in the Italian Academia

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2018, Vol. 12, No. 3: 475-503.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9654

Crowding Out in the Labour Market: Do Employers Lend a Hand?

Dieter Verhaest, Elene Bogaert, Jeroen Dereymaeker, Laura Mestdagh, Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'Do Employers Prefer Overqualified Graduates? A Field Experiment' in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2018, 57 (3), 351 - 388

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9594

Connections in Scientific Committees and Applicants' Self-Selection: Evidence from a Natural Randomized Experiment

Manuel Bagues, Mauro Sylos-Labini, Natalia Zinovyeva

published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 58, 81-97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9564

Are Competitors Forward Looking in Strategic Interactions? Evidence from the Field

Mario Lackner, Rudi Stracke, Uwe Sunde, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, 2020, 179, 544-565

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9537

Women at the Top in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Khalid Sekkat, Ariane Szafarz, Ilan Tojerow

published as 'Female corporate owners and female CEOs' in: Economics Letters, 2023, 232, 111285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9528

Happy Birthday, You're Fired! The Effects of Age-Dependent Minimum Wage on Youth Employment Flows in the Netherlands

Jan Kabátek

published in: ILR Review, 2021,74 (4), 1008 - 1035

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9473

A Theory of Intra-Firm Group Design

Semih Tumen

published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2016, 45(1), 89-102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9470

Gender and the Effect of Working Hours on Firm-Sponsored Training

Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 125, 192-211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9386

Procedures vs. Incentives: The Case of the University Promotion System in Italy

Carlo dal Maso, Enrico Rettore, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Education Economics, 2018, 26 (3), 213 - 232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9140

Employer Downsizing and Older Workers' Health

Italo A. Gutierrez, Pierre-Carl Michaud

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8910

Not in My Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals

Andrea Bassanini, Giorgio Brunello, Eve Caroli

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (2), 429-483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8859

Gender Differences in Attitudes Towards Competition: Evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published as 'Gender differences in the propensity to apply for promotion: evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69 (5), 986 - 1009.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8447

Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors?

Stijn Baert, Ann-Sophie De Pauw, Nick Deschacht

revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (3), 714 - 736.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8345

Publish or Perish? Incentives and Careers in Italian Academia

Daniele Checchi, Gianni De Fraja, Stefano Verzillo

published in Review of Economics and Statistics 2021, 103 (4), 786-802

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8286

Screening for Honesty

Bradley Ruffle, Yossef Tobol

substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 9860

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8177

What Happens When Employers are Free to Discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League

Alex Bryson, Arnaud Chevalier

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 51-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8174

Coworkers, Networks, and Job Search Outcomes

Perihan Saygin, Andrea Weber, Michèle Weynandt

published in: ILR Review, 2021, 74 (1), 95-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7903

Leadership and the Research Productivity of University Departments

Amanda H. Goodall, John M. McDowell, Larry D. Singell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7624

Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? Evidence from the Employers' Side

Hanna Brenzel, Hermann Gartner, Claus Schnabel

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 29, 41-48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7534

Firm-Level Hiring Difficulties: Persistence, Business Cycle and Local Labour Market Influences

Richard Fabling, David C. Maré

published in: Journal of Labour Research, 2016, 37, 179 - 210

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7411

Can You Trust the Good Guys? Trust Within and Between Groups with Different Missions

Sebastian Fehrler, Michael Kosfeld

published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 121, 400-404

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7382

The Value of Hiring through Referrals

Stephen V. Burks, Bo Cowgill, Mitchell Hoffman, Michael Housman

revised version published as 'The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals' in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130(2), 805-839

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7096

Anonymous Job Applications in Europe

Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:5

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7091

Absenteeism, Unemployment and Employment Protection Legislation: Evidence from Italy

Vincenzo Scoppa, Daniela Vuri

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 3:3

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6948

Promotion Determinants in Corporate Hierarchies: An Examination of Fast Tracks and Functional Area

Christian Belzil, Michael L. Bognanno, François Poinas

published in: Transitions through the Labor Market (Research in Labor Economics, 48), 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6821

The Role of Connections in Academic Promotions

Natalia Zinovyeva, Manuel Bagues

published in: American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, 2015, 7 (2), 264-292

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6568

Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany: What Role Does Firm Size Play?

Anne Busch, Elke Holst

shorter German version published in: Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 2013, 42 (4), 315-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6566

A Theory of Expert Leadership

Amanda H. Goodall

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6530

Ingratiation and Favoritism: Experimental Evidence

Stéphane R. Robin, Agnieszka Rusinowska, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 66, 16-38.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6486

Horizontal Transfer and Promotion: New Evidence and an Interpretation from the Perspective of Task-Specific Human Capital

Masaru Sasaki, Katsuya Takii, Junmin Wan

published as 'Synchronized job transfer and task-specific human capital' in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2020, 56, 101075

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6480

The Effects of Prize Spread and Noise in Elimination Tournaments: A Natural Field Experiment

Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Arjan Non, Willem Verbeke

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33(3), 521-569

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6444

Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records

Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

published as 'Do Female Top Managers Help Women to Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records' in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2022, 639, 173-197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6411

Information and Competition Entry

Mara Ewers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6316

Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Loukas Balafoutas, Florian Lindner, Matthias Sutter

revised version published in: Kyklos, 2012, 65 (4), 425-441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6286

Whom to Choose as a Team Mate? A Lab Experiment about In-Group Favouritism

Andrea Hammermann, Alwine Mohnen, Petra Nieken

published in: Review of Managerial Science, 2014, 8(3), 327–350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5961