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312 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18204
Decline in Job Satisfaction and How It Relates to Investment Decisions of the Self-Employed
Jörn Block, Miriam Gnad, Alexander S. Kritikos, Caroline Stiel
published in: Applied Psychology, 2025, 74 (6), e70039
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18153
Beyond Collective Agreements: The Rise of the Wage Cushion in Germany
André Rieder, Claus Schnabel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18097
The Digital Gender Divide in Germany: The Role of Preferences and Constraints in Digital Involvement and Wages
Martin Abraham, Luisa Wieser, Claus Schnabel, Cornelia Niessen, Sara Bergmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17948
The Untold Story of Internal Migration in Germany: Life-Cycle Patterns, Developments, and the Role of Education
Anton Barabasch, Kamila Cygan-Rehm, Guido Heineck, Sebastian Vogler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17862
The German labor market after the long boom: What’s next?
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17615
Unions and Employers' Associations in Germany: A Survey of Their Membership, Density and Bargaining Coverage
Claus Schnabel
published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2025, 59, 7(2025)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17575
A 22 Percent Increase in the German Minimum Wage: Nothing Crazy!
Mario Bossler, Lars Chittka, Thorsten Schank
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17361
Consumption Expenditures in Austria & Germany: New Evidence Based on Transactional Data
Winfried Koeniger, Peter Kress, Jonas Lehmann
revised version published online in: German Economic Review, 28 July 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17278
The Perceived Impact of Immigration on Native Workers' Labour Market Outcomes
Bernd Hayo, Duncan H.W. Roth
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 85, 102610
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17253
Lifetime Consequences of Lost Instructional Time in the Classroom: Evidence from Shortened School Years
Kamila Cygan-Rehm
forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17148
Earnings Assimilation of Post-reunification East German Migrants in West Germany
Regina T. Riphahn, Irakli Sauer
published in: Labour, 2024, 38 (4), 475-510
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17005
The Demise of Works Councils in Germany
Susanne Kohaut, Claus Schnabel
forthcoming in: Industrielle Beziehungen (German Journal of Industrial Relations), 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16779
Can Voluntary Adult Education Reduce Unemployment? Causal Evidence from East Germany after Reunification
Li Kathrin Kaja Rupieper, Stephan L. Thomsen
published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2025, 59, 2 (2025)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16729
How Daycare Quality Shapes Norms around Daycare Use and Parental Employment: Experimental Evidence from Germany
Marie-Fleur Philipp, Silke Büchau, Pia S. Schober, Viktoria Werner, C. Katharina Spieß
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16636
Two Pandemic Years Greatly Reduced Young People's Life Satisfaction: Evidence from a Comparison with Pre-COVID-19 Panel Data
Martin Neugebauer, Alexander Patzina, Hans Dietrich, Malte Sandner
published in: European Sociological Review, 2024, 40 (5), 872 - 886
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16261
When Are Employers Interested in Electronic Performance Monitoring? Results from a Factorial Survey Experiment
Luisa Wieser, Martin Abraham, Claus Schnabel, Cornelia Niessen, Mauren Wolff
slightly revised version published as 'Employers’ Muted Interest in Electronic Performance Monitoring (EPM)' in: S. Pfeiffer et al. (eds.), Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelten, SpringerNature. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2024, 181-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16146
Who Is to Suffer? Quantifying the Impact of Sanctions on German Firms
Holger Görg, Anna Jacobs, Saskia Meuchelböck
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 228, 106767
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15844
Is There a Union Wage Premium in Germany and Which Workers Benefit Most?
Marina Bonaccolto-Töpfer, Claus Schnabel
published in: Economies, 2023, 11 (2), 50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15607
The Ossified Economy: The Case of Germany, 1870-2020
Wim Naudé, Paula Nagler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15606
A Glimpse of Freedom: Allied Occupation and Political Resistance in East Germany
Luis R. Martinez, Jonas Jessen, Guo Xu
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15 (1), 68-106
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