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258 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7038
United but (Un-)Equal: Human Capital, Probability of Divorce and the Marriage Contract
Helmuth Cremer, Pierre Pestieau, Kerstin Roeder
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28 (1), 195-217
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7030
The Lure of Authority: Motivation and Incentive Effects of Power
Ernst Fehr, Holger Herz, Tom Wilkening
published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (4), 1325-59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6785
Subcontracting and the Size and Composition of the Informal Sector: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Ana Isabel Moreno-Monroy, Janneke Pieters, Abdul Azeez Erumban
published as 'Formal Sector Subcontracting and Informal Sector Employment in Indian Manufacturing' in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3(22)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6632
Political Preferences and Public Sector Outsourcing
Mikael Elinder, Henrik Jordahl
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 30, 43-57
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6526
Temporary Employment, Job Flows and Productivity: A Tale of Two Reforms
Lorenzo Cappellari, Carlo Dell’Aringa, Marco Leonardi
published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (562), F188-F215.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6460
Pro-Social Missions and Worker Motivation: An Experimental Study
Sebastian Fehrler, Michael Kosfeld
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 100, 99-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6415
Testing a Forgotten Aspect of Akerlof's Gift Exchange Hypothesis: Relational Contracts with Individual and Uniform Wages
Martin G. Kocher, Wolfgang J. Luhan, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6304
Testing Canonical Tournament Theory: On the Impact of Risk, Social Preferences and Utility Structure
Roman M. Sheremeta, Steven Y. Wu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6239
Excess Worker Turnover and Fixed-Term Contracts: Causal Evidence in a Two-Tier System
Mario Centeno, Alvaro A. Novo
published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 320-328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6211
Labour Contracts and Performance of Cameroonian Firms
Benjamin Fomba Kamga
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6211
Labour Contracts and Performance of Cameroonian Firms
Benjamin Fomba Kamga
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6211
Labour Contracts and Performance of Cameroonian Firms
Benjamin Fomba Kamga
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6186
Reforming an Insider-Outsider Labor Market: The Spanish Experience
Samuel Bentolila, Juan J. Dolado, Juan F. Jimeno
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:4
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6095
How Do Informal Agreements and Renegotiation Shape Contractual Reference Points?
Ernst Fehr, Oliver Hart, Christian Zehnder
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13 (1), 1-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6054
Speeding Up the Product Cycle: The Role of Host Country Reforms
Liugang Sheng, Dennis T. Yang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5868
And I Will Try to Fix You: A Study of Heterogeneity in Job Satisfaction with Implications for Flexible Employment Contracts
Aekapol Chongvilaivan, Nattavudh Powdthavee
published as 'Do Different Work Characteristics Have Different Distributional Impacts on Job Satisfaction? A Study of Slope Heterogeneity in Workers’ Well-Being' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2014, 52 (3), 426-444
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5867
Temporary Contracts and Monopsony Power in the UK Labour Market
Domenico Tabasso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5845
Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Ravi Kanbur
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 1534 - 1573
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5815
Part-Time Work, Fixed-Term Contracts, and the Returns to Experience
Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Marie Paul, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
substantially revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 77 (4), 512 - 541
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5774
The Roles of Incentives and Voluntary Cooperation for Contractual Compliance
Simon Gächter, Esther Kessler, Manfred Königstein
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5727
Equity and Efficiency in Multi-Worker Firms: Insights from Experimental Economics
Johannes Abeler, Steffen Altmann, Sebastian J. Goerg, Sebastian Kube, Matthias Wibral
published in: Analyse & Kritik, 2011, 33(1), 325-347
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5701
Impact of Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes on Seasonal Labor Markets: Optimum Compensation and Workers' Welfare
Arnab K. Basu
published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2013, 11 (1), 1-34,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5669
The Effect of Product Market Competition on Job Instability
Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 35, 145 - 159
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5658
The Impact of Worker Effort on Public Sentiment Towards Temporary Migrants
Gil S. Epstein, Alessandra Venturini
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 33, 239-261
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5518
Collective Bargaining under Non-Binding Contracts
Sabien Dobbelaere, Roland Iwan Luttens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5508
Asymmetric Information in the Labor Market, Immigrants and Contract Menu
Saibal Kar, Bibhas Saha
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5403
Chutes and Ladders: Dual Tracks and the Motherhood Dip
Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Aitor Lacuesta, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
published as 'The Motherhood Earnings Dip: Evidence from Administrative Records' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48 (1), 169-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5394
Relational Contracts and the Economic Well-Being of Nations
Bohdan Kukharskyy, Michael P. Pflüger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5357
Great Expectations: Law, Employment Contracts, and Labor Market Performance
W. Bentley MacLeod
published in: O. Ashenfelter and D. Card (eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 4B, Chapter 18, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5357
Great Expectations: Law, Employment Contracts, and Labor Market Performance
W. Bentley MacLeod
published in: O. Ashenfelter and D. Card (eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 4B, Chapter 18, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5352
Contracts between Legal Persons
Lewis A. Kornhauser, W. Bentley MacLeod
published in: Robert Gibbons and John Roberts (eds.) Handbook of Organizational Economics, Princeton University Press, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5352
Contracts between Legal Persons
Lewis A. Kornhauser, W. Bentley MacLeod
published in: Robert Gibbons and John Roberts (eds.) Handbook of Organizational Economics, Princeton University Press, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5352
Contracts between Legal Persons
Lewis A. Kornhauser, W. Bentley MacLeod
published in: Robert Gibbons and John Roberts (eds.) Handbook of Organizational Economics, Princeton University Press, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5352
Contracts between Legal Persons
Lewis A. Kornhauser, W. Bentley MacLeod
published in: Robert Gibbons and John Roberts (eds.) Handbook of Organizational Economics, Princeton University Press, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5340
Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain
Samuel Bentolila, Pierre Cahuc, Juan J. Dolado, Thomas Le Barbanchon
published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122, 155-187
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5323
Dynamic Incentive Contracts under Parameter Uncertainty
Julien Prat, Boyan Jovanovic
revised version published as 'Dynamic Contracts When the Agent's Quality is Unknown' in: Theoretical Economics, 2014, 9 (3), 865-914
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5285
Quantity over Quality? A European Comparison of the Changing Nature of Transitions between Non-Employment and Employment
Werner Eichhorst, Regina Konle-Seidl, Alison Koslowski, Paul Marx
published in: Jochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg (eds.), Regulating the Risk of Unemployment. National Adaptations to Post-Industrial Labour Markets in Europe, Oxford: OUP, 2011, 281-296
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5264
Social Norms and Economic Incentives in Firms
Steffen Huck, Dorothea Kübler, Jörgen W. Weibull
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 83 (2), 173-185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5229
Economic Reform, Informal-Formal Sector Linkages and Intervention in the Informal Sector in Developing Countries: A Paradox
Hassan Arvin-Rad, Arnab K. Basu, Maria Willumsen
published in: International Review of Economics and Finance, 2010, 19, 662-670
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5229
Economic Reform, Informal-Formal Sector Linkages and Intervention in the Informal Sector in Developing Countries: A Paradox
Hassan Arvin-Rad, Arnab K. Basu, Maria Willumsen
published in: International Review of Economics and Finance, 2010, 19, 662-670
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5188
Labour Supply, Work Effort and Contract Choice: Theory and Evidence on Physicians
Bernard Fortin, Nicolas Jacquemet, Bruce S. Shearer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5051
Interactions between Local and Migrant Workers at the Workplace
Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem
published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 193-203
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5035
Whatever Works: Dualisation and the Service Economy in Bismarckian Welfare States
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx
published in: P.Emmenegger et al. (eds.): The Age of Dualization, Oxford: 2012, 73-99
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5023
Uniform and Nonuniform Staggering of Wage Contracts
Leif Danziger
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 1038-1049
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5023
Uniform and Nonuniform Staggering of Wage Contracts
Leif Danziger
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 1038-1049
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5001
Implicit Contracts, Unemployment, and Labor Market Segmentation
Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman
substantially revised version published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2014, 81 (1), 30-56
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4962
Der vormoderne Allokationsprozess von Arbeit in Deutschland
Toni Pierenkemper, Michael Jan Kendzia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4901
Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India
Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová, Jonathan Morduch
published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (2), 1118-1139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4801
Cream-Skimming, Parking and Other Intended and Unintended Effects of Performance-Based Contracting in Social Welfare Services
Pierre Koning, Carolyn J. Heinrich
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013, 32 (3), 461-483
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4782
Reciprocity and Incentive Pay in the Workplace
Robert Dur, Arjan Non, Hein Roelfsema
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (4), 676-686
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4773
Optimal Use of Labor Market Policies: The Role of Job Search Assistance
Conny Wunsch
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (3), 1030-1045
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. 4596
Contraction Consistent Stochastic Choice Correspondence
Indraneel Dasgupta
published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, 37 (4), 643-658
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4586
Excess Turnover and Employment Growth: Firm and Match Heterogeneity
Mario Centeno, Carla Machado, Alvaro A. Novo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4532
Social Interaction, Co-Worker Altruism, and Incentives
Robert Dur, Joeri Sol
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 69 (2), 293-301
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. 4380
Why Do Firms Use Fixed-Term Contracts?
Pedro Portugal, José Varejão
published in: Portuguese Economic Journal, 2022, 21, 401 - 421
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4373
Producer Protection Legislation and Termination Damages in the Presence of Contracting Frictions
Steven Y. Wu
published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 28 - 41
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4373
Producer Protection Legislation and Termination Damages in the Presence of Contracting Frictions
Steven Y. Wu
published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 28 - 41
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4357
Labor Market Pooling, Outsourcing and Labor Contracts
Pierre M. Picard, David Wildasin
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 70 (1), 47-60.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4346
Real and Nominal Wage Rigidity in a Model of Equal-Treatment Contracting
Pedro S. Martins, Andy Snell, Jonathan P. Thomas
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 112(4), 841-863, 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4346
Real and Nominal Wage Rigidity in a Model of Equal-Treatment Contracting
Pedro S. Martins, Andy Snell, Jonathan P. Thomas
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 112(4), 841-863, 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4344
Employment Fluctuations with Downward Wage Rigidity: The Role of Moral Hazard
James Costain, Marcel Jansen
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, special issue: "Price and Wage Dynamics", 2010, 112(4), 782-811
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4342
The Part-Time Pay Penalty in a Segmented Labor Market
Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (5), 591-606
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4262
Gift Exchange and Workers' Fairness Concerns: When Equality Is Unfair
Johannes Abeler, Steffen Altmann, Sebastian Kube, Matthias Wibral
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8(6), 1299-1324
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4189
Relational Contracts, Taxation and the Household
Patricia Apps, Ray Rees
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (2), 245-258
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4084
Do the Selfish Mimic Cooperators? Experimental Evidence from Finitely-Repeated Labor Markets
Brian E. Roe, Steven Y. Wu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4084
Do the Selfish Mimic Cooperators? Experimental Evidence from Finitely-Repeated Labor Markets
Brian E. Roe, Steven Y. Wu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4084
Do the Selfish Mimic Cooperators? Experimental Evidence from Finitely-Repeated Labor Markets
Brian E. Roe, Steven Y. Wu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4071
Optimal Unemployment Insurance for Older Workers
Jean-Olivier Hairault, François Langot, Sébastien Ménard, Thepthida Sopraseuth
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (5-6), 509-519
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3901
A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns
Ernst Fehr, Lorenz Götte, Christian Zehnder
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2009, 1, 355 - 384
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3889
Contracts as Reference Points: Experimental Evidence
Ernst Fehr, Oliver Hart, Christian Zehnder
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 493-525
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3834
Contracts as Rent Seeking Devices: Evidence from German Soccer
Eberhard Feess, Michael Gerfin, Gerd Muehlheusser
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53(1), 714-730
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3834
Contracts as Rent Seeking Devices: Evidence from German Soccer
Eberhard Feess, Michael Gerfin, Gerd Muehlheusser
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53(1), 714-730
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3834
Contracts as Rent Seeking Devices: Evidence from German Soccer
Eberhard Feess, Michael Gerfin, Gerd Muehlheusser
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53(1), 714-730
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3834
Contracts as Rent Seeking Devices: Evidence from German Soccer
Eberhard Feess, Michael Gerfin, Gerd Muehlheusser
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53(1), 714-730
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3797
Wage-Hours Contracts, Overtime Working and Premium Pay
Robert A. Hart, Yue Ma
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 170-179
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3655
On Reputation: A Microfoundation of Contract Enforcement and Price Rigidity
Ernst Fehr, Martin Brown, Christian Zehnder
published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 333 - 353
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3591
Ethnicity, Assimilation and Harassment in the Labor Market
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 29, 2009, 67-88
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3435
Institutions and Contract Enforcement
Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, W. Bentley MacLeod
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33 (3), 571-590
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3394
Are All Labor Regulations Equal? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Ahmad Ahsan, Carmen Pagés
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3345
Competition and Relational Contracts: The Role of Unemployment as a Disciplinary Device
Martin Brown, Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3229
Physicians' Multitasking and Incentives: Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Etienne Dumont, Bernard Fortin, Nicolas Jacquemet, Bruce S. Shearer
revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27(6), 1436-1450
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3117
Risk, Delegation, and Project Scope
Andreas Roider
revised version published as 'Delegation, Risk, and Project Scope ' in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2009, 165 (2), 193-209
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2879
Discretionary Latitude and Relational Contracting
Steven Y. Wu, Brian E. Roe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2879
Discretionary Latitude and Relational Contracting
Steven Y. Wu, Brian E. Roe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2842
Formal and Informal Risk Sharing in LDCs: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Pierre Dubois, Bruno Jullien, Thierry Magnac
published in: Econometrica, 2008, 76(4), 679-726
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2696
Gift Exchange within a Firm: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Charles Bellemare, Bruce S. Shearer
published as "Gift giving and worker productivity: Evidence from a firm-level experiment" in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, 67 (1), 233-244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2582
The Changing Nature of the School-to-Work Transition Process in OECD Countries
Glenda Quintini, John P. Martin, Sébastien Martin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2527
Earnings Instability and Tenure
Lorenzo Cappellari, Marco Leonardi
revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (2), 202 - 234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2500
Reciprocity and Payment Schemes: When Equality Is Unfair
Johannes Abeler, Steffen Altmann, Sebastian Kube, Matthias Wibral
substantially revised version appeared as DP No. 4262
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2463
Moral Hazard Contracts: Does One Size Fit All?
Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache
published in:Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (3), 399-401.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2463
Moral Hazard Contracts: Does One Size Fit All?
Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache
published in:Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (3), 399-401.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2367
Regulating Damage Clauses in (Labor) Contracts
Gerd Muehlheusser
published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2007, 163 (4), 531-551
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2367
Regulating Damage Clauses in (Labor) Contracts
Gerd Muehlheusser
published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2007, 163 (4), 531-551
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2366
Extension of Labor Contracts and Optimal Backpay
Leif Danziger
published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 18-36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2366
Extension of Labor Contracts and Optimal Backpay
Leif Danziger
published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 18-36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2312
The Social Contract with Endogenous Sentiments
Matteo Cervellati, Joan Esteban, Laurence Kranich
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 95 (9-10), 612-627
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2227
Sorting, Incentives and Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Charles Bellemare, Bruce S. Shearer
published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 108 (3), 345-348
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2143
Control Rights in Public-Private Partnerships
Marco Francesconi, Abhinay Muthoo
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (3), 551-589
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