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92 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13854
Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: India's Informal Sector Firms
Ira N. Gang, Rajesh Raj Natarajan, Kunal Sen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13702
The Impact of COVID-19 on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Singapore
Terence Chai Cheng, Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13524
Implementing the Panel Event Study
Damian Clarke, Kathya Tapia Schythe
R&R Stata Journal. Please refer to revised and corrected version here: http://www.damianclarke.net/research/papers/panelEvent.pdf
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13416
Are Older Workers Willing to Learn?
Jens Ruhose, Stephan L. Thomsen, Insa Weilage
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13401
Legal Drinking, Injury and Harm: Evidence from the Introduction and Modifications of Age Limits in Denmark
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Anton Nilsson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13364
Breadth of University Curriculum and Labor Market Outcomes
Kelvin Seah, Jessica Pan, Poh Lin Tan
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, Article 101873
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13198
The Effect of Changes in Alcohol Tax Differentials on Alcohol Consumption
Markus Gehrsitz, Henry Saffer, Michael Grossman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13144
A Natural Experiment on Job Insecurity and Fertility in France
Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur
forthcoming in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13134
Access to The Emergency Contraceptive Pill Improves Women's Health: Evidence from Chile
Damian Clarke, Viviana Salinas
R&R Demography
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13002
Switching from an Inclining to a Zero-Level Unemployment Benefit Profile: Good for Work Incentives?
Bart Cockx, Koen Declercq, Muriel Dejemeppe, Leda Inga, Bruno Van der Linden
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 64, 101816 [Online Access]
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12851
Occupational Routine-Intensity and the Costs of Job Loss: Evidence from Mass Layoffs
Uwe Blien, Wolfgang Dauth, Duncan Roth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12780
Parental Labour Supply Responses to the Abolition of Day Care Fees
Mathias Huebener, Astrid Pape, C. Katharina Spiess
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 180, 510-543
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12445
Who Gains from Active Learning in Higher Education?
Giulio Bosio, Federica Origo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12290
Opting out of Workers' Compensation: Non-Subscription in Texas and Its Effects
Lu Jinks, Thomas J. Kniesner, John D. Leeth, Anthony T. Lo Sasso
published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2020, 60(1), 53-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12171
Timed to Say Goodbye: Does Unemployment Benefit Eligibility Affect Worker Layoffs?
Andrea Albanese, Corinna Ghirelli, Matteo Picchio
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101846 [Online Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12053
University Tuition Fees and High School Students' Educational Intentions
Michael Bahrs, Thomas Siedler
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40 (2), 117-147
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12050
The Impact of Mass Migration of Syrians on the Turkish Labor Market
Ege Aksu, Refik Erzan, Murat G. Kirdar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11857
Entry Barriers and the Labor Market Outcomes of Incumbent Workers: Evidence from a Deregulation Reform in the German Crafts Sector
Philipp Lergetporer, Jens Ruhose, Lisa Simon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11854
The Wider Benefits of Adult Learning: Work-Related Training and Social Capital
Jens Ruhose, Stephan L. Thomsen, Insa Weilage
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 72, 166-186
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11774
Thinking of Incentivizing Care? The Effect of Demand Subsidies on Informal Caregiving and Intergenerational Transfers
Joan Costa-Font, Sergi Jimenez-Martin, Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11702
Working Times and Overweight: Tight Schedules, Weaker Fitness?
Joan Costa-Font, Belen Saenz de Miera Juarez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11689
One Billion Euro Program for Early Childcare Services in Italy
Isabella Giorgetti, Matteo Picchio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11604
The Effect of Grade Retention on Secondary School Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Maria Ferreira Sequeda, Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Sergio Parra-Cely
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11300
Shortening the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Germany
Inna Petrunyk, Christian Pfeifer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10988
Labour Supply and Informal Care Supply: The Impacts of Financial Support for Long-Term Elderly Care
Bruce Hollingsworth, Asako Ohinata, Matteo Picchio, Ian Walker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10927
Immigration Policy and Remittance Behaviour
Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Guy Tchuente
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10904
Employment Protection Legislation and Mismatch: Evidence from a Reform
Fabio Berton, Francesco Devicienti, Sara Grubanov-Boskovic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10836
Can Gifted and Talented Education Raise the Academic Achievement of All High-Achieving Students?
Adam S. Booij, Ferry Haan, Erik Plug
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10834
Disease and Fertility: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Sweden
Nina Boberg-Fazlic, Maryna Ivets, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10757
Fertility Effects of Child Benefits
Regina T. Riphahn, Frederik Wiynck
The paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Population Economics. Please inform your audience.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10648
A Framework for Separating Individual Treatment Effects from Spillover, Interaction, and General Equilibrium Effects
Martin Huber, Andreas Steinmayr
pusblished in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Published online: 25 Oct 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10528
Household Portfolio Choice, Reference Dependence, and the Marriage Market
Wenchao Li, Changcheng Song, Shu Xu, Junjian Yi
Forthcoming at Journal of Human Resources
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10295
Trade Liberalization and Child Labor in China
Liqiu Zhao, Fei Wang, Zhong Zhao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9993
Evaluating the Impact of the Post-2008 Employment Subsidy Program in Turkey
Binnur Balkan, Yusuf Soner Baskaya, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9780
Effects of Welfare Reform on Women's Voting Participation
Dhaval M. Dave, Hope Corman, Nancy E. Reichman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9646
Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Social Public Procurement Policy: The Case of the Swiss Apprenticeship Training System
Mirjam Strupler Leiser, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: LABOUR, 2017, 31(2), 204–222
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9643
Higher Education Expansion and Labor Market Outcomes for Young College Graduates
Dongshu Ou, Zhong Zhao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9636
Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev
published in: Journal of Happiness Studies [Online]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9237
The Financial Support for Long-Term Elderly Care and Household Savings Behaviour
Asako Ohinata, Matteo Picchio
revised version published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2020, 72 (1), 247-268 [Online Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9026
Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country
Michael Berlemann, Max F. Steinhardt, Jascha Tutt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9007
Wage Returns to Mid-Career Investments in Job Training through Employer-Supported Course Enrollment: Evidence for Canada
Wen Ci, Jose C. Galdo, Marcel Voia, Christopher Worswick
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy. 2015, 4:9
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8988
Permanent Wage Cost Subsidies for Older Workers: An Effective Tool for Increasing Working Time and Postponing Early Retirement?
Andrea Albanese, Bart Cockx
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 58, 145-166 [Online]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8895
The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure
Marta Lachowska, Michal Myck
revised version published in: American Economic Journal - Economic Policy, 2018, 10(3), 284-308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8867
The Academic Impact of Natural Disasters: Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake
Giorgio Di Pietro
revised version published in: Education Economics, 2018, 26 (1), 62-77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8825
The Earnings Returns to Graduating with Honors: Evidence from Law Graduates
Ronny Freier, Mathias Schumann, Thomas Siedler
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 39-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8765
Experts' Awards and Economic Success: Evidence from an Italian Literary Prize
Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Journal of Cultural Economics, 2015, 39, 341-367
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8763
Reducing Binge Drinking? The Effect of a Ban on Late-Night Off-Premise Alcohol Sales on Alcohol-Related Hospital Stays in Germany
Jan Marcus, Thomas Siedler
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 123, 55-77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8716
The Effect of Workfare on Crime: Incapacitation and Program Effects
Peter Fallesen, Lars Pico Geerdsen, Susumu Imai, Torben Tranæs
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8701
Fixed Exchange-Rate Policy and Real Wage Growth: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Corrado Andini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8456
The Free Movement of Workers in an Enlarged European Union: Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment
Martin Kahanec, Mariola Pytlikova, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer: Berlin, et al. 2016, 1-34
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8336
The Effects of Reducing the Entitlement Period to Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Nynke De Groot, Bas van der Klaauw
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7574
Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives
Xiaodong Gong, Robert Breunig
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7474
Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann
published in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 53 (1), 125-157.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7472
Joint Custody in the Italian Courts
Guido de Blasio, Daniela Vuri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7250
The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Martin Karlsson
short version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29(2), 208-230
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7095
FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008
John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy, Gábor Antal
published as 'Foreign Ownership and Wages: Evidence from Hungary, 1986 -2008 ' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 71 (2), 458 - 491
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7022
Separating Introduction Effects from Selectivity Effects: The Differences in Employment Patterns of Co-Determined Firms
Rafael Gralla, Kornelius Kraft
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6986
Kindergarten for All: Long Run Effects of a Universal Intervention
Nina Drange, Tarjei Havnes, Astrid M. J. Sandsør
published in Economics of Education Review Volume 53, August 2016, Pages 164-181
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6777
Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence: Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform
Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 33, 13–25
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6760
Lost in Transition? Minimum Wage Effects on German Construction Workers
Ronald Bachmann, Marion König, Sandra Schaffner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6652
More Hours, More Jobs? The Employment Effects of Longer Working Hours
Martyn J. Andrews, Hans-Dieter Gerner, Thorsten Schank, Richard Upward
published in: Oxford Eonomic Papers,, 2015, 67(2), 245-268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6650
Estimating the Latent Effect of Unemployment Benefits on Unemployment Duration
Simon M.S. Lo, Gesine Stephan, Ralf Wilke
fundamentally revised version published as 'Competing Risks Copula Models for Unemployment Duration: An Application to a German Hartz Reform' in Journal of Econometric Methods, 2017, 6, 1-20
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6001
Do Foreign Experts Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms?
Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jakob R. Munch, Jan Rose Skaksen
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2019, 121, 517-546.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5829
The Evils of Forced Migration: Do Integration Policies Alleviate Migrants' Economic Situations?
Oliver Falck, Stephan Heblich, Susanne Link
published as 'Forced Migration and the Effects of an Integration Policy in Post-WWII Germany' in: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2012, 12(1)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5290
The Effect of Comprehensive Smoking Bans in European Workplaces
Federica Origo, Claudio Lucifora
published in: Forum for Health Economics and Policy, BE Press, 2013, 16(1), 1-27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5149
Estimating the Effect of the One-Child Policy on Sex Ratio Imbalance in China: Identification Based on the Difference-in-Differences
Hongbin Li, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang
published in: Demography, 2011, 48 (4), 1535-1557
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4978
Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field? Evidence from Non-Linear Difference-in-Differences
Tarjei Havnes, Magne Mogstad
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 100–114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4726
Retirement Responses to a Generous Pension Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Eastern Europe
Alexander M. Danzer
revised version published as 'Benefit Generosity and the Income Effect on Labour Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence' in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (571), 1059-1084
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4607
The Effects of a Sick Pay Reform on Absence and on Health-Related Outcomes
Patrick A. Puhani, Katja Sonderhof
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (2), 285-302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4489
Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State
Magne Mogstad, Chiara D. Pronzato
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (4), 1129–1159
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3947
On Mandatory Activation of Welfare Recipients
Matz Dahlberg, Kajsa Johansson, Eva Mörk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3942
Cheaper Child Care, More Children
Eva Mörk, Anna Sjögren, Helena Svaleryd
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3600
From Giving Birth to Paid Labor: The Effects of Adult Education for Prime-Aged Mothers
Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3555
Job Protection Legislation and Productivity Growth in OECD Countries
Andrea Bassanini, Luca Nunziata, Danielle Venn
revised version published in: Economic Policy, 2009, 24 (58), 349-402
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3520
Parents’ Incomes and Children’s Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment
Randall K. Q. Akee, William Copeland, Gordon Keeler, Adrian Angold, Jane E. Costello
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2 (1), 86-115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3478
The Treatment Effect, the Cross Difference, and the Interaction Term in Nonlinear “Difference-in-Differences” Models
Patrick A. Puhani
published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (1), 85-87
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3098
Do College-Bound High School Students Need an Extra Year? Evidence from Ontario’s ‘Double Cohort’
Louis-Philippe Morin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2716
Becoming an Entrepreneur
Hugo R. Nopo, Patricio Valenzuela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2579
The Effect of the Theo van Gogh Murder on House Prices in Amsterdam
Pieter A. Gautier, Arjen Siegmann, Aico van Vuuren
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2009, 65(2), 113-126.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2508
Welfare Effects of the Euro Cash Changeover
Christoph Wunder, Johannes Schwarze, Gerhard Krug, Bodo Herzog
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 24 (3), 571-586
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2453
Employment Effects of Privatisation and Foreign Acquisition of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Yundan Gong, Holger Görg, Sara Maioli
published in: International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2007, 14(2), 197-214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2290
Copayments in the German Health System: Does It Work?
Boris Augurzky, Thomas K. Bauer, Sandra Schaffner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2041
Evaluating the German "Mini-Job" Reform Using a True Natural Experiment
Marco Caliendo, Katharina Wrohlich
published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42(19), 2475–2489
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1848
Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences
Annette Bergemann, Bernd Fitzenberger, Stefan Speckesser
revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009, 24 (5), 797-823. For long version contact the authors.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1606
Do Government Subsidies Stimulate Training Expenditure? Microeconometric Evidence from Plant Level Data
Holger Görg, Eric Strobl
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 72(4), 860-876
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1105
Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments
Thomas K. Bauer, Stefan Bender, Holger Bonin
published in: Economica, 2007, 74 (296), 804-821
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1091
Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market
Dean Hyslop, Steven Stillman
published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (2), 201-230
IZA Discussion Paper No. 991
Threshold Effects of Dismissal Protection Legislation in Germany
Sher Verick
IZA Discussion Paper No. 595
Work-Related Training and the New National Minimum Wage in Britain
Wiji Arulampalam, Alison L. Booth, Mark L. Bryan
summary of main results published in: Economic Journal, 2004, 114 (494), C87-C94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 261
Home versus School Learning: A New Approach to Estimating the Effect of Class Size on Achievement
Mikael Lindahl
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2005, 107 (2), 375-394
IZA Discussion Paper No. 236
Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy: Methodological Concepts and Empirical Estimates
Reinhard Hujer, Marco Caliendo
published in: Becker, I., Ott, N. and Rolf, G. (eds.), Soziale Sicherung in einer dynamischen Gesellschaft, Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt, 583-617, 2001
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