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382 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5378
Progressive Taxation and Tax Morale
Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 155 (3), 293-316
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5375
Equality of Opportunity and Redistribution in Europe
Lina Dunnzlaff, Dirk Neumann, Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and Measurement (Research on Economic Inequality, 19), Bingley, 2011, 99-129
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5332
Tacit Lobbying Agreements: An Experimental Study
Jens Großer, Ernesto Reuben, Agnieszka Tymula
published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2013, 57 (3), 582-597
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5242
The British Household Panel Survey and its Income Data
Stephen P. Jenkins
published as: Chapter 4 , in: S.P. Jenkins: Changing Fortunes: Income Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in Britain, Oxford University Press, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5241
Relative Income, Redistribution and Well-being
Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5236
Efficient Redistribution: Comparing Basic Income with Unemployment Benefits
Felix FitzRoy, Jim Jin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5220
Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Application to Germany 2008-09
Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch
revised version published as 'Distributional consequences of labor-demand shocks: the 2008–2009 recession in Germany' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2012, 19 (1), 118-138
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5178
Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality: A Dynamic Panel Approach
Judith Niehues
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5090
Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?
Franziska Tausch, Jan Potters, Arno Riedl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5082
Assessing the Impact of Incomes Policy: The Italian Experience
Francesco Pastore
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31 (7), 793-817
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5070
The Effects of Aging on Migration in a Transition Economy: The Case of China
Örn B. Bodvarsson, Jack W. Hou
substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 8351
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5020
Performance Appraisals and the Impact of Forced Distribution: An Experimental Investigation
Johannes Berger, Christine Harbring, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Management Science, 2013, 59 (1), 54-68
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5014
Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Men in Luxembourg, 1988-2004: Evidence from Administrative Data
Denisa Maria Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4990
Violent Conflict and Inequality
Cagatay Bircan, Tilman Brück, Marc Vothknecht
published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2017, 45(2), 125-44.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4979
Migration, Self-Selection, and Income Distributions: Evidence from Rural and Urban China
Chunbing Xing
published in: Economics of Transition, 2014, 22 (3), 539–576
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. 4949
The Minimum Wage in a Deflationary Economy: The Japanese Experience, 1994-2003
Ryo Kambayashi, Daiji Kawaguchi, Ken Yamada
published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 264-276
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4948
The Economic Crisis, Public Sector Pay, and the Income Distribution
Tim Callan, Brian Nolan, John R. Walsh
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 32, 207-225
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4929
Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany
Kai-Uwe Müller, Viktor Steiner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4929
Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany
Kai-Uwe Müller, Viktor Steiner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4920
Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats?
Dan Andrews, Christopher Jencks, Andrew Leigh
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2011, 11, article 6
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4917
Automatic Stabilizers, Economic Crisis and Income Distribution in Europe
Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 32, 227-256
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4911
Rising Wage Inequality, the Decline of Collective Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap
Dirk Antonczyk, Bernd Fitzenberger, Katrin Sommerfeld
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (5), 835-847
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4857
If Seebohm Rowntree Had Studied Sweden: How Poverty Changed in the City of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Birgitta Jansson
published in: Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2010, 58 (3), 239-260
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4826
The Distributional Impact of Public Services When Needs Differ
Rolf Aaberge, Manudeep Bhuller, Audun Langørgen, Magne Mogstad
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (9-10), 549-562
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4770
Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider
revised version published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (1), 118-141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4662
Outsourcing, Public Input Provision and Policy Cooperation
Thomas Aronsson, Erkki Koskela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4647
The Impact of Distributional Preferences on (Experimental) Markets for Expert Services
Rudolf Kerschbamer, Matthias Sutter, Uwe Dulleck
published with new title "How social preferences shape incentives in (experimental) markets for credence goods" in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127, 393-416.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4642
Equalizing or Disequalizing Lifetime Earnings Differentials? Earnings Mobility in the EU: 1994-2001
Denisa Maria Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue
published in: John A. Bishop and Rafael Salas (eds.), Inequality, Mobility, and Segregation: Essays in Honor of Jacques Silber (Research in Economic Inequality, Vol 20), 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 237-283
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4549
Redistributive Politics and Market Efficiency: An Experimental Study
Jens Großer, Ernesto Reuben
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 101, 39-52
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4529
Mother or Child? Intra-Household Redistribution under Gender-Asymmetric Altruism
Indraneel Dasgupta
published in: Journal of Globalization and Development, 2011, 2 (1), Article 2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4529
Mother or Child? Intra-Household Redistribution under Gender-Asymmetric Altruism
Indraneel Dasgupta
published in: Journal of Globalization and Development, 2011, 2 (1), Article 2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4520
The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in the Enlarged EU
Clemens Fuest, Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Public Finance Review, 2010, 38 (4), 473-500
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4506
Health and Income: A Robust Comparison of Canada and the US
Jean-Yves Duclos, Damien Échevin
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (2), 293 - 302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4479
Eliciting Individual Preferences for Pension Reform
Yosr Abid Fourati, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4454
20 Years of German Unification: Evidence on Income Convergence and Heterogeneity
Tilman Brück, Heiko Peters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4449
Demand for Redistribution, Support for the Welfare State, and Party Identification in Austria
Andreas Kuhn
revised version published in: Empirica, 2010, 37(2), 215-236
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4414
Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe
Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 573-594
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4394
Immigrants' Assimilation Process in a Segmented Labor Market
Miguel Angel Alcobendas, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
substantially revised version published in: A. Artal-Tur, G. Peri, F. Requena-Silvente, The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows: Effects on Trade, Remittances, Output, and the Labour Market (Population Economics Series), Springer, 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4360
In the Eye of the Beholder: Subjective Inequality Measures and the Demand for Redistribution
Andreas Kuhn
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 27(4), 625-641
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4331
Gender Gaps across the Earnings Distribution in Britain: Are Women Bossy Enough?
Yekaterina Chzhen, Karen A. Mumford
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (6), 837-844
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4311
Increased Opportunity to Move Up the Economic Ladder? Earnings Mobility in EU: 1994-2001
Denisa Maria Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4288
Linking Individuals and Societies
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 2010, 34 (1), 1-51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4288
Linking Individuals and Societies
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 2010, 34 (1), 1-51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4288
Linking Individuals and Societies
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 2010, 34 (1), 1-51
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. 4177
A Distribution Dynamics Approach to Regional GDP Convergence in Unified Germany
Falko Juessen
published in: Empirical Economics, 2009, 37 (3), 627 - 652
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4151
Policy, Institutional Factors and Earnings Mobility
Denisa Maria Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue
published in: The European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011, 8(2), pp. 175-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4144
Self-Selection and Earnings of Emigrants from a Welfare State
Panu Poutvaara, Martin D. Munk, Martin Junge
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4130
Wages and Seniority When Coworkers Matter: Estimating a Joint Production Economy Using Norwegian Administrative Data
Christopher Ferrall, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4120
Patriotism, Taxation and International Mobility
Salmai Qari, Kai A. Konrad, Benny Geys
published in: Public Choice, 2012, 151 (3-4), 695 - 717
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4056
Preferences for Redistribution
Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano
published in: Jess Benhabib, Alberto Bisin, Matthew O. Jackson (eds.): Handbook of Social Economics, Vol. 1A, The Netherlands: North-Holland 2010, pp. 93-131
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4012
Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Men across 14 EU Countries, 1994-2001: Evidence from ECHP
Denisa Maria Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4011
Measuring Inequality Using Censored Data: A Multiple Imputation Approach
Stephen P. Jenkins, Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, Jeff Larrimore
revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2011, 174 (1), 63 - 81
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3988
Why Praise Inequality? Public Good Provision, Income Distribution and Social Welfare
Indraneel Dasgupta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3965
An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries
Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Nicolaj Verdelin
completely different version published as 'Optimal tax and transfer programs for couples with extensive labor supply responses' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1485-1500
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3954
Non-Cash Benefits and the Distribution of Economic Welfare
Tim Callan, Claire Keane
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2009, 40 (1), 49-72
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3928
Zipf's Law for Cities in the Regions and the Country
Kristian Giesen, Jens Suedekum
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2011, 11 (4), 667-686
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3850
A New Model of Wage Determination and Wage Inequality
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Rationality and Society, 2009, 21 (1), 113-168
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3850
A New Model of Wage Determination and Wage Inequality
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Rationality and Society, 2009, 21 (1), 113-168
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3850
A New Model of Wage Determination and Wage Inequality
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Rationality and Society, 2009, 21 (1), 113-168
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3850
A New Model of Wage Determination and Wage Inequality
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Rationality and Society, 2009, 21 (1), 113-168
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3829
Testing for Poverty Dominance: An Application to Canada
Wen-Hao Chen, Jean-Yves Duclos
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2011, 44 (3), 781-803
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3804
Optimal Income Taxation with Endogenous Participation and Search Unemployment
Etienne Lehmann, Alexis Parmentier, Bruno Van der Linden
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1523-1537
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3796
Financial Development and the Distribution of Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
Gustavo J Canavire Bacarreza, Felix Rioja
published in: Well-Being and Social Policy, 2009, 5 (1), 1-18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3793
Household Access to Microcredit and Children's Food Security in Rural Malawi: A Gender Perspective
Gautam Hazarika, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3760
Privatization and Changes in the Wage Structure: Evidence from Firm Personnel Records
Blaise Melly, Patrick A. Puhani
published under revised title in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (4), 918-944
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3721
Effects of Flat Tax Reforms in Western Europe on Income Distribution and Work Incentives
Alari Paulus, Andreas Peichl
revised version published as 'Effects of flat tax reforms in Western Europe' in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2009, 31 (5), 620-636
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3694
Preferences for Childcare Policies: Theory and Evidence
Rainald Borck, Katharina Wrohlich
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 27 (3), 436-454
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3673
Elite Capture, Political Voice and Exclusion from Aid: An Experimental Study
Ben D'Exelle, Arno Riedl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3631
‘Living’ Wage, Class Conflict and Ethnic Strife
Indraneel Dasgupta
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (2), 750-765
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3560
Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality
Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann
substantially revised version published as 'How Skilled Immigration May Improve Economic Equality' in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2014, 3:2. [Open Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3527
Why Populist Democracy Promotes Market Liberalization
Pauline Grosjean, Claudia Senik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3491
Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany
Kai-Uwe Müller, Viktor Steiner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3450
International Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality
Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann
substantially revised version published in: Oxford Handbook on Economic Inequality, Oxford University Press, Oxford et al., 2009, 455 - 490
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3397
War and Endogenous Democracy
Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3357
Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages: Key Elasticities from a Stripped-Down Job Search Approach
John T. Addison, Mario Centeno, Pedro Portugal
published in: Economica, 2010, 77 (305), 46–59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3348
Electoral Rules and Politicians’ Behavior: A Micro Test
Stefano Gagliarducci, Tommaso Nannicini, Paolo Naticchioni
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3 (3), 144-174
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3317
Should Egalitarians Expropriate Philanthropists?
Indraneel Dasgupta, Ravi Kanbur
published as "Does Philanthropy Reduce Inequality?" in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9 (1), 1-21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3223
Revolution and Family in Rural China: Influence of Family Background on Current Family Wealth
Hiroshi Sato, Shi Li
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3180
Industry Churning and the Evolution of Cities: Evidence for Germany
Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64 (2), 326-339
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3154
Educational Self-Selection, Tasks Assignment and Rising Wage Inequality
Arnaud Dupuy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3142
Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?
Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl, Thilo Schaefer
revised version published as "Is a flat tax reform feasible in a grown-up democracy of Western Europe? A simulation study for Germany" in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2008, 15 (5), 620-636
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3002
A Theory of Employment Guarantees: Contestability, Credibility and Distributional Concerns
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Ravi Kanbur
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (3-4), 482-497
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2988
As SIMPL As That: Introducing a Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for Poland
Olivier Bargain, Leszek Morawski, Michal Myck, Mieczyslaw Socha
published as 'Model podatkowo-świadczeniowy dla Polski - SIMPL2003' in: Wiadomosci Statystyczne: The Journal of the Polish Statistical Society, 2008, 4
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2958
Globalization and Income Inequality
Elena Meschi, Marco Vivarelli
published in: World Development, 2009, 37 (2), 287-302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2911
Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany
Joachim R. Frick, Markus M. Grabka, Olaf Groh-Samberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2831
Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution
Stephen P. Jenkins
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (2), 392–398
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2831
Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution
Stephen P. Jenkins
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (2), 392–398
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2831
Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution
Stephen P. Jenkins
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (2), 392–398
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2831
Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution
Stephen P. Jenkins
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (2), 392–398
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2820
Subjective Beliefs and Schooling Decisions
Christian Belzil
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2814
New Directions in the Analysis of Inequality and Poverty
Stephen P. Jenkins, John Micklewright
published in: Stephen P. Jenkins and John Micklewright (eds.), Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined, Oxford: OUP, 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2749
Two Types of Inequality: Inequality Between Persons and Inequality Between Subgroups
Guillermina Jasso, Samuel Kotz
published in: Sociological Methods and Research, 2008, 37 (1), 31-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2748
Maximum Fee vs. Child Benefit: A Welfare Analysis of Swedish Child-Care Fee Reform
Anne Brink, Katarina Nordblom, Roger Wahlberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2723
From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001
Stefan Bach, Giacomo Corneo, Viktor Steiner
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55, 303-330
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2695
Endogenous Job Destruction and Job Matching in Cities
Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2009, 65 (3), 323-336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2686
On the Measurement of Polarisation: A Questionnaire Study
Yoram Amiel, Frank A. Cowell, Xavier Ramos
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2010, 56 (1), 23-46
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2672
Top Incomes in Sweden during Three-Quarters of a Century: A Micro Data Approach
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Birgitta Jansson
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008, 32 (6), 963-976
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2669
A Theory of Child Targeting
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Donni
published as 'Targeting and Child Poverty' in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 39(4), 783-808
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