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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