IZA Discussion Papers

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-Å›wiadczeniowy 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