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published as 'Robust standard errors in transformed likelihood estimation of dynamic panel data models with cross-sectional heteroskedasticity' in: Journal of Econometrics, 2015, 188 (1), 111-134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6544

Bayesian Procedures as a Numerical Tool for the Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models

Peter Haan, Daniel Kemptner, Arne Uhlendorff

published in: Empirical Economics, 2015, 49, 1123-1141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6447

Robust Estimation of Wage Dispersion with Censored Data: An Application to Occupational Earnings Risk and Risk Attitudes

Daniel Pollmann, Thomas Dohmen, Franz C. Palm

published in: De Economist, 2020, 168, 519 - 540

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6185

Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

Eric A. Hanushek, Susanne Link, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, 212-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6181

Monitoring, Sanctions and Front-Loading of Job Search in a Non-Stationary Model

Bart Cockx, Muriel Dejemeppe, Andrey Launov, Bruno Van der Linden

for substantially revised version please see IZA DP 10487

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6105

Sports and Child Development

Christina Felfe, Michael Lechner, Andreas Steinmayr

published in: PLoS One, 2016, 11(5), e0151729

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6084

Semiparametric Estimation with Generated Covariates

Enno Mammen, Christoph Rothe, Melanie Schienle

published in: Econometric Theory, 2016, 32 (5), 1140-1177

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5881

On Input Market Frictions and Estimation of Factors Demand

Arnaud Dupuy, Todd A. Sorensen

published as 'On input market frictions and estimation of factors' demand' in: Southern Economic Journal, 2014, 80 (3), 772-782.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5824

Caught in the Bulimic Trap? Persistence and State Dependence of Bulimia Among Young Women

Michelle S. Goeree, John C. Ham, Daniela Iorio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5821

A Flexible Test for Present Bias and Time Preferences Using Land-Lease Contracts

Pieter A. Gautier, Aico van Vuuren

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5811

Do Frictions Matter in the Labor Market? Accessions, Separations and Minimum Wage Effects

Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester, Michael Reich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5807

Accounting For Endogenous Search Behavior in Matching Function Estimation

Daniel Borowczyk-Martins, Grégory Jolivet, Fabien Postel-Vinay

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2013, 16, 440–451

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5629

Are Self-Employed Really Happier Than Employees? An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes

Dominik Hanglberger, Joachim Merz

published as 'Does self-employment really raise job satisfaction? Adaptation and anticipation effects on self-employment and general job changes' in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2015, 48, 287 - 303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5553

Sensitivity of Matching-Based Program Evaluations to the Availability of Control Variables

Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 21, 111-121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5476

Incentive Effects of Risk Pooling, Redistributive and Savings Arrangements in Unemployment Benefit Systems: Evidence from a Job-Search Model for Brazil

David A. Robalino, Eduardo Zylberstajn, Juan David Robalino

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5306

How to Think About Time-Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make About Long- and Short-Run Time Use from Time Diaries?

Harley Frazis, Jay Stewart

published in: Annales d’Economie et Statistique, 2012, 105/106, 231-246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5062

Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany

Martin Biewen, Andos Juhasz

revised version published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (4), 622-647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4971

What Linear Estimators Miss: Re-Examining the Effects of Family Income on Child Outcomes

Katrine Vellesen Loken, Magne Mogstad, Matthew Wiswall

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (2), 1–35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4971

What Linear Estimators Miss: Re-Examining the Effects of Family Income on Child Outcomes

Katrine Vellesen Loken, Magne Mogstad, Matthew Wiswall

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (2), 1–35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4964

Productivity Premia for German Manufacturing Firms Exporting to the Euro-Area and Beyond: First Evidence from Robust Fixed Effects Estimations

Vincenzo Verardi, Joachim Wagner

published in: The World Economy, 2012, 35 (6), 694-712

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4958

Estimating Incentive and Welfare Effects of Non-Stationary Unemployment Benefits

Andrey Launov, Klaus Wälde

revised version published in: International Economic Review, 2013, 54 (4), 1159-1198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4928

Robust Estimation of Linear Fixed Effects Panel Data Models with an Application to the Exporter Productivity Premium

Vincenzo Verardi, Joachim Wagner

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2011, 231 (4), 546-557

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4896

Evaluating Nationwide Health Interventions When Standard Before-After Doesn't Work: Malawi's ITN Distribution Program

Eva Deuchert, Conny Wunsch

published as 'Evaluating Nationwide Health Interventions: Malawi's Insecticide Treated Net Distribution Program' in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2014, 177 (2), 523-552

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4829

The Effect of Job Flexibility on Female Labor Market Outcomes: Estimates from a Search and Bargaining Model

Luca Flabbi, Andrea Moro

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2012, 168 (1), 81–95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4794

Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects on Hazard Rates

Simen Gaure, Knut Røed, Gerard J. van den Berg, Tao Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4689

Instrumental Variables Estimation with Partially Missing Instruments

Magne Mogstad, Matthew Wiswall

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 114 (2), 186-189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4543

A Simple GMM Estimator for the Semi-Parametric Mixed Proportional Hazard Model

Govert Bijwaard, Geert Ridder

published in: Journal of Econometric Methods, 2013, 2, 1-23 [PDF]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4527

Illegal Migration, Wages, and Remittances: Semi-Parametric Estimation of Illegality Effects

Christian Schluter, Jackline Wahba

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4337

Time and Income Poverty: An Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty Approach with German Time Use Diary Data

Joachim Merz, Tim Rathjen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4329

Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Nonadditive Hedonic Models

James J. Heckman, Rosa Matzkin, Lars Nesheim

published in: Econometrica, 2010, 78(5), 1569-1591

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4321

Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways

Kostas Mavromaras, Seamus McGuinness, Yin King Fok

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (5), 619-628

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4184

Trade and Unemployment: What Do the Data Say?

Gabriel Felbermayr, Julien Prat, Hans-Jörg Schmerer

published in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (6), 741-758

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4114

Understanding Inter-Industry Wage Structures in the Euro Area

Véronique Genre, Karsten Kohn, Daphne Momferatou

published in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (11), 1299 - 1313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3819

Optimal Income Taxation of Married Couples: An Empirical Analysis of Joint and Individual Taxation

Peter Haan, Dolores Navarro

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3703

Identifying Adjustment Costs of Net and Gross Employment Changes

Joao Ejarque, Øivind Anti Nilsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3647

Enlarging the EMU to the East: What Effects on Trade?

Ansgar H. Belke, Julia Spies

published in: Empirica, 2008, 35 (4), 369-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3574

The Motherhood Wage Penalty in a Mediterranean Country: The Case of Spain

José Alberto Molina, Víctor M. Montuenga

published as 'The Motherhood Wage Penalty in Spain' in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2009, 30 (3), 237-251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3559

Long-Run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities

Michael Lechner

published as 'Long-run labour market and health effects of individual sports activities' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28 (4), 839 - 854

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3496

The Effects of Health and Health Shocks on Hours Worked

Lixin Cai, Kostas Mavromaras, Umut Oguzoglu

published in: Health Economics, 2014, 23(5), 516-528

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3407

How Hurricanes Affect Employment and Wages in Local Labor Markets

Ariel R. Belasen, Solomon Polachek

published in: American Economic Review, 2008, 98 (2), 49-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3387

Sources of Earnings Instability: Estimates from an On-the-Job Search Model of the U.S. Labor Market

Luca Flabbi, Marco Leonardi

published in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (6), 832-854

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3310

Earnings Functions and Rates of Return

James J. Heckman, Lance John Lochner, Petra E. Todd

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2008, 2(1), 1-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3257

Subjective Health Assessments and Active Labor Market Participation of Older Men: Evidence from a Semiparametric Binary Choice Model with Nonadditive Correlated Individual-Specific Effects

Jürgen Maurer, Roger Klein, Francis Vella

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (3), 764 - 774

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3231

Joining Panel Data with Cross-Sections for Efficiency Gains: An Application to a Consumption Equation for Nicaragua

Randolph Luca Bruno, Marco Stampini

published in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2009, 68 (2), 149-173

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. 3219

International Job Search: Mexicans In and Out of the US

Silvio Rendon, Alfredo Cuecuecha

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8 (1), 53-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3092

Does the Order and Timing of Active Labor Market Programs Matter?

Michael Lechner, Stephan Wiehler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3076

Matching Bias in Labor Demand Estimation

Giovanna Aguilar, Silvio Rendon

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (2), 297-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3045

Structural Estimation of Search Intensity: Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?

Pieter A. Gautier, José L. Moraga-González, Ronald P. Wolthoff

published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 84, 123-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2976

How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida

Ariel R. Belasen, Solomon Polachek

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44 (1), 251 - 276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2849

Wage Distributions by Bargaining Regime: Linked Employer-Employee Data Evidence from Germany

Karsten Kohn, Alexander C. Lembcke

published in: Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv/Journal of the German Statistical Society, 2007, 1 (3-4), 247-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2844

Teacher Shortages, Teacher Contracts and their Impact on Education in Africa

Jean Bourdon, Markus Frölich, Katharina Michaelowa

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 73, 93-116

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2800

What Did All the Money Do? On the General Ineffectiveness of Recent West German Labour Market Programmes

Conny Wunsch, Michael Lechner

published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61 (1), 134-174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2797

Globalization and Employment: Imported Skill Biased Technological Change in Developing Countries

Andrea Conte, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Developing Economies, 2011, 49(1), 36-65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2780

The Rate of Learning-by-Doing: Estimates from a Search-Matching Model

Julien Prat

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2010, 25 (6), 929-962

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2740

Kids or Courses? Gender Differences in the Effects of Active Labor Market Policies

Michael Lechner, Stephan Wiehler

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (3), 783-812

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2690

Bias Corrections for Two-Step Fixed Effects Panel Data Estimators

Iván Fernández-Val, Francis Vella

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2011, 163 (2), 144-162

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2573

Schooling and Citizenship: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Reforms

Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Schooling and Citizenship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Postwar Germany' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112 (2), 315-338

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. 2523

Is It the Way She Moves? New Evidence on the Gender Wage Growth Gap in the Early Careers of Men and Women in Italy

Emilia Del Bono, Daniela Vuri

published as "Job mobility and the gender wage gap in Italy" in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (1), 130-142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2512

Macroeconomic Conditions and the Distribution of Income in Spain

Lídia Farré, Francis Vella

published in: Labour, 2008, 22 (3), 383-410

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2370

The Return to Schooling in Structural Dynamic Models: A Survey

Christian Belzil

published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (5), 1059-1105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2363

Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany: Waiting for the Economy to Take Off

Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch

published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (4), 661-702

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2355

Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High?

Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, 27 (4), 653-692

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2315

Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: What Do We Really Know?

Friedrich Schneider

published in: Economies: The Open-Access, Open-Assesment E-Journal, 2007, 1

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2242

Do Wages Compensate for Anticipated Working Time Restrictions? Evidence from Seasonal Employment in Austria

Emilia Del Bono, Andrea Weber

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26(1), 181-221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2164

Income Taxes and Entrepreneurial Choice: Empirical Evidence from Germany

Frank M. Fossen, Viktor Steiner

revised version published in: Empirical Economics, 2009, 36 (3), 487-513

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2149

From Temporary Help Jobs to Permanent Employment: What Can We Learn from Matching Estimators and their Sensitivity?

Andrea Ichino, Fabrizia Mealli, Tommaso Nannicini

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2008, 23 (3), 305-327

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2131

Margins of Multinational Labor Substitution

Marc-Andreas Muendler, Sascha O. Becker

published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (5), 1999-2030

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2112

Calculation of Multivariate Normal Probabilities by Simulation, with Applications to Maximum Simulated Likelihood Estimation

Lorenzo Cappellari, Stephen P. Jenkins

published in: Stata Journal, 2006, 6 (2), 156-189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2088

Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Has Been Underestimated

Maurice Schiff

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (3), 267-284

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2035

Testing Exclusion Restrictions at Infinity in the Semiparametric Selection Model

Bruno Crépon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2034

Does More Generous Student Aid Increase Enrolment Rates into Higher Education? Evaluating the German Student Aid Reform of 2001

Hans J. Baumgartner, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2031

Variance Estimation in a Random Coefficients Model

Ekkehart Schlicht, Johannes Ludsteck

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2006

On-the-Job Search, Productivity Shocks and the Individual Earnings Process

Fabien Postel-Vinay, Hélène Turon

published in: International Economic Review, 2010, 51 (3), 599 - 629

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1902

The Impact of Labor Markets on the Transmission of Monetary Policy in an Estimated DSGE Model

Kai Christoffel, Keith Kuester, Tobias Linzert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1882

Do Former College Athletes Earn More at Work? A Nonparametric Assessment

Daniel J. Henderson, Alexandre Olbrecht, Solomon Polachek

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41(3), 558-577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1764

Gender Discrimination Estimation in a Search Model with Matching and Bargaining

Luca Flabbi

published in: International Economic Review, 2010, 51(3), 745-783

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1764

Gender Discrimination Estimation in a Search Model with Matching and Bargaining

Luca Flabbi

published in: International Economic Review, 2010, 51(3), 745-783

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1735

The Effects of Incomplete Employee Wage Information: A Cross-Country Analysis

Solomon Polachek, Jun Xiang

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 24, 35-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1724

Institutions, Markets and Men's and Women's Wage Inequality: Evidence from Ukraine

Ina Ganguli, Katherine Terrell

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34 (2), 200-227

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1723

Local Employment Growth in West Germany: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Uwe Blien, Jens Suedekum, Katja Wolf

published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (4), 445-458

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1685

An Empirical Model of Growth Through Product Innovation

Rasmus Lentz, Dale T. Mortensen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1684

The Curse and Blessing of Training the Unemployed in a Changing Economy: The Case of East Germany After Unification

Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch

published in: German Economic Review, 2007, 8 (4), 468-509

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1519

Peer Effects and Textbooks in Primary Education: Evidence from Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa

Markus Frölich, Katharina Michaelowa

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (4), 474-486

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1516

Regionalism in West Africa: Do Polar Countries Reap the Benefits? A Role for Migration

Adama Konseiga

published in: Natalia Dinello and Ernest Aryeetey (eds.), Testing Global Interdependence: Issues on Trade, Aid, Migration and Development, Edward Elgar, 2007, Ch. 8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1443

Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany

Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (4), 742-784

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1266

Shot Across the Bow, Stigma or Selection? The Effect of Repeating a Class on Educational Attainment

Michael Fertig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1176

Labor Market Prospects, Search Intensity and the Transition from College to Work

Bas van der Klaauw, Aico van Vuuren, Peter Berkhout

published in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (2), 294-316

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1161

Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Rates of Low-Skilled and Elder Workers in West Germany: A Search Equilibrium Approach

Andrey Launov, Joachim Wolff, Stephan Klasen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1054

Estimating the Smoothing Parameter in the So-Called Hodrick-Prescott Filter

Ekkehart Schlicht

published in: Journal of the Japan Statistical Society, 2005, 35 (1), 99-119

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1011

Wage Dips and Drops around First Birth

Astrid Kunze, Mette Ejrnæs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 997

Job Search and Hyperbolic Discounting: Structural Estimation and Policy Evaluation

M. Daniele Paserman

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (531), 1418–1452

IZA Discussion Paper No. 922

Working Hour Arrangements and Working Hours – A Microeconometric Analysis Based on German Time Use Diary Data

Joachim Merz, Derik Burgert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 921

Sectoral Adjustment of Employment: The Impact of Outsourcing and Trade at the Micro Level

Peter Egger, Michael Pfaffermayr, Andrea Weber

published as 'Sectoral adjustment of employment to shifts in outsourcing and trade: evidence from a dynamic fixed effects multinomial logit model' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007, 22 (3), 559-580

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