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889 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4079
How a Mandatory Activation Program Reduces Unemployment Durations: The Effects of Distance
Brian Krogh Graversen, Jan C. van Ours
published as 'An Activation Program as a Stick to Job Finding' in: Labour, 2011, 25 (2), 167 - 181
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4072
TIPping the Scales towards Greater Employment Chances? Evaluation of a Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for Newly-Arrived Immigrants Based on Random Program Assignment
Pernilla Andersson Joona, Lena Nekby
updated version published as 'Intensive Coaching of New Immigrants: An Evaluation Based on Random Program Assignment' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (2), 576-600
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4030
The Economics of Credence Goods: On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Uwe Dulleck, Rudolf Kerschbamer, Matthias Sutter
revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 526-555
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4027
Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys?
Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 81 (2), 542 - 555
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4026
Gender Differences in Risk Behaviour: Does Nurture Matter?
Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen
published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (558), F56 - F78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4022
Heterogeneity in Risky Choice Behaviour in a Broad Population
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Arthur van Soest, Erik Wengström
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 664-694
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4017
Money Matters: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training
Dolores Messer, Stefan C. Wolter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3991
Vacancy Referrals, Job Search, and the Duration of Unemployment: A Randomized Experiment
Per Engström, Patrik Hesselius, Bertil Holmlund
published in: Labour, 2012, 26 (4), 419–435
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3972
The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Magnus Carlsson, Dan-Olof Rooth
published as 'The Power of Media and Changes in Discriminatory Behavior Among Employers' in: Journal of Media Economics, 2012, 25 (2), 98-108
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3959
Treating Equals Unequally: Incentives in Teams, Workers' Motivation and Production Technology
Sebastian J. Goerg, Sebastian Kube, Ro'i Zultan
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (4), 747 - 772
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3943
The Wooldridge Method for the Initial Values Problem Is Simple: What About Performance?
Alpaslan Akay
revised version published as 'Finite-sample comparison of alternative methods for estimating dynamic panel data models' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 27 (7), 1189-1204 [Early View]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3942
Cheaper Child Care, More Children
Eva Mörk, Anna Sjögren, Helena Svaleryd
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3939
Reference Points and Effort Provision
Johannes Abeler, Armin Falk, Lorenz Götte, David B. Huffman
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 470-492
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3917
Social Connections and Incentives in the Workplace: Evidence from Personnel Data
Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay, Imran Rasul
published in: Econometrica, 2009, 77 (4), 1047-1094
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3911
Does the Minimum Wage Have a Higher Impact on the Informal than on the Formal Labor Market? Evidence from Quasi-Experiments
Melanie Khamis
published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (5), 477-495
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3901
A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns
Ernst Fehr, Lorenz Götte, Christian Zehnder
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2009, 1, 355 - 384
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3889
Contracts as Reference Points: Experimental Evidence
Ernst Fehr, Oliver Hart, Christian Zehnder
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 493-525
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3835
Promotions and Incentives: The Case of Multi-Stage Elimination Tournaments
Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, Matthias Wibral
revised and extended version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 30 (1), 149-174
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3784
Competition and the Ratchet Effect
Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (3), 513-547
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3753
Incorporating Cost in Power Analysis for Three-Level Cluster Randomized Designs
Spyros Konstantopoulos
published in: Evaluation Review, 2009, 33 (4), 335-357
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3749
Am I Missing Something? The Effects of Absence from Class on Student Performance
Wiji Arulampalam, Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith
revised version publishd in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (4), 363-375
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3743
Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(3), 1-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3741
Efficiency Gains from Team-Based Coordination: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence
Francesco Feri, Bernd Irlenbusch, Matthias Sutter
revised and extended version published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (4), 1892-1912
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3737
Caste Based Discrimination: Evidence and Policy
Zahra Siddique
published as 'Evidence on Caste-Based Discrimination' in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (S1), S146-S159
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. 3670
Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives: Evidence from Hurricane Mitch
Adriana Kugler, Mutlu Yuksel
published in: David Leal and Stephen Trejo (eds.), Latinos and the U.S. Economy: A Labor Economics Perspective, Springer, 2011.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3627
Information and Beliefs in a Repeated Normal-Form Game
Dietmar Fehr, Dorothea Kübler, David N. Danz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3625
Cooperativeness and Impatience in the Tragedy of the Commons
Ernst Fehr, Andreas Leibbrandt
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (9-10), 1144-1155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3620
Experimental Evidence on the Nature of the Danish Employment Miracle
Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3609
Cognitive Skills Explain Economic Preferences, Strategic Behavior, and Job Attachment
Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Lorenz Götte, Aldo Rustichini
revised version published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2009, 106 (19), 7745-7750
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3584
Eliciting Motives for Trust and Reciprocity by Attitudinal and Behavioural Measures
Francesco Farina, Niall O'Higgins, Patrizia Sbriglia
revised version published as "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action" in: Research in Economics, 2009, 63 (4), 253-265
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3580
Blood Donations and Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Lorenz Götte, Alois Stutzer
revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3554
Social Interactions and the Salience of Social Identity
Kendra N. McLeish, Robert J. Oxoby
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32 (1), 172-178
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. 3517
Belief Elicitation in Experiments: Is there a Hedging Problem?
Mariana Blanco, Dirk Engelmann, Alexander K. Koch, Hans-Theo Normann
published in: Experimental Economics, 2010, 13 (4), 412-438.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3507
Discounting Financial Literacy: Time Preferences and Participation in Financial Education Programs
Stephan Meier, Charles Sprenger
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 95, 159–174
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3500
Fungibility, Labels, and Consumption
Johannes Abeler, Felix Marklein
substantially revised version forthcoming in Journal of the European Economic Association
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3500
Fungibility, Labels, and Consumption
Johannes Abeler, Felix Marklein
substantially revised version forthcoming in Journal of the European Economic Association
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3440
Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence
Tor Eriksson, Anders Poulsen, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (6), 679-688
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3435
Institutions and Contract Enforcement
Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, W. Bentley MacLeod
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33 (3), 571-590
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3424
Incentive Design and Trust: Comparing the Effects of Tournament and Team-Based Incentives on Trust
Robert J. Oxoby, Colette Friedrich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3400
Risk-Taking Tournaments: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Petra Nieken, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (3), 254-268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3362
Heterogeneous Impacts in PROGRESA
Habiba Djebbari, Jeffrey A. Smith
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 145 (1-2), 64-80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3326
Incentives versus Sorting in Tournaments: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek, Joep Sonnemans, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (3), 637-658
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3321
Selection and Mode Effects in Risk Preference Elicitation Experiments
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Arthur van Soest, Erik Wengström
Superseeded by IZA DP 5575 and the published version.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3281
Transparency, Inequity Aversion, and the Dynamics of Peer Pressure in Teams: Theory and Evidence
Alwine Mohnen, Kathrin Pokorny, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 26 (4), 2008, 693 - 720
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3278
Matching and Challenge Gifts to Charity: Evidence from Laboratory and Natural Field Experiments
Daniel Rondeau, John A. List
published in: Experimental Economics, 2008, 11(3), 253-267
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3275
Does Competition Enhance Performance or Cheating? A Laboratory Experiment
Christiane Schwieren, Doris Weichselbaumer
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (3), 241-253
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3273
Field Experiments in Economics: Palgrave Entry
John A. List, David Reiley
published in: Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume (eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, 2008
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3266
Do Legal Standards Affect Ethical Concerns of Consumers?
Dirk Engelmann, Dorothea Kübler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3238
Reference-Dependent Preferences and Loss Aversion: A Discrete Choice Experiment in the Health-Care Sector
Einat Neuman, Shoshana Neuman
published in: Judgment and Decision Making, 2008, 3(2), 162-173
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3205
The Peter Principle: An Experiment
David L. Dickinson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Job allocation rules and sorting efficiency: Experimental Outcomes in a Peter Principle Environment.' in: Southern Economic Journal, 2012, 78 (3), 842-859
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3188
Non-Cognitive Child Outcomes and Universal High Quality Child Care
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Marianne Simonsen
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (1-2), 30-43
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3171
On the Inverse Relationship between Unemployment and Absenteeism: Evidence from Natural Experiments and Worker Heterogeneity
René Fahr, Bernd Frick
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3169
The Focusing and Informational Effects of Norms on Pro-Social Behavior
Erin L. Krupka, Roberto A. Weber
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2009, 30 (3), 307-320
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3123
Long-Run Longevity Effects of a Nutritional Shock Early in Life: The Dutch Potato Famine of 1846–1847
Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (5), 617-629
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3111
Feedback in Tournaments under Commitment Problems: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Oliver Gürtler, Christine Harbring
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3103
Tax Evasion: Cheating Rationally or Deciding Emotionally?
Giorgio Coricelli, Mateus Joffily, Claude Montmarquette, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as "Cheating, Emotions, and Rationality: An Experiment on Tax Evasion" in: Experimental Economics, 2010, 13(2), 226-247
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3064
Performance Measurement, Expectancy and Agency Theory: An Experimental Study
Randolph Sloof, Mirjam C. van Praag
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (3-4), 794 - 809
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3041
Individual Responsibility and the Funding of Collective Goods
Louis Lévy-Garboua, Claude Montmarquette, Marie Claire Villeval
revised and augmented version published as 'Voluntary Contributions to a Mutual Insurance Pool' in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19 (1), 198-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3040
Narrow Bracketing and Dominated Choices
Matthew Rabin, Georg Weizsäcker
published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (4), 1508-1543
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3029
An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the English Labor Market
Peter A. Riach, Judy Rich
published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 99-100, 169-186
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3010
Do the Reciprocal Trust Less?
Steffen Altmann, Thomas Dohmen, Matthias Wibral
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 99 (3), 454-457
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3009
Public versus Private Provision of Daycare: An Experimental Evaluation
Tarja Viitanen
published as 'Child care voucher and labour market behaviour: experimental evidence from Finland' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (23), 3203 - 3212
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2993
Choice Over Time
Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti
published in: P. Anand, P. Pattanaik and C. Puppe (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Rational and Social Choice, Oxford: OUP, 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2972
Tournaments and Office Politics: Evidence from a Real Effort Experiment
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews, John Schirm
published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (1), 504-517
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2968
Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially
Dan Ariely, Anat Bracha, Stephan Meier
published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (1), 544–555
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2961
Individual-Level Loss Aversion in Riskless and Risky Choices
Simon Gächter, Eric J. Johnson, Andreas Herrmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2953
Modeling the Signaling Value of the GED with an Application to an Exogenous Passing Standard Increase in Texas
Magnus Lofstrom, John Tyler
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 28, 305-352
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2912
The Deterrent Effects of Prison: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati, Pietro Vertova
revised version published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117 (2), 257-280
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2893
How Long Do Teacher Effects Persist?
Spyros Konstantopoulos
published in: Teachers College Record, 2011, 113 (7), 1541-1565
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2879
Discretionary Latitude and Relational Contracting
Steven Y. Wu, Brian E. Roe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2857
The Effect of Incentive Structure on Heuristic Decision Making: The Proportion Heuristic
Robert J. Oxoby
published in: Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2009, 39 (1), 120 - 133
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2832
Cognitive Dissonance, Pessimism, and Behavioral Spillover Effects
David L. Dickinson, Robert J. Oxoby
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32 (3), 295-306
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2789
Using Behavioral Economic Experiments at a Large Motor Carrier: The Context and Design of the Truckers and Turnover Project
Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Lorenz Götte, Kristen Monaco, Kay Porter, Aldo Rustichini
published in: Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw, Fredrik Andersson, and Till Von Wachter (eds.), The Analysis of Firms and Employees: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2008, 45-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2788
A Land of Milk and Honey with Streets Paved with Gold: Do Emigrants Have Over-Optimistic Expectations about Incomes Abroad?
David McKenzie, John Gibson, Steven Stillman
published online in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, [In Press / Corrected Proof]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2735
Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde
revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (3), 1238–1260
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2732
Endogenous Leadership: Selection and Influence
Emrah Arbak, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Voluntary leadership: motivation and influence' in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2013, 40 (3), 635-662.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2727
Agency in Health-Care: Are Medical Care-Givers Perfect Agents?
Einat Neuman, Shoshana Neuman
published in: Applied Economic Letters, 2009, 16 (13-15), 1355-1360
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2720
Reducing Income Transfers to Refugee Immigrants: Does Starthelp Help You Start?
Michael Rosholm, Rune Majlund Vejlin
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 258-275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2697
Performance Pay, Group Selection and Group Performance
Manfred Königstein, Gabriele K. Ruchala
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2696
Gift Exchange within a Firm: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Charles Bellemare, Bruce S. Shearer
published as "Gift giving and worker productivity: Evidence from a firm-level experiment" in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, 67 (1), 233-244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2663
Gender, Affect and Intertemporal Consistency: An Experimental Approach
Kendra N. McLeish, Robert J. Oxoby
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2654
An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market
Peter A. Riach, Judy Rich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2625
The German Social Long-Term Care Insurance: Structure and Reform Options
Melanie Arntz, Ralf Sacchetto, Alexander Spermann, Susanne Steffes, Sarah Widmaier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2574
Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment
Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (3), 956–978
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2572
Identity, Cooperation, and Punishment
Kendra N. McLeish, Robert J. Oxoby
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2522
An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the French Labour Market
Peter A. Riach, Judy Rich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2504
How to Help Unemployed Find Jobs Quickly: Experimental Evidence from a Mandatory Activation Program
Brian Krogh Graversen, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (10-11), 2020-2035
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2500
Reciprocity and Payment Schemes: When Equality Is Unfair
Johannes Abeler, Steffen Altmann, Sebastian Kube, Matthias Wibral
substantially revised version appeared as DP No. 4262
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2492
Financial Incentives and the Timing of Retirement: Evidence from Switzerland
Barbara Hanel, Regina T. Riphahn
published as 'The Timing of Retirement - New Evidence from Swiss Female Workers' in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19(5), 718-728
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2423
Relative Rewards within Team-Based Compensation
Bernd Irlenbusch, Gabriele K. Ruchala
published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (2), 141-167
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2412
The Power of the Test in Three-Level Designs
Spyros Konstantopoulos
published in: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2008, 1(1), 1-23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2377
Can Anyone Be “The” One? Evidence on Mate Selection from Speed Dating
Michèle Belot, Marco Francesconi
revised version published as 'Dating Preferences and Meeting Opportunities in Mate Choice Decisions' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 48 (2), 474-507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2373
Grow Rich While You Sleep: Selection in Experiments with Voluntary Participation
Pieter A. Gautier, Bas van der Klaauw
published as 'Selection in a field experiment with voluntary participation' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2012, 27, 63-84
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. 2341
Two-Stage Boundedly Rational Choice Procedures: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti
published online as 'Categorize Then Choose: Boundedly Rational Choice and Welfare' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, {Early View]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2310
Studying Labor Market Institutions in the Lab: Minimum Wages, Employment Protection and Workfare
Armin Falk, David B. Huffman
published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2007, 163 (1), 30-45
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2305
Statistical Discrimination in Labor Markets: An Experimental Analysis
David L. Dickinson, Ronald L. Oaxaca
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 76 (1), 16-31
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2296
Competition, Hidden Information and Efficiency: An Experiment
Antonio Cabrales, Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Hidden information, bargaining power, and efficiency: an experiment' in: Experimental Economics, 2011, 14, (2), 133-159.
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