IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Andrew Clark and Claudia Senik (Eds.), Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, 22-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6745

Income Distribution among those of 65 Years and Older in Sweden

Gabriella Sjögren Lindquist, Eskil Wadensjö

published in: Marek Szczpanski (ed.), Old Age Crisis and Pension Reform. Where do we stand?, Poznan: Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6741

De Jure and De Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published in: Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28, 321-345

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6721

Redistributive Preferences, Redistribution, and Inequality: Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries

Andreas Kuhn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6721

Redistributive Preferences, Redistribution, and Inequality: Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries

Andreas Kuhn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6709

Trends in Time Allocation: A Cross-Country Analysis

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Almudena Sevilla

published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56(6), 1338-1359

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6708

Leisure Inequality in the United States: 1965-2003

Almudena Sevilla, J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Jonathan I. Gershuny

published in: Demography, 2012, 49(3), 939-964

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6669

The Cycle of Earnings Inequality: Evidence from Spanish Social Security Data

Stephane Bonhomme, Laura Hospido

published in: Economic Journal, 127 (603), 2017, 1244–1278, DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6667

Measuring Segregation When Hierarchy Matters

Robert M. Hutchens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6667

Measuring Segregation When Hierarchy Matters

Robert M. Hutchens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6633

Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S.

Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Lorenz Kueng, John Silvia

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2017, 88(C), 70-89.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6633

Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S.

Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Lorenz Kueng, John Silvia

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2017, 88(C), 70-89.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6615

Capital Income Taxation and the Mirrlees Review

Patricia Apps, Ray Rees

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6581

The Quest for More and More Education: Implications for Social Mobility

Joanne Lindley, Stephen Machin

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2012, 33 (2), 265 - 286

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6581

The Quest for More and More Education: Implications for Social Mobility

Joanne Lindley, Stephen Machin

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2012, 33 (2), 265 - 286

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6576

Changes in Wage Structure in Mexico Going Beyond the Mean: An Analysis of Differences in Distribution, 1987-2008

Claudia Tello, Raul Ramos, Manuel Artís

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6574

The Effects of "Girl-Friendly" Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso

Harounan Kazianga, Dan Levy, Leigh L. Linden, Matt Sloan

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(3), 41-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6554

Income Inequality and Health: Lessons from a Refugee Residential Assignment Program

Hans Grönqvist, Per Johansson, Susan Niknami

published in: Journal of Health Economics 2012, 31 (4), 617-629

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6550

Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Inequality in China

James J. Heckman, Junjian Yi

published in: S. Fan, R. Kanbur, S. Wei, and X. Zhang (eds)., The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China on Human Capital, Oxford: OUP, 2014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6505

The Impact of Redistributive Policies on Inequality in OECD Countries

Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2014, 46 (17), 2066-2086

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6494

The Equality Multiplier: How Wage Setting and Welfare Spending Make Similar Countries Diverge

Erling Barth, Karl Ove Moene

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6493

Taxing Home Ownership: Distributional Effects of Including Net Imputed Rent in Taxable Income

Francesco Figari, Alari Paulus, Holly Sutherland, Panos Tsakloglou, Gerlinde Verbist, Francesca Zantomio

revised version forthcoming in Fiscal Studies as "Removing Homeownership Bias in Taxation: the Distributional Effects of Including Net Imputed Rent in Taxable Income"

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6492

Changes in China's Wage Structure

Suqin Ge, Dennis T. Yang

published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (2), 300-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6487

"I Wish I Had 100 Dollars a Month …" - The Intergenerational Transfer of Poverty in Mongolia

Francesco Pastore

substantially revised version published as 'I wish I had 100 dollars a month…: The Determinants of Poverty in Mongolia' in: European Journal of Development Research, 2016, 28 (5), 934-956

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6473

A Theory of Political Entrenchment

Gilles Saint-Paul, Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni

Economic Journal, 126, 1238-1263

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6449

The Regional Distribution of Public Employment: Theory and Evidence

Sebastian G. Kessing, Chiara Strozzi

revised and updated version published in: Regional Studies, 2017, 51 (7), 1100-1114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6417

Social Identity and Inequality: The Impact of China's Hukou System

Farzana Afridi, Sherry Xin Li, Yufei Ren

published in Journal of Public Economics,Vol. 123, March 2015: 17-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6340

Fading Hope in the US

Jo Ritzen, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6329

Social Divisions in School Participation and Attainment in India: 1983-2004

Niaz Asadullah, Uma Kambhampati, Florencia López Bóo

published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, 38(4), 869-893

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6328

Inequality, Human Capital Formation and the Process of Development

Oded Galor

published in: Handbook of Economics of Education, North Holland. 2014.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6258

The Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Emigration in OECD Countries

Frédéric Docquier, Caglar Ozden, Giovanni Peri

published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (579), 1106-1145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6246

Wage Mobility in East and West Germany

Regina T. Riphahn, Daniel D. Schnitzlein

forthcoming in: Labour Economics.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6244

Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America: Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework, 1990-2010

Leonardo Gasparini, Sebastian Galiani, Guillermo Cruces, Pablo A. Acosta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6202

Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Social Class: The Impact of Within-Group Inequality

Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg, Lindsey Macmillan

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176 (2), 541–563

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6192

The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published as 'The Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40, 581-595, Special Issue on Slavery, Colonialism and Institutions Around the World

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6184

Changes in Job Structure and Rising Wage Inequality in Urban China, 1995-2007

Chunbing Xing

published in: Frontiers of Economics in China, 2012, 7 (2), 305-337.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6182

Decomposing the Sources of Earnings Inequality: Assessing the Role of Reallocation

Fredrik Andersson, Elizabeth E. Davis, Matthew L. Freedman, Julia Lane, Brian P. McCall, L. Kristin Sandusky

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6173

How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?

Le Wang

published online in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, [Early View]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6161

The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Jérémie Gignoux

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28(2), 210-246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6161

The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Jérémie Gignoux

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28(2), 210-246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6125

Decomposing Changes in Income Risk Using Consumption Data

Richard Blundell, Hamish Low, Ian Preston

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2013, 4 (1), 1–37

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6082

Publishing Trends in Economics across Colleges and Universities, 1991-2007

Anne E. Winkler, Sharon Levin, Paula Stephan, Wolfgang Glänzel

Published in Eastern Economic Journal, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6030

Redistribution Policy and Inequality Reduction in OECD Countries: What Has Changed in Two Decades?

Herwig Immervoll, Linda Richardson

also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6020

Lifetime Earnings Inequality in Germany

Timm Bönke, Giacomo Corneo, Holger Lüthen

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33 (1), 171-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6017

Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published as 'De Jure and De Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi' in: Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28, 321-345

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6010

Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?

Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx

published in: Socio-Economic Review, 2013, 11 (1), 131-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5981

Rising Wage Inequality and Postgraduate Education

Joanne Lindley, Stephen Machin

published as 'The Rising Postgraduate Wage Premium' in: Economica, 2016, 83, 281-306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5934

Social Interactions in the Labor Market

Andrew Grodner, Thomas J. Kniesner, John A. Bishop

published in: Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2010, 6 (4), 265-366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5926

Multidimensional Affluence: Theory and Applications to Germany and the US

Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel

revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (32), 4591-4601

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5914

Intergenerational Wealth Mobility in Rural Bangladesh

Niaz Asadullah

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48(9), 1193-1208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5910

Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach

Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

substantially revised version available as IZA DP 7190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5909

Income Inequality, Mobility, and the Welfare State: A Political Economy Model

Luca Bossi, Gulcin Gumus

revised version published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2013, [View]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5880

Evolution of the Industrial Wage Structure in China Since 1980

Ohyun Kwon, Belton M. Fleisher, Quheng Deng

substantially revised version, co-authored by Simon Chang published in: Pacific Economic Review, 2015, 20(1), 17–44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5834

Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2014, 43 (1), 73-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5796

Inequality and Employment Sensitivities to the Falling Labour Share

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala

published in: Economic and Social Review, 2012, 43 (3), 343-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5757

Mobility, Taxation and Welfare

Sami Bibi, Jean-Yves Duclos, Abdelkrim Araar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5734

A Note on Inequality Aversion Across Countries, Using Two New Measures

Diane J. Macunovich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5720

Cardiovascular Consequences of Unfair Pay

Armin Falk, Ingo Menrath, Pablo Emilio Verde, Johannes Siegrist

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5717

The Welfare Impact of Price Changes on Household Welfare and Inequality 1999-2010

Jason Loughrey, Cathal O'Donoghue

published in: Economic and Social Review, 2012, 43 (1), 31-66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5713

Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Anna Fruttero, Phillippe Leite, Leonardo Lucchetti

published in: Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013, 64 (1), 151-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5651

A Call for Comparative Research: Consequences of a Rising Income Inequality for State Activities

Renate Neubäumer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5646

Parental Education, Grade Attainment and Earnings Expectations among University Students

Liam Delaney, Colm P. Harmon, Cathy Redmond

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (6), 1136-1152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5573

Inequality Perceptions, Distributional Norms, and Redistributive Preferences in East and West Germany

Andreas Kuhn

revised and shortened version published in: German Economic Review, 2013, 14(4), 483-499

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5569

Racial Differences in Inequality Aversion: Evidence from Real World Respondents in the Ultimatum Game

John Griffin, David Nickerson, Abigail Wozniak

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012,. 84(2), 600-617.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5542

Occupational Tasks and Changes in the Wage Structure

Sergio Firpo, Nicole M. Fortin, Thomas Lemieux

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5531

Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?

Jacopo Mazza, Hans van Ophem, Joop Hartog

Labour Economics, 2013 , online

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5514

Inequality, Inequity Aversion, and the Provision of Public Goods

Felix Kölle, Dirk Sliwka, Nannan Zhou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5505

Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market

Morris M. Kleiner, Alan B. Krueger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5495

The American Family in Black and White: A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality

James J. Heckman

published in: Daedalus, 2011, 140 (2): 70-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5486

The Shape of the Income Distribution and Economic Growth: Evidence from Swedish Labor Market Regions

Dan-Olof Rooth, Anders Stenberg

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 59 (2), 196-223

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5470

Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration: The Case of Occupations

Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx

published as 'The Dynamics of Task-biased Technological Change: The Case of Occupations' in: Brussels Economic Review, 2013, 56 (2)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5466

Equality of Opportunity and the Distribution of Long-Run Income in Sweden

Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, John E. Roemer

revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 39, 675-696

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5444

Wage Inequality of U.S. Truck Drivers

Kristen Monaco, Steffen Habermalz

published in: Labour, 2011, 25 (2), 268–285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5417

Wage Inequality and Returns to Education in Turkey: A Quantile Regression Analysis

Aysit Tansel, Fatma Bircan

published in: Review of Economic Development, 2012, 16 (1), 107-121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5391

Hierarchical Organization and Inequality in an Economy with an Implicit Market for Productive Time

Bertrand Candelon, Arnaud Dupuy

revised version published as 'Hierarchical Organization and Performance Inequality: Evidence from Professional Cycling' in: International Economic Review, 2015, 56 (4), 1207-1236

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5383

Why Are Household Incomes More Unequally Distributed in China than in Russia?

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li, Ludmila Nivorozhkina

published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2011, 35 (5), 897-920

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. 5371

Intergenerational Persistence in Health in Developing Countries: The Penalty of Gender Inequality?

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Samantha Rawlings

Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (3-4), 286-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5363

Poverty and Survival

Sonia R. Bhalotra

Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (2), 145-167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5329

Slavery, Education, and Inequality

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 70, 197-209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5295

Trends in Quality-Adjusted Skill Premia in the United States, 1960-2000

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae Lee

published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 110 (6), 2309-2349

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5278

Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term

Peter Dolton, Chiara Rosazza-Bondibene, Jonathan Wadsworth

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74 (1), 78-106

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. 5226

Back to the Future: Decomposition Analysis of Distributive Policies Using Behavioural Simulations

Olivier Bargain

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2012, 19 (5), 708-731

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5178

Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Judith Niehues

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. 5046

GDP and the Value of Family Caretaking: How Much Does Europe Care?

Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Lucia Mangiavacchi, Luca Piccoli

published in: Applied Economics, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.558485

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5025

Fair and Unfair Income Inequalities in Europe

Daniele Checchi, Vito Peragine, Laura Serlenga

revised version published as “Inequality of Opportunity in Europe: is there a role for institutions ?” in Inequality: Causes and Consequences - Research in Labor Economics, Volume 43/2015, pp.1-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5025

Fair and Unfair Income Inequalities in Europe

Daniele Checchi, Vito Peragine, Laura Serlenga

revised version published as “Inequality of Opportunity in Europe: is there a role for institutions ?” in Inequality: Causes and Consequences - Research in Labor Economics, Volume 43/2015, pp.1-44

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. 5011

The Effect of Product Demand on Inequality: Evidence from the US and the UK

Marco Leonardi

published: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7, 221-147.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5003

Residual Wage Inequality in Urban China, 1995-2007

Chunbing Xing

published in: China Economic Review, 2012, 23 (2), 205-222