The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

Submission guidelines for authors

Subscribe to new paper alerts

Search by:

Please provide a valid Search.
Search tips
Wildcard

The character * can be used as a wildcard. For example: *berg

Filter

Type
Type
291 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5276
Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium: Labor Market Imperfections Matter
David de la Croix, Olivier Pierrard, Henri R. Sneessens
published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (1), 104-124
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5198
Religious Participation versus Shopping: What Makes People Happier?
Danny Cohen-Zada, William Sander
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2011, 54 (4), 889-906
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5162
Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Female Employment and Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis
John T. Addison, Orgul Demet Ozturk
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012, 65 (4), 779-809
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5116
Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being in and out of Management Positions
Eileen Trzcinski, Elke Holst
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2012, 107 (3), 449-463
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5087
Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation: A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe
Günther Schmid
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5057
Misclassification Errors and the Underestimation of U.S. Unemployment Rates
Shuaizhang Feng, Yingyao Hu
published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (2), 1054-70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4991
Widening Participation in Higher Education: Analysis Using Linked Administrative Data
Haroon Chowdry, Claire Crawford, Lorraine Dearden, Alissa Goodman, Anna Vignoles
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176 (2), 431–457
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4886
Social Interaction and Stock Market Participation: Evidence from British Panel Data
Sarah Brown, Karl Taylor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4883
Mental Health and Labour Market Participation: Evidence from IV Panel Data Models
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4870
What Makes a Good Conference? Analysing the Preferences of Labor Economists
Lex Borghans, Margo Romans, Jan Sauermann
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (5), 868-874
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4837
Optimal Redistributive Taxation with Both Extensive and Intensive Responses
Laurence Jacquet, Etienne Lehmann, Bruno Van der Linden
published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2013, 148 (5), 1770-1805
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4781
Alternative Basic Income Mechanisms: An Evaluation Exercise with a Microeconometric Model
Ugo Colombino, Marilena Locatelli, Edlira Narazani, Cathal O'Donoghue
published in: Basic Income Studies, 2010, 5 (1)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4744
The Effect of Enclave Residence on the Labour Force Activities of Immigrants in Canada
Jiong Tu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4665
Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policies and Labor Supply: The German Experience
Marco Caliendo
substantially revised and extended version available as IZA DP No. 6810
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4653
Older Women: Pushed into Retirement by the Baby Boomers?
Diane J. Macunovich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4652
Older Men: Pushed into Retirement by the Baby Boomers?
Diane J. Macunovich
published in: Monthly Labor Review, 2012, 135 (5), 3-18.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4512
Reversals in the Patterns of Women's Labor Supply in the U.S., 1976-2009
Diane J. Macunovich
published in: Monthly Labor Review, 2010, 133 (11), 16-36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4512
Reversals in the Patterns of Women's Labor Supply in the U.S., 1976-2009
Diane J. Macunovich
published in: Monthly Labor Review, 2010, 133 (11), 16-36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4504
Money for Nothing? Universal Child Care and Maternal Employment
Tarjei Havnes, Magne Mogstad
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1455-1465
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4500
Now Daddy's Changing Diapers and Mommy's Making Her Career: Evaluating a Generous Parental Leave Regulation Using a Natural Experiment
Jochen Kluve, Marcus Tamm
revised version published as 'Parental Leave Regulations, Mothers' Labor Force Attachment and Fathers' Childcare Involvement: Evidence from a Natural Experiment' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (3), 983-1005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4489
Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State
Magne Mogstad, Chiara D. Pronzato
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (4), 1129–1159
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4405
Targeting Fertility and Female Participation Through the Income Tax
Ghazala Azmat, Libertad González
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (3), 487-502
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4397
Male and Female Labour Force Participation: The Role of Dynamic Adjustments to Changes in Labour Demand, Government Policies and Autonomous Trends
Maarten C.M. Vendrik, Frank Cörvers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4328
Severity of Work Disability and Work
Umut Oguzoglu
published in: Economic Record, 2011, 87 (278), 370 - 383
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4294
Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf: Wie konsistent sind die Reformen?
Werner Eichhorst, Eric Thode
published in: Regards sur l'Economie Allemande, 2010, 96, 13-21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4257
Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform
Denvil Duncan, Klara Sabirianova Peter
revised version published as 'Does Labour Supply Respond to a Flat Tax?" in: Economics of Transition, 2010, 18 (2), 365 - 404
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4238
Analyzing Female Labor Supply: Evidence from a Dutch Tax Reform
Nicole Bosch, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 271-280
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4204
Childcare, Eldercare, and Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Urban China: 1982 - 2000
Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Rachel Connelly, Chen Lan, Lixin Tang
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46 (2), 261 - 294
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4163
Participation in Higher Education: A Random Parameter Logit Approach with Policy Simulations
Darragh Flannery, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4148
A Comparison and Decomposition of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China's Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Margaret Maurer-Fazio, James W. Hughes, Dandan Zhang
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31 (2), 138-162
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4097
Efficiency in a Search and Matching Model with Endogenous Participation
James Albrecht, Lucas Navarro, Susan Vroman
published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 106 (1), 48-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4054
A Computationally Practical Simulation Estimation Algorithm for Dynamic Panel Data Models with Unobserved Endogenous State Variables
Michael P. Keane, Robert M. Sauer
published in: International Economic Review, 2010, 51(4), 925-958
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3975
Marriage and Other Risky Assets: A Portfolio Approach
Graziella Bertocchi, Marianna Brunetti, Costanza Torricelli
revised version published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2011, 24 (11), 2902 - 2915
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3947
On Mandatory Activation of Welfare Recipients
Matz Dahlberg, Kajsa Johansson, Eva Mörk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3848
Active Labor Market Policy Effects in a Dynamic Setting
Bruno Crépon, Marc Ferracci, Grégory Jolivet, Gerard J. van den Berg
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 595 - 605
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3846
European vs. American Hours Worked: Assessing the Role of the Extensive and Intensive Margins
François Langot, Coralia Quintero Rojas
published in: Economic Bulletin, 2009, 29, 530-542
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3805
The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977−2003)
Louis N. Christofides, Michael Hoy, Ling Yang
published as "Participation in Canadian Universitites: The Gender Imbalance (1977-2005)" in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29(3), 400-410
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. 3764
Electoral Participation as a Measure of Social Inclusion for Natives, Immigrants and Descendants in Sweden
Pieter Bevelander, Ravi Pendakur
revised version published as 'Voting and social inclusion in Sweden' in: International Migration, 2011, 49 (4), 67 - 92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3764
Electoral Participation as a Measure of Social Inclusion for Natives, Immigrants and Descendants in Sweden
Pieter Bevelander, Ravi Pendakur
revised version published as 'Voting and social inclusion in Sweden' in: International Migration, 2011, 49 (4), 67 - 92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3600
From Giving Birth to Paid Labor: The Effects of Adult Education for Prime-Aged Mothers
Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3540
Déjà Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980–1992 and 2000–2003
Bernd Fitzenberger, Olga Orlyanskaya, Aderonke Osikominu, Marie Waller
revised version published in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 44(1), 289-328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3537
Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation: Using Handedness as an Instrument
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(3), 97–110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3494
Immigrants and Welfare Programmes: Exploring the Interactions between Immigrant Characteristics, Immigrant Welfare Dependence and Welfare Policy
Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy
published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2008, 24 (3), 543-560
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3457
The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus
Francesco Pastore, Alina Verashchagina
published in: Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar (eds.), Labour Markets and Economic Development, London: Routledge, 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3318
Taxation, Aggregates and the Household
Nezih Guner, Remzi Kaygusuz, Gustavo Ventura
published as 'Taxation and Household Labor Supply' in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (3), 1113-1149.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3253
The Baby Boom and World War II: A Macroeconomic Analysis
Matthias Doepke, Moshe Hazan, Yishay D. Maoz
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2015, 82(3), 1031-1073
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3225
The Trend in Female Labour Force Participation: What Can Be Expected for the Future?
Rob Euwals, Marike Knoef, Daniel van Vuuren
published in: Empirical Economics, 2011, 40(3), 729-753
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3135
Trust, Child Care Technology Choice and Female Labor Force Participation
Mayssun El-Attar
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11 (4), 507-544
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3100
The Persistence of Welfare Participation
Thomas Andrén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3031
Students' Academic Self-Perception
Arnaud Chevalier, Stephen Gibbons, Andy Thorpe, Martin Snell, Sherria Hoskins
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28 (6), 716-727
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. 2991
What Explains Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the United States?
David M. Blau, Ryan Goodstein
revised version published as 'Can Social Security Explain Trends in Labor Force Participation of older Men in the United States?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (2), 328 - 363
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2928
Minorities, Social Capital and Voting
Pieter Bevelander, Ravi Pendakur
published as 'Social capital and Voting participation of Immigrants and Minorities in Canada' in: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2009, 32(8), 1406-1430
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2867
Dynamics of Work Limitation and Work in Australia
Umut Oguzoglu
revised version published in: Health Economics, 2010, 19 (6), 656-669
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2809
Why Is Poverty So High Among Afro-Brazilians? A Decomposition Analysis of the Racial Poverty Gap
Carlos Gradín
revised version published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45 (9), 1-38
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2802
The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes and its Implications for Female Labor Force Participation
Lídia Farré, Francis Vella
published in: Economica, 2013, 80 (318), 219-247
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2722
Cohort-Level Sex Ratio Effects on Women’s Labor Force Participation
Shoshana Grossbard, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (3), 249-278
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2629
Golden Years? The Labor Market Effects of Caring for Grandchildren
Ying Wang, Dave E. Marcotte
published in: Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007, 69 (5), 1283-1297
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2513
The Social Multiplier and Labour Market Participation of Mothers
Eric Maurin, Julie Moschion
published in: American Economic Journal : Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 251-272
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2469
Do Downward Private Transfers Enhance Maternal Labor Supply? Evidence from around Europe
Ralitza Dimova, François-Charles Wolff
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (3), 911-933
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2457
Immigrants in a Booming Economy: Analysing their Earnings and Welfare Dependence
Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy
published in: Labour, 2007, 21(4), 789-808
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2365
Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey
Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg
published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2008, 91/92, 385-408
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2218
Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison
Maarten C.M. Vendrik, Geert Woltjer
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (7-8), 1423-1448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2029
Endogenous Labor Market Participation and the Business Cycle
Christian Haefke, Michael Reiter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1935
The Returns to Seniority in France (and Why Are They Lower than in the United States?)
Magali Beffy, Moshe Buchinsky, Denis Fougère, Thierry Kamionka, Francis Kramarz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1887
Labour Force Participation of the Elderly in Europe: The Importance of Being Healthy
Adriaan Kalwij, Frederic Vermeulen
published as: "Health and labour force participation of older people in Europe: what do objective health indicators add to the analysis?" in: Health Economics, 2008, 17(5), 619-638.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1649
Education, Matching and the Allocative Value of Romance
Alison L. Booth, Melvyn Coles
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8(4), 744-775
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1503
The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels
James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1407
Job Search with Nonparticipation
Paul Frijters, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (508), 45-83
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1380
Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
published in: D.A. Cobb-Clark and S. Khoo (eds.), Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement, Edward Elgar 2006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1366
The Chicken or the Egg? Endogeneity in Labour Market Participation of Informal Carers in England
Axel Heitmueller
revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (3), 536-559
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1330
Charity Auctions: A Field Experimental Investigation
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Jessica Holmes, Peter Hans Matthews
published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (525), 92-113
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1233
Do a Few Months of Compulsory Schooling Matter? The Education and Labour Market Impact of School Leaving Rules
Emilia Del Bono, Fernando Galindo-Rueda
IZA Discussion Paper No. 950
Equilibrium Employment in a Model of Imperfect Labor Markets
Pietro Garibaldi, Etienne Wasmer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 943
What Have We Learned About the Employment Effects of Severance Pay? Further Iterations of Lazear et al.
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira
published in: Empirica, 2005, 32 (3-4), 345-368
IZA Discussion Paper No. 899
Unemployment in the European Union: Institutions, Prices, and Growth
Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala, Dennis J. Snower
IZA Discussion Paper No. 898
Nonparametric Estimation of a Dependent Competing Risks Model for Unemployment Durations
Gerard J. van den Berg, Gijsbert van Lomwel, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Empirical Economics, 2008, 34 (3), 477-491
IZA Discussion Paper No. 895
Transitions in Welfare Participation and Female Headship
John M. Fitzgerald, David C. Ribar
published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2004, 23 (5-6), 641-670
IZA Discussion Paper No. 891
From Welfare to Work: Evaluating a Proposed Tax and Benefit Reform Targeted at Single Mothers in Sweden
Lennart Flood, Elina Pylkkänen, Roger Wahlberg
published in: Labour, 2007, 21 (3), 443-471
IZA Discussion Paper No. 798
The Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Evidence from a Prototypical Job Training Program
James J. Heckman, Jeffrey A. Smith
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22 (2), 243-298
IZA Discussion Paper No. 676
Agriculture: Transition Buffer or Black Hole? A Three-State Model of Employment Dynamics
Alexandru Voicu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 598
Credit Market Constraints and Labor Market Decisions
Daniela Del Boca, Annamaria Lusardi
published in: Labour Economics, 2003, 10 (5), 681-703
IZA Discussion Paper No. 531
Unemployment in the European Union: A Dynamic Reappraisal
Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala, Dennis J. Snower
published in: Economic Modelling, 2003, 20 (2), 237-273
IZA Discussion Paper No. 529
Incapacity Benefits and Employment Policy
Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower
published in: Labour Economics, 2002, 9 (5), 631-641
IZA Discussion Paper No. 522
Gender Differences in Early Retirement Behaviour
Svenn-Åge Dahl, Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage
published in: European Sociological Review, 2003, 19 (2), 179-198
IZA Discussion Paper No. 489
Employment Patterns of Husbands and Wives and Family Income Distribution in Italy (1977-1998)
Daniela Del Boca, Silvia Pasqua
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2003, 49 (2), 221-245
IZA Discussion Paper No. 413
Participation Behavior of East German Women after German Unification
Holger Bonin, Rob Euwals
published as 'Why Are Labor Force Participation Rates of East German Women So High?' in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2005, 51(4), 307-322
IZA Discussion Paper No. 145
Decomposition Analysis for a Binary Choice Model
Myeong-Su Yun
see DP 877 for a revised and general decomposition method
IZA Discussion Paper No. 32
Work or Retirement? Exit Routes for Norwegian Elderly
Svenn-Åge Dahl, Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage
published in: Applied Economics, 2000, 32(14), 1865-1876
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10
Income and Employment Effects of Health Shocks - A Test Case for the German Welfare State
Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 1999, 12 (3), 363-389
Type
Display
20 50 100
Type