IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2891

Modeling Migration Dynamics of Immigrants: The Case of The Netherlands

Govert Bijwaard

revision published as "Immigrant migration dynamics model for The Netherlands" in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (4), 1213-1247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2887

Purchasing Power Parity for Developing and Developed Countries: What Can We Learn from Non-Stationary Panel Data Models?

Imed Drine, Christophe Rault

published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008, 22 (4), 752-773

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2886

Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History

Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124(2), 531-596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2880

Fundamental Determinants of School Efficiency and Equity: German States as a Microcosm for OECD Countries

Ludger Woessmann

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik , 2010, 230 (2), 234-270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2878

Birth Spacing, Fertility Selection and Child Survival: Analysis Using a Correlated Hazard Model

Pushkar Maitra, Sarmistha Pal

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27 (3), 690-705

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2874

Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints and Start-up Costs

Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Thepthida Sopraseuth

published in: Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 2007, 28 (4), 637-674

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2871

Optimal Immigration Policy: Permanent, Guest-Worker, or Mode IV?

Maurice Schiff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2865

Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003

Lex Borghans, Ben Kriechel

published in: Edward Lazear and Katryn Shaw (eds.), The Structure of Wages: An International Comparisons, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2840

Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles

Andrew E. Clark, Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46 (1), 95-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2834

Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Players

M. Daniele Paserman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2833

Be as Careful of the Books You Read as of the Company You Keep: Evidence on Peer Effects in Educational Choices

Giacomo De Giorgi, Michele Pellizzari, Silvia Redaelli

Revised version published as "Identifcation of Social Interactions through Partially Overlapping Peer Groups" in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2(2), 241-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2829

Home Market Effect versus Multinationals

Eric Toulemonde

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2817

The Terms and Relations of Comparison, Referential, and Relative Processes

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Andreas Diekmann, Klaus Eichner, Peter Schmidt, and Thomas Voss (eds.), Rational Choice: Theoretische Analyse und Empirische Resultate. Festschrift für Karl-Dieter Opp. Wiesbaden, Germany: VS Verlag, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2804

Income Transfers, Welfare and Family Decisions

Joaquín Andaluz, Miriam Marcén, José Alberto Molina

published as "The effects of inter-generational transfers on the marital surplus" in The Manchester School, 2017, 85 (3), 320-338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2801

How to Increase R&D in Transition Economies? Evidence from Slovenia

Polona Domadenik, Janez Prašnikar, Jan Svejnar

published in: Review of Development Economics, 12(1), 193-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2796

When Does Transition Increase the Gender Wage Gap? An Application to Belarus

Francesco Pastore, Alina Verashchagina

published in: Economics of Transition, 2011, 19 (2), 333-369