IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2607

A Model with Endogenous Programme Participation: Evaluating the Tax Credit in France

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2605

Dann waren's nur noch vier… Wie viele (und welche) Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik brauchen wir noch? Eine Bilanz nach der Evaluation der Hartz-Reformen

Werner Eichhorst, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published as ,And Then There Were Four… How Many (and Which) Measures of Active Labor Market Policy Do We Still Need?' English version; in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2007, 53 (3), 243-272

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2600

Inflation Persistence and the Phillips Curve Revisited

Marika Karanassou, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2585

An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2568

Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Bernard M. S. van Praag

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2007, 53, 42-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2565

A New Framework for the Analysis of Inequality

Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman

published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2008, 12 (Supplement 2), 315-354

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2547

Instability of the Eurozone? On Monetary Policy, House Prices and Labor Market Reforms

Ansgar H. Belke, Daniel Gros

published in: in: Heise, Michael, Tilly, Richard, Welfens, Paul J.J. (eds.), Integration, Financial Markets and Innovations – 50 Years of EU Dynamics, 2007, 75-108.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2532

Demand for Higher Education Programs: The Impact of the Bologna Process

Ana Rute Cardoso, Miguel Portela, Carla Sá, Fernando Alexandre

published in: CESIfo Economic Studies, 2008, 54 (2), 229-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2528

Nominal Wage Rigidities in a New Keynesian Model with Frictional Unemployment

Vincent Bodart, Gregory De Walque, Olivier Pierrard, Henri R. Sneessens, Raf Wouters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2505

Employment Regulation and Labor Market Policy in Germany, 1991-2005

Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Werner Eichhorst

published in: Paul de Beer and Trudie Schils (eds.), The Labour Market Triangle Employment Protection, Unemployment Compensation and Activation in Europe, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009, 119-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2499

The Age of Mass Migration: Economic and Institutional Determinants

Graziella Bertocchi, Chiara Strozzi

revised version published as "International Migration and the Role of Institutions" in: Public Choice, 2008, 137(1), 81-102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2489

Macroeconomic Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on the Matching Process in Western Germany

Reinhard Hujer, Christopher Zeiss

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2434

Expanding Schooling Opportunities for 4-Year-Olds

Edwin Leuven, Mikael Lindahl, Hessel Oosterbeek, Dinand Webbink

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (3), 319-328, revised version available here

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. 2320

Understanding Instrumental Variables in Models with Essential Heterogeneity

James J. Heckman, Sergio Urzua, Edward Vytlacil

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88 (3), 389-432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2256

Towards a Unifying Approach of the 'New Economic Geography'

Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum

published in revised form as 'A synthesis of footloose-entrepreneur new economic geography models: when is agglomeration smooth and easily reversible?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2008, 8 (1), 39-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2248

Modernizing China's Growth Paradigm

Eswar Prasad, Raghuram G. Rajan

published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (2), 331-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2248

Modernizing China's Growth Paradigm

Eswar Prasad, Raghuram G. Rajan

published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (2), 331-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2215

The German Labor Market: Still Adjusting Badly?

Werner Eichhorst, Lutz C. Kaiser

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2197