IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6422

Explaining the Dynamics in Perceptions of Job Insecurity in Russia

Michael Lokshin, Vladimir Gimpelson, Aleksey Oshchepkov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6412

Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions in Middle East and North African Countries

Mohamed El Hedi Arouri, Adel Ben-Youssef, Hatem M'henni, Christophe Rault

published in: Energy Policy, 2012, 45, 342 - 349

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6408

Health Behavior and Accident Risk: Obesity Is Associated with the Future Risk of Heavy Truck Crashes among Newly Recruited Commercial Drivers

Jon E. Anderson, Manjari Govada, Tricia K. Steffen, Chris P. Thorne, Vasileia Varvarigou, Stefanos N. Kales, Stephen V. Burks

revised version published as 'Obesity is associated with the future risk of heavy truck crashes among newly recruited commercial drivers,' in: Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2012, 49, 378-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6404

Public and Private Sector Jobs, Unreported Income and Consumption Gap in India: Evidence from Micro-Data

Saibal Kar, Poulomi Roy, Sarani Saha

published in: North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2014, 29, 285-300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6368

Moroccans' Assimilation in Spain: Family-Based versus Labor-Based Migration

Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Raquel Vegas

published in: Middle East Development Journal, 2011, 3 (2), 119-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6364

Misspecification Testing in a Class of Conditional Distributional Models

Christoph Rothe, Dominik Wied

published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2013, 108 (501), 314-324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6364

Misspecification Testing in a Class of Conditional Distributional Models

Christoph Rothe, Dominik Wied

published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2013, 108 (501), 314-324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6358

The Short-Term Effectiveness of a Remedial Mathematics Course: Evidence from a UK University

Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published in: The Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 363-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6338

Gender Gaps in PISA Test Scores: The Impact of Social Norms and the Mother's Transmission of Role Attitudes

Ainara González de San Román, Sara de la Rica

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6337

Misreported Schooling, Multiple Measures and Returns to Educational Qualifications

Erich Battistin, Michele De Nadai, Barbara Sianesi

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2014, 181, 136-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6325

Announcing an Increase in the State Pension Age and the Recession: Which Mattered More for Expected Retirement Ages?

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca

published as 'Increasing the State Pension Age, the Recession and Expected Retirement Ages' in: Economic and Social Review 2013, 44 (4), 447-472

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6319

Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations

Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6315

Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start

Pedro Carneiro, Rita Ginja

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (4), 135-173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6290

Laws and Norms

Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6256

CEO and Board Characteristics as Determinants of Private Benefits of Control: Evidence from the Russian Stock Exchange

Irina Berezinets, Yulia Ilina, Alexander Muravyev

substantially revised version published as: 'The Structure of Corporate Boards and Private Benefits of Control: Evidence from the Russian Stock Exchange' in: International Review of Financial Analysis, 2014, 34, 247-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6251

Warrant Economics, Call-Put Policy Options and the Fallacies of Economic Theory

John Hatgioannides, Marika Karanassou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6247

Impatience among Preschool Children and their Mothers

Fabian Kosse, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (3), 493-495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6243

Assimilation in Multilingual Cities

Javier Ortega, Gregory Verdugo

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28(3), 785-815

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6230