IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2388

The Persistent Decline in Unionization in Western and Eastern Germany, 1980-2004: What Can We Learn from a Decomposition Analysis?

Claus Schnabel, Joachim Wagner

published in: Industrielle Beziehungen, 2007, 14(2), 118-132

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2387

Industry Wage Differentials, Unobserved Ability, and Rent-Sharing: Evidence from Matched Worker-Firm Data, 1995-2002

Robert Plasman, François Rycx, Ilan Tojerow

published in: Brussels Economic Review, 2007, 50 (1), 11-37

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2386

Innovation and the Determinants of Firm Survival

Hielke Buddelmeyer, Paul H. Jensen, Elizabeth Webster

revised version published as 'Innovation and the determinants of company survival' in: Oxford Economics Papers, 2010, 62 (2), 261-285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2385

The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12(1), 129-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2384

Wage Determination in the U.S. Airline Industry: Union Power under Product Market Constraints

Barry Hirsch

published in: D. Lee (ed.), Advances in Airline Economics, Vol. 2: The Economics of Airline Institutions, Operations and Marketing, Elsevier 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2383

A Semiparametric Model for Binary Response and Continuous Outcomes Under Index Heteroscedasticity

Roger Klein, Francis Vella

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009, 24 (5), 735–762

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2382

The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start

Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2011, 27 (1), 31-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2381

Politico-Economic Causes of Labor Regulation in the United States: Rent Seeking, Alliances, Raising Rivals' Costs (Even Lowering One's Own?), and Interjurisdictional Competition

John T. Addison

published in: R. Vaubel and P. Bernholz (eds.), Political Competition and Economic Regulation, London: Routledge 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2380

The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (2), 645-677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2379

Telecommunications Dynamics, Output and Employment

Andre Jungmittag, Paul J. J. Welfens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2378

Estimating a Class of Triangular Simultaneous Equations Models Without Exclusion Restrictions

Roger Klein, Francis Vella

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 154 (2), 154-164

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2377

Can Anyone Be “The” One? Evidence on Mate Selection from Speed Dating

Michèle Belot, Marco Francesconi

revised version published as 'Dating Preferences and Meeting Opportunities in Mate Choice Decisions' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 48 (2), 474-507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2376

Pension Investments in Employer Stock

William E. Even, David A. Macpherson

published in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2008, 7 (1), 67-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2375

Matching Estimators and the Data from the National Supported Work Demonstration Again

Zhong Zhao

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2374

Taxation and Internal Migration: Evidence from the Swiss Census Using Community-Level Variation in Income Tax Rates

Thomas Liebig, Patrick A. Puhani, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2007, 47 (4), 807-836

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2373

Grow Rich While You Sleep: Selection in Experiments with Voluntary Participation

Pieter A. Gautier, Bas van der Klaauw

published as 'Selection in a field experiment with voluntary participation' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2012, 27, 63-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2372

The Parental Leave Benefit Reform in Germany: Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving towards the Scandinavian Model

C. Katharina Spieß, Katharina Wrohlich

revised version published as 'Parental Leave Benet Reform in Germany: Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving towards the Nordic Model' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2008, 27 (5), 575-591

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2371

How Large an Effect Can We Expect from School Reforms?

Spyros Konstantopoulos, Larry Hedges

published in: Teachers College Record, 2008, 110, 1613-1640

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2370

The Return to Schooling in Structural Dynamic Models: A Survey

Christian Belzil

published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (5), 1059-1105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2369

Spatial Mobility and Returns to Education: Some Evidence from a Sample of French Youth

Philippe Lemistre, Nicolas Moreau

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2009, 49 (1), 149-176