IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'The Hukou Converters - China's Lesser Known Rural to Urban Migrants' in: Journal of Contemporary China, 2014, 23, 657-679

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2150

Regulatory Barriers and Entry in Developing Economies

John Bennett, Saul Estrin

published in Review of Development Economics, 2013, 17, 685-698

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2146

A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labor-Scarce Economies?

Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson

published in T.J. Hatton. K. H. O'Rourke and A. M. Taylor (eds.), The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson, Cambridge Mass: MIT Press, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2141

The Effects of Labor Market Policies in an Economy with an Informal Sector

James Albrecht, Lucas Navarro, Susan Vroman

published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (539), 1105 - 1129

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2139

Remittances, Institutions and Economic Growth

Natalia Catrinescu, Miguel Leon-Ledesma, Matloob Piracha, Bryce Quillin

published in: World Development, 2009, 37(1), 81-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2136

Child Work and Schooling Costs in Rural Northern India

Gautam Hazarika, Arjun S. Bedi

published in: Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar (eds.), Labor Markets and Economic Development, Routledge, 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2133

Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces: A Panel Data Analysis

Alice Shiu, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2118

Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership: Evidence from Urban Chinese Twins

Hongbin Li, Pak-Wai Liu, Junsen Zhang, Ning Ma

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (523), 1504 - 1520

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2093

Reform Redux: Measurement, Determinants and Reversals

Nauro F. Campos, Roman Horváth

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28 (2), 227-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2088

Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Has Been Underestimated

Maurice Schiff

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (3), 267-284

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2086

Reforms, Entry and Productivity: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Shagun Krishnan

published as 'Reforms and Entry: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector' in: Review of Development Economics, 2009, 13 (4), 658-672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2075

New Evidence on the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children

Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy, Analia Schlosser

revised version published as 'Multiple Experiments for the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (4), 773 - 824

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2050

Ethnic Specialization and Earnings Inequality: Why Being a Minority Hurts but Being a Big Minority Hurts More

Martin Kahanec

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2008

Earnings Inequality in India: Has the Rise of Caste and Religion Based Politics in India Had an Impact?

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty

published in: A. Shariff and R. Besant (eds.), Handbook of Muslims in India, Oxford University Press, 2010, New Delhi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2003

Income Mobility of Individuals in China and the United States

Niny Khor, John H. Pencavel

published in: Economics of Transition, 2006, 14 (3), 417-458

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1987