IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1927

A Human Capital Model of the Effects of Abilities and Family Background on Optimal Schooling Levels

Tracy L. Regan, Galen Burghardt, Ronald L. Oaxaca

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2007, 45 (4), 721-738

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1924

The Expanding Workweek? Understanding Trends in Long Work Hours Among U.S. Men, 1979-2004

Peter J. Kuhn, Fernando A. Lozano

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (2), 311-343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1922

Employment Dynamics and the Structure of Labor Adjustment Costs

José Varejão, Pedro Portugal

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25 (1), 137-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1920

Work Experience as a Source of Specification Error in Earnings Models: Implications for Gender Wage Decompositions

Tracy L. Regan, Ronald L. Oaxaca

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (2), 463 - 499

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1919

The Long-Term Effects of a Generous Income Support Program: Unemployment Insurance in New Brunswick and Maine, 1940-1991

Peter J. Kuhn, Chris Riddell

revised version published as 'The Long-Term Effects of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from New Brunswick and Maine, 1940 - 1991' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2010, 63 (2), 183 - 204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1915

The Economics of Dual Job Holding: A Job Portfolio Model of Labor Supply

Francesco Renna, Ronald L. Oaxaca

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1913

Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability

Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3 (1), 121-159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1910

Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1908

Labour Supply and Childcare for British Mothers in Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach

Antonia Parera-Nicolau, Karen A. Mumford

formative work for "Labour Supply and Childcare", IZA DP No. 12500.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1904

Search Equilibrium, Production Parameters and Social Returns to Education: Theory and Estimation

Christian Holzner, Andrey Launov

revised version published as 'Search Equilibrium and Social and Private Returns to Education' in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (1), 39-59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1903

On Human Capital Formation with Exit Options: Comment and New Results

Panu Poutvaara

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (3), 679-684

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1893

Unreported Labour

Erling Barth, Tone Ognedal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1890

Affect as a Source of Motivation in the Workplace: A New Model of Labor Supply, and New Field Evidence on Income Targeting and the Goal Gradient

Lorenz Götte, David B. Huffman

published in: Vohs, K.D, Baumeister, R.F; Loewenstein, G. (eds.): Do emotions help or hurt decision making? A Hedgefoxian Perspective, New York, Sage, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1887

Labour Force Participation of the Elderly in Europe: The Importance of Being Healthy

Adriaan Kalwij, Frederic Vermeulen

published as: "Health and labour force participation of older people in Europe: what do objective health indicators add to the analysis?" in: Health Economics, 2008, 17(5), 619-638.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1884

Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?

Alison L. Booth, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Economica, 2009, 76 (301), 176-196

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1883

Does Immigration Affect the Long-Term Educational Outcomes of Natives? Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Eric D. Gould, Victor Lavy, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (540), 1243-1269.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1881

Preferences, Gender Segregation and Affirmative Action

Peter J. Sloane, Suzanne Grazier, Richard J. Jones

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1879