IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Fast track or failure: a study of the graduation and dropout rates of Ph D students in economics' in: Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22 (2), 157-166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 106

Job Tenure of Two Cohorts of Young German Men 1979 - 1990: An analysis of the (West-)German Employment Statistic Register Sample concerning multivariate failure times and unobserved heterogeneity

Lutz Bellmann, Stefan Bender, Ulrich Hornsteiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 105

Ownership or Performance: What Determines Board of Directors' Turnover in Italy?

Giorgio Brunello, Clara Graziano, Bruno Parigi

published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2003, 27 (6), 1027-1051

IZA Discussion Paper No. 104

Different Skill Levels and Firing Costs in a Matching Model with Uncertainty - An Extension of Mortensen and Pissarides (1994)

Stephan Kohns

IZA Discussion Paper No. 103

Estimation in a Duration Model for Evaluating Educational Programs

Kurt Brännäs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 102

Labor Supply and Matching Rates for Welfare Recipients: An Analysis Using Neighborhood Characteristics

Bas van der Klaauw, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87 (5), 957-985

IZA Discussion Paper No. 101

Employment and Wage Assimilation of Male First Generation Immigrants in Denmark

Leif Husted, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Michael Rosholm, Nina Smith

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2001, 22 (1/2), 39-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 100

Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of Welfare

Jörgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2003, 38 (1), 74-98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 99

Residential Location and Youth Unemployment: The Economic Geography of School-To-Work Transitions

Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15(1), 115-135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 98

Industry Wage Differentials Revisited: A Longitudinal Comparison of Germany and USA (1984-1996)

John de New, Christoph M. Schmidt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 97

Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes and Consequences

Alan Barrett

published in: Zimmermann, K. F. (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know?, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 96

Redundancy Payments, Incomplete Labor Contracts, Unemployment and Welfare

Pierre Cahuc, Andre Zylberberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 95

Job Protection, Minimum Wage and Unemployment

Pierre Cahuc, Andre Zylberberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 94

An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt

Martin Eichler, Michael Lechner

published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 9 (2), 143-186

IZA Discussion Paper No. 93

An Evaluation of Public-Sector-Sponsored Continuous Vocational Training Programs in East Germany

Michael Lechner

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2000, 35 (2), 347-375

IZA Discussion Paper No. 92

The Rate of Return to Private Schooling

Robert E. Wright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 91

Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects of Multiple Treatments Under the Conditional Independence Assumption

Michael Lechner

published in: M. Lechner, F. Pfeiffer (eds.), Econometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies, Heidelberg: Physica, 2001, 43-58

IZA Discussion Paper No. 90

Tenures that Shook the World: Worker Turnover in Russia, Poland and Britain

Hartmut Lehmann, Jonathan Wadsworth

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28 (4), 639-664

IZA Discussion Paper No. 89

Aliyah to Israel: Immigration under Conditions of Adversity

Shoshana Neuman

published in: Zimmermann, Klaus F. (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know, 2005, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 459-506

IZA Discussion Paper No. 88

Migration in Spain: Historical Background and Current Trends

Olympia Bover, Pilar Velilla

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know?, CEPR and OUP, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 87

Educational Mismatch and Wages in Germany

Thomas K. Bauer

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2002, 21 (2), 221-229

IZA Discussion Paper No. 86

Money for Nothing and Your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the PC Wage Differential

John de New, Christoph M. Schmidt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 85

Gender and Racial Discrimination in Pay and Promotion for NHS Nurses

Stephen Pudney, Michael A. Shields

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 62 (s1), 801-835

IZA Discussion Paper No. 84

The Heterogeneity and Cyclical Sensitivity of Unemployment: An Exploration of German Labor Market Flows

Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: Ifo Studien, 2000, 46 (1), 73-98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 83

Female Labour Supply, Flexibility of Working Hours, and Job Mobility in the Netherlands

Rob Euwals

published in: Economic Journal, 2001, 111 (471), C120-C134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 82

Privacy, time consistent optimal labor income taxation and education policy

Kai A. Konrad

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 79(3), 503-519

IZA Discussion Paper No. 81

Migration, Migrants and Policy in the United Kingdom

Timothy J. Hatton, Stephen Wheatley Price

published in: Zimmermann, K. (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know? Oxford University Press, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 80

The Netherlands: Old Emigrants - Young Immigrant Country

Jan C. van Ours, Justus Veenman

published in: K. Zimmerman (ed.) European Migration: What Do We Know? Oxford: OUP, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 79

Entrepreneurship from Scratch: Lessons on the Entry Decision into Self-Employment from Transition Economies

John S. Earle, Zuzana Sakova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 78

Endogenous Schooling and the Distribution of the Gender Wage Gap

Jörgen Hansen, Roger Wahlberg

published in: Empirical Economics, 2005, 30 (1), 1-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 77

Knowing What Works: The Case for Rigorous Program Evaluation

Christoph M. Schmidt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 76

Selective Schools

Giorgio Brunello, Massimo Giannini

published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2004, 56 (3), 207-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 75

Adjustment Dynamics and the Natural Rate: An Account of UK Unemployment

Brian Henry, Marika Karanassou, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 52 (2000), 178-203

IZA Discussion Paper No. 74

Strategic Mismatches in Competing Teams

Matthias Kräkel

published as 'Strategic mismatching and competing teams' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2003, 50 (3), 355-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 73

The Endogenous Determination of Minimum Wage

Gil S. Epstein, Shmuel Nitzan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 72

Are Austrian Returns to Education Falling Over Time?

Josef Fersterer, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Labour Economics, 2003, 10 (1), 73-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 71

The Wedge

Laszlo Goerke

published in: Manchester School, 2000, 68(5), 608-623

IZA Discussion Paper No. 70

Immigrants and Unemployment in the European Community

Ira N. Gang, Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, Myeong-Su Yun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 69

Generalized Selection Bias and The Decomposition of Wage Differentials

Myeong-Su Yun

revised version published in: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2007, 32 (1), 15-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 68

Ethnic German Immigration from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to Germany: the Effects of Migrant Networks

Barbara Dietz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 67

Behavioral Effects of Probation Periods: An Analysis of Worker Absenteeism

Regina T. Riphahn, Anja Thalmaier

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2001, 221(2), 179-201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 66

The Immigrant Welfare Effect: Take-Up or Eligibility?

Edward J. Bird, Hilke Kayser, Joachim R. Frick, Gert G. Wagner

published in: International Migration Review, 35 (2001), 726-748

IZA Discussion Paper No. 65

Grime and Punishment: Insecurity and Wage Arrears in the Russian Federation

Hartmut Lehmann, Jonathan Wadsworth, Alessandro Acquisti

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 27 (1999), 595-617

IZA Discussion Paper No. 64

Salary and the Gender Salary Gap in the Academic Profession

Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger

published as 'The gender salary gap in British academia' in: Applied Economics, 2001, 33 (3),1669-1681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 63

Your Everyday, Average Academic

Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 62

Bestimmungsgründe von Fehlzeiten: Welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitslosigkeit?

Anja Thalmaier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 61

Immigration: The New Zealand Experience

Rainer Winkelmann

published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration - What Do We Know? Oxford University Press, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 60

Subjective Discount Rates, Intergenerational Transfers and the Return to Schooling

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 59

Canadian Immigration Experience: Any Lessons for Europe?

Don J. DeVoretz, Samuel A. Laryea

published in: : K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration - What Do We Know? Oxford University Press, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 58

Occupational Mobility of Ethnic Migrants

Thomas K. Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 57

Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Ira N. Gang, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2000, 35 (3), 550-569

IZA Discussion Paper No. 56

Centralized Bargaining, Multi-Tasking and Work Incentives

Assar Lindbeck, Dennis J. Snower

published as 'Centralized bargaining and reorganized work: Are they compatible?' in: European Economic Review, 2001, 45 (10), 1851-1875

IZA Discussion Paper No. 55

Value-added Tax versus Social Security Contributions

Laszlo Goerke

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 1999, 219 (3/4), 308-325

IZA Discussion Paper No. 54

Labor Market Assimilation and the Self-Employment Decision of Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15 (1), 83-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 53

Inter-industry Wage Dispersion in Portugal: high but falling

Joop Hartog, Pedro T. Pereira, José António Cabral Vieira

published as 'Inter-industry Wage Dispersion in Portugal' in: Empirica, 2000, 27 (4), 353-364

IZA Discussion Paper No. 52

Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data Models

Jochen Mayer, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2000, 13 (2), 241-262

IZA Discussion Paper No. 51

Does Training Generally Work? The Returns to In-Company Training

Alan Barrett, Philip J. O'Connell

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2001, 54 (3), 647-662

IZA Discussion Paper No. 50

Ethnic German Migration since 1989 - Results and Perspectives/ Aussiedler seit 1989 - Bilanz und Perspektiven

Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2000, 1, 225-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 49

Unemployment and Labor-Market Reform: A Contract Theoretic Approach

Hans Peter Grüner

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2002, 104 (4), 641-656

IZA Discussion Paper No. 48

Overtime Work and Overtime Compensation in Germany

Thomas K. Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 46 (4), 419-436

IZA Discussion Paper No. 47

Tenure-based Wage Setting

Robert A. Hart, Felix Ritchie

IZA Discussion Paper No. 46

The Effects of Development on Migration: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence

Ralph Rotte, Michael Vogler

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2000, 13(3), 485-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 45

On the Cyclicality and Stability of Real Earnings

Robert A. Hart, James R. Malley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 44

Overtime Working in an Unregulated Labour Market

David N.F. Bell, Robert A. Hart

published as "Wages, hours, and overtime premia: evidence from the British labor market" in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003, 56 (3), 470-480

IZA Discussion Paper No. 43

Household Characteristics, Ability and Education: Evidence from a Dynamic Expected Utility Model

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 42

The Changing Distribution of Job Satisfaction

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2001, 36 (1), 1-30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 41

Anatomy of Policy Complementarities

Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Swedish Economic Policy Review, 1998, 5(2), 303-343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 40

Empirical Findings on the Swiss Migration Experience

Stefan M. Golder, Thomas Straubhaar

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.): European Migration - What Do We Know?, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 39

Multi-Task Learning and the Reorganization of Work. From Tayloristic to Holistic Organization

Assar Lindbeck, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2000, 18 (3), 353-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 38

Job Satisfaction within the Scottish Academic Profession

Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger, Peter J. Sloane

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 47 (3), 273-303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 37

Exchange Rate Volatility Effects on the German Labour Market: A Survey of Recent Results and Extensions

Herbert Buscher, Claudia Mueller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 36

The Effects of European Economic and Monetary Union on Wage Behaviour

Charlotte Lauer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 35

Is Job Stability in the United States Falling?

David A. Jaeger, Ann Huff Stevens

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17 (s4), S1-S28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 34

Labour Mobility - An Adjustment Mechanism in Euroland?

Patrick A. Puhani

published as 'Labour Mobility: An Adjustment Mechanism in Euroland? Empirical Evidence for Western Germany, France and Italy' in: German Economic Review, 2001, 2 (2),127-140

IZA Discussion Paper No. 33

Price Dynamics and Production Lags

Assar Lindbeck, Dennis J. Snower

published in: American Economic Review, 1999, 89 (2), 81-88

IZA Discussion Paper No. 32

Work or Retirement? Exit Routes for Norwegian Elderly

Svenn-Åge Dahl, Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage

published in: Applied Economics, 2000, 32(14), 1865-1876

IZA Discussion Paper No. 31

Persistence and the German Unemployment Problem: Empirical Evidences on German Labor Market Flows

Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: Economie et Statistique, 2000, 332/333, 83-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 30

Active Labor Market Policies in Poland: Human Capital Enhancement, Stigmatization or Benefit Churning

Jochen Kluve, Hartmut Lehmann, Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27 (1), 61-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 29

Causes of Changing Earnings Inequality

Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 28

Efficiency Wages and Futures Markets

Udo Broll, Kit P. Wong

IZA Discussion Paper No. 27

Transition from School to Work: Search Time and Job Duration

Espen Bratberg, Øivind Anti Nilsen

published as 'Transitions from School to Work and the Early Labour Market Experience' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 62, 909-929

IZA Discussion Paper No. 26

Increasing Shadow Economies all over the World - Fiction or Reality?

Dominik Enste, Friedrich Schneider

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2000, 38 (1), 77-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 25

Unemployment and Crime: New Answers to an Old Question

Kerry L. Papps, Rainer Winkelmann

published in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 2000, 34 (2), 53-72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 24

Petersberger Erklaerung: Anstoesse fuer eine zukunftsgerichtete Arbeitsmarktpolitik

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Michael C. Burda, Jürgen von Hagen, Kai A. Konrad, Friedrich Schneider, Gert G. Wagner

published in: Wirtschaftsdienst, 1998, 78 (11), 652-653