IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4257

Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform

revised version published as 'Does Labour Supply Respond to a Flat Tax?" in: Economics of Transition, 2010, 18 (2), 365 - 404

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4233

Inequality and Volatility Moderation in Russia: Evidence from Micro-Level Panel Data on Consumption and Income

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Klara Sabirianova Peter, Dmitriy Stolyarov

revised version published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2010, 13 (1), 209 - 237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4224

Transition Fatigue? Cross-Country Evidence from Micro Data

Riccardo Rovelli, Anzelika Zaiceva

substantially revised version published as 'Did Support for Economic and Political Reforms Increase During the Post-Communist Transition, and If So, Why?' in: The Economics of Transition, 2013, 21 (2), 193-240.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4208

"It's not that I'm a racist, it's that they are Roma": Roma Discrimination and Returns to Education in South Eastern Europe

Niall O'Higgins

revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31(2) 163-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4160

Life Expectancy and Economic Growth: The Role of the Demographic Transition

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2011, 16 (2), 99-133

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4134

Assessing the Impact of a Wage Subsidy for Single Parents on Social Assistance in Canada

Guy Lacroix

published - as joint work with Dany Brouillette - in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2011, 44 (4), 1195–1221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4094

The Effect of Neighbourhood Housing Tenure Mix on Labour Market Outcomes: A Longitudinal Perspective

Maarten van Ham, David Manley

published as 'The effect of neighbourhood housing tenure mix on labour market outcomes: a longitudinal investigation of neighbourhood effects' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2010, 10 (2), 257 - 282

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4060

Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the Happiness-Income Paradox

Richard A. Easterlin, Laura Angelescu McVey

published in: R.A. Easterlin, Happiness, Growth, and the Life Cycle, Chapter 5, Oxford University Press, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4032

Democracy and Reforms

Paola Giuliano, Prachi Mishra, Antonio Spilimbergo

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2013, 5(4), 179-204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4007

Are Short-Lived Jobs Stepping Stones to Long-Lasting Jobs?

Bart Cockx, Matteo Picchio

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74 (5), 646 - 675

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3992

Job Durations with Worker and Firm Specific Effects: MCMC Estimation with Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data

Guillaume Horny, Rute Mendes, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Journal of Business and Economic Statisticsc, 30(3) 2012, 468-480

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3934

Stuck Between Surplus and Shortage: Demand for Skills in the Russian Industry

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Anna Lukiyanova

published in: Labour, 2010, 24(3), 311–332

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3886

So Many Rocket Scientists, So Few Marketing Clerks: Estimating the Effects of Economic Reform on Occupational Mobility in Estonia

Nauro F. Campos, Aurelijus Dabušinskas

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 25 (2), 261-275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3863

Convergence in Institutions and Market Outcomes: Cross-Country and Time-Series Evidence from the BEEPS Surveys in Transition Economies

Pradeep Mitra, Alexander Muravyev, Mark E Schaffer

substantially revised version published as 'Labor reallocation and firm growth: benchmarking transition countries against mature market economies' in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3787

Determinants of Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure: Evidence from Romania

Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Christophe Rault, Anamaria Sova, Robert Sova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3730

Tournaments and Managerial Incentives in China's Listed Firms: New Evidence

Takao Kato, Cheryl Long

published in: China Economic Review, 2011, 22 (1), 1-10 (lead article)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3683

Understanding the Contributions of Reallocation to Productivity Growth: Lessons from a Comparative Firm-Level Analysis

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3611

Multi-Family Households in a Labour Supply Model: A Calibration Method with Application to Poland