IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15693

Skilled Immigration, Task Allocation and the Innovation of Firms

Anna Maria Mayda, Gianluca Orefice, Gianluca Santoni

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15692

Labor Market Effects of Bounds on Domestic Outsourcing

Bruno Jiménez, Silvio Rendon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15691

Gender Diversity, Labour in the Boardroom and Gender Quotas

Astrid Kunze, Katrin Scharfenkamp

substantially changed version published online as 'The Importance of Codetermination for Gender Diversity in the Boardroom' in: Industrial Relations, 16 June 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15690

Microentrepreneurs' Gender Difference in Labor Demand

Oluwasheyi S. Oladipo, Hyoung Suk Shim

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15689

Does Updating Education Curricula Accelerate Technology Adoption in the Workplace? Evidence from Dual Vocational Education and Training Curricula in Switzerland

Tobias Schultheiss, Uschi Backes-Gellner

published in: Journal of Technology Transfer, 2024, 49, 191–235

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15688

Different Degrees of Skill Obsolescence across Hard and Soft Skills and the Role of Lifelong Learning for Labor Market Outcomes

Tobias Schultheiss, Uschi Backes-Gellner

published in: Industrial Relations, 2023, 62 (3), 257 - 287

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15687

Education Expansion and High-Skill Job Opportunities for Workers: Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?

Tobias Schultheiss, Curdin Pfister, Ann-Sophie Gnehm, Uschi Backes-Gellner

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 82, 102354

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15686

How Does Testing Young Children Influence Educational Attainment and Well-Being?

Colin P. Green, Ole Henning Nyhus, Kari Vea Salvanes

published as 'Does testing young children influence educational attainment and wellbeing?' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38 (1), 20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15685

The Minimum Wage and Union Membership among Minimum Wage Workers: Why Do Unions Advocate for Minimum Wage Increases?

Jeffrey Clemens, Michael R. Strain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15684

Learning Inequalities during COVID-19: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys from Sub-Saharan Africa

Hai-Anh H Dang, Gbemisola Oseni, Alberto Zezza, Kseniya Abanokova

published as 'Educational Inequalities during COVID-19: Results from Longitudinal Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa' in: International Journal of Education Development, 2025, 112, 103174 (without A. Zezza)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15683

Reputation vs Selection Effects in Markets With Informational Asymmetries

Theodore Alysandratos, Sotiris Georganas, Matthias Sutter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15682

Motivated Belief Updating and Rationalization of Information

Christoph Drobner, Sebastian J. Goerg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15681

Multitasking

Anzelika Zaiceva

published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, 2023, 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15680

The Effect of Firm-Level Investment on Inequality and Poverty around the World