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57 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15662
Earnings Losses and the Role of the Welfare State during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Sweden
Adrian Adermon, Lisa Laun, Patrik Lind, Martin Olsson, Jan Sauermann, Anna Sjögren
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15384
The Labor Market Impacts of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil
Mrittika Shamsuddin, Pablo A. Acosta, Rovane Battaglin Schwengber, Jedediah Fix, Nikolas Pirani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15328
The Effects of Alcohol Excise Tax Increases by Drinking Level and by Income Level
Henry Saffer, Markus Gehrsitz, Michael Grossman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14248
Labor Demand Response to Labor Supply Incentives: Lessons from the German Mini-Job Reform
Gabriela Galassi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13900
Labor Supply Responses to Learning the Tax and Benefit Schedule
Andreas Ravndal Kostol, Andreas S. Myhre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13808
Has the Paycheck Protection Program Succeeded?
Glenn Hubbard, Michael R. Strain
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13487
Did Medicaid Expansion Reduce Medical Divorce?
David Slusky, Donna K. Ginther
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13483
Welfare Improving Tax Evasion
Chiara Canta, Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13407
Improving Tax Compliance without Increasing Revenue: Evidence from Population-Wide Randomized Controlled Trials in Papua New Guinea
Christopher Hoy, Luke McKenzie, Mathias Sinning
forthcoming in: Economic Development and Cultural Change
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13109
The Impact of One Parent Family Payment Reforms on the Labour Market Outcomes of Lone Parents
Paul Redmond, Seamus McGuinness, Claire Keane
revised version forthcoming in: Oxford Economic Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12915
Cigarette Taxes and Smoking among Sexual Minority Adults
Christopher S. Carpenter, Dario Sansone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12784
Greater US Gun Ownership, Lethality and Murder Rates: Analysis and Policy Proposals
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12062
Coordination of Hours within the Firm
Claudio Labanca, Dario Pozzoli
revised version published as 'Constraints on Hours within the Firm' in: Journal of Labor Economics, Accepted April 12, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12015
Income Inequality and the Size of Government: A Causal Analysis
Martin Guzi, Martin Kahanec
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11839
A Fresh Look at Fiscal Redistribution and Inequality in the US across Electoral Cycles
Hector Sala
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2019, 81, 195 - 206
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11824
Long-Term Changes in Married Couples' Labor Supply and Taxes: Evidence from the US and Europe since the 1980s
Alexander Bick, Bettina Brüggemann, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Hannah Paule-Paludkiewicz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11725
Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State
Arnaud Chevalier, Benjamin Elsner, Andreas Lichter, Nico Pestel
R&R at Journal of the European Economic Association
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11714
Tax Morale and the Role of Social Norms and Reciprocity: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11033
Tax Refunds and Income Manipulation Evidence from the EITC
Florian Buhlmann, Benjamin Elsner, Andreas Peichl
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2018, 25(6), 1490-1518
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10979
Women in Top Incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974–2013
Anne Boschini, Kristin Gunnarsson, Jesper Roine
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10885
Using Tax Deductions to Promote Lifelong Learning: Real and Shifting Responses
Wiljan Van den Berge, Egbert L. W. Jongen, Karen van der Wiel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10632
Welfare: Savings not Taxation
Roger Douglas, Robert MacCulloch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10504
Taxation and Labor Supply of Married Couples across Countries: A Macroeconomic Analysis
Alexander Bick, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9532
One-Child Policy, Marriage Distortion, and Welfare Loss
Wei Huang, Yi Zhou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9185
The Optimal Timing of Unemployment Benefits: Theory and Evidence from Sweden
Jonas Kolsrud, Camille Landais, Peter Nilsson, Johannes Spinnewijn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9013
Tax Compliance and Information Provision: A Field Experiment with Small Firms
Philipp Doerrenberg, Jan Schmitz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8553
Documentation IZAΨMOD v3.0: The IZA Policy Simulation Model
Max Loeffler, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch, Eric Sommer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8542
Does Public Education Expansion Lead to Trickle-Down Growth?
Sebastian Böhm, Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger
published as 'Does Expansion of Higher Education Lead to Trickle-Down Growth?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 132, 79-94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8399
Deriving the New Quantity Equation: An Approach for a Closed and an Open Economy
Paul J. J. Welfens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8369
Progressive Taxation in a Tournament Economy
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews, Benjamin Tabb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7204
UK Households' Carbon Footprint: A Comparison of the Association between Household Characteristics and Emissions from Home Energy, Transport and Other Goods and Services
Milena Buchs, Sylke V. Schnepf
revised version published as 'Who emits most? An analysis of UK households' CO2 emissions and their association with socio-economic factors' in: Ecological Economics, 2013, 90, 114-123
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6712
Why Not Fully Spend a Conditional Block Grant?
Riemer Faber, Pierre Koning
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6641
Lifetime versus Annual Tax Progressivity: Sweden, 1968–2009
Niklas Bengtsson, Bertil Holmlund, Daniel Waldenström
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6505
The Impact of Redistributive Policies on Inequality in OECD Countries
Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2014, 46 (17), 2066-2086
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5241
Relative Income, Redistribution and Well-being
Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5236
Efficient Redistribution: Comparing Basic Income with Unemployment Benefits
Felix FitzRoy, Jim Jin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5178
Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality: A Dynamic Panel Approach
Judith Niehues
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5007
Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy
Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger, Timo Trimborn
published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18 (3), 451-485
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4865
Documentation IZAΨMOD: The IZA Policy SImulation MODel
Andreas Peichl, Hilmar Schneider, Sebastian Siegloch
see also IZAΨMOD for more information
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4849
Fiscal Multipliers and the Labour Market in the Open Economy
Ester Faia, Wolfgang Lechthaler, Christian Merkl
revised version published as 'Fiscal Stimulus and the Labor Market Policies in Europe' in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (3), 483–499
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4833
Public Education for the Children Left Behind
Carmen Camacho, I-Ling Shen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4520
The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in the Enlarged EU
Clemens Fuest, Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Public Finance Review, 2010, 38 (4), 473-500
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4167
Are Two Tax Rates Better than One?
Felix FitzRoy, Jim Jin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4165
An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale
Martin Halla, Mario Lackner, Friedrich Schneider
revised version published in: Kyklos, 2010, 63 (1), 55-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4120
Patriotism, Taxation and International Mobility
Salmai Qari, Kai A. Konrad, Benny Geys
published in: Public Choice, 2012, 151 (3-4), 695 - 717
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3965
An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries
Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Nicolaj Verdelin
completely different version published as 'Optimal tax and transfer programs for couples with extensive labor supply responses' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1485-1500
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3536
Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?
Martin Halla, Friedrich Schneider
revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76(3), 411–431
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3142
Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?
Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl, Thilo Schaefer
revised version published as "Is a flat tax reform feasible in a grown-up democracy of Western Europe? A simulation study for Germany" in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2008, 15 (5), 620-636
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2578
The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective
Graziella Bertocchi
revised version published in: Economics and Politics, 2011, 23 (1), 107 - 131
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2393
The Macroeconomics of Targeting: The Case of an Enduring Epidemic
Clive Bell, Hans Gersbach
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28 (1), 54-72
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2022
Military Draft and Economic Growth in OECD Countries
Katarina Keller, Panu Poutvaara, Andreas Wagener
published in: Defense and Peace Economics, 2009, 20 (5), 373-393
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1810
Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Microsimulation Analysis
Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Emmanuel Saez
published in: Economic Journal, 2007. 118 (516), 1-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1599
Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated
Maurice Schiff
published in: Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff (eds.), International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain, Palgrave MacMillan: New York, 2006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1559
To Draft or Not to Draft? Efficiency, Generational Incidence, and Political Economy of Military Conscription
Panu Poutvaara, Andreas Wagener
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23 (4), 975-987
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1344
Input versus Output Taxation in an Experimental International Economy
Arno Riedl, Frans van Winden
published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56 (2), 216-232
IZA Discussion Paper No. 340
How Does Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market Affect Unemployment Policies?
Xavier Wauthy, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2002, 4 (3), 417-436
IZA Discussion Paper No. 278
Welfare Policies, Labour Taxation and International Integration
Torben M. Andersen
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2003, 10 (1), 43-62
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