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473 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9777
Can Fixed-Term Contracts Put Low Skilled Youth on a Better Career Path? Evidence from Spain
J. Ignacio Garcia Perez, Ioana E. Marinescu, Judit Vall Castello
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9752
The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway over the 20th Century
Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(1): 5–33
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9646
Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Social Public Procurement Policy: The Case of the Swiss Apprenticeship Training System
Mirjam Strupler Leiser, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Labour, 2017, 31 (2), 204-222
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9632
Seniority Rules, Worker Mobility and Wages: Evidence from Multi-Country Linked Employer-Employee Data
Petri Böckerman, Per Skedinger, Roope Uusitalo
published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 48-62
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9593
Citations in Economics: Measurement, Uses and Impacts
Daniel S. Hamermesh
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2018, 56, 111 - 156
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9575
The Effectiveness of Early Vacancy Information in the Presence of Monitoring and ALMP
Ricarda Schmidl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9487
The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf, Ana Paula Cusolito
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 5:1, 2016
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9346
Simple Tests for Selection Bias: Learning More from Instrumental Variables
Dan A. Black, Joonhwi Joo, Robert J. LaLonde, Jeffrey A. Smith, Evan J. Taylor
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 79, 102237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9254
Wage Compression within the Firm
Marco Leonardi, Michele Pellizzari, Domenico Tabasso
published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129, 3256-3291.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9236
What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations
David Card, Jochen Kluve, Andrea Weber
revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16 (3), 894 - 931
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9227
Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Petter Lundborg, Kaveh Majlesi
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (4), 1683–1725.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9204
Minimum Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Primer
Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin Stanwix
published in: World Bank Observer, 2017, 32 (1), 21 - 74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9178
On the Origins of Risk-Taking
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Petter Lundborg, Kaveh Majlesi
published as 'On the Origins of Risk-Taking in Financial Markets' in: Journal of Finance, 2017, 72 (5), 2229 - 2278
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9149
Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior
Arindrajit Dube, Laura Giuliano, Jonathan Leonard
published in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (2), 620 - 663
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9148
Dismissal Disputes and Endogenous Sorting
Pietro Garibaldi, Gerard A. Pfann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9133
Estimating the External Returns to Education: Evidence from China
Wen Fan, Yuanyuan Ma, Liming Wang
published in: Asian Economic Papers, 2015, 14 (3), 88-104
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9128
The Effect of a Sibling's Gender on Earnings, Education and Family Formation
Noemi Peter, Petter Lundborg, Dinand Webbink
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 54, 61-78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9112
Do the Unemployed Accept Jobs Too Quickly? A Comparison with Employed Job Seekers
Simonetta Longhi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9092
The Effect of Changes in the Statutory Minimum Working Age on Educational, Labor and Health Outcomes
Sergi Jimenez-Martin, Judit Vall Castello, Elena del Rey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9072
The Rising Cost of Child Care in the United States: A Reassessment of the Evidence
Chris M. Herbst
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, 13-30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8919
United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany
Claus Schnabel
published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik), 2016, 236 (2), 157-180
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8899
The Internet as a Data Source for Advancement in Social Sciences
Nikos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (1), 2 - 12.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8829
The Objective Measurement of World-Leading Research
Andrew J. Oswald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8828
Age, Cohort and Co-Authorship
Daniel S. Hamermesh
published in: M. Szenberg and L. Ramrattan (eds.): Collaborative Research in Economis, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 65 - 93
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8825
The Earnings Returns to Graduating with Honors: Evidence from Law Graduates
Ronny Freier, Mathias Schumann, Thomas Siedler
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 39-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8678
Locus of Control and the Labor Market
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:3,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8672
An Analysis of Sibling Correlations in Health Using Latent Variable Models
Timothy J. Halliday, Bhashkar Mazumder
published in: Health Economics, 2017, 26 (12), e108-e12
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8665
Two-way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research: Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation
Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2016, 129, 937 - 960
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8518
Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige Through Randomized Experiments in Jordan
Matthew Groh, David McKenzie, Nour Shammout, Tara Vishwanath
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:7
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8512
The Evolution of Rotation Group Bias: Will the Real Unemployment Rate Please Stand Up?
Alan B. Krueger, Alexandre Mas, Xiaotong Niu
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99 (2), 258 - 264
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8487
Locus of Control and Its Intergenerational Implications for Early Childhood Skill Formation
Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Nele Warrinnier
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128(608), 298-329
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8428
A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market: 2014-2015 Edition
John Cawley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8423
Long Workweeks and Strange Hours
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Elena G. F. Stancanelli
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68 (5), 1007-1018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8413
Too Many Graduates? An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model to Young British Graduates between 2001-2010
Nigel C. O'Leary, Peter J. Sloane
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68 (4), 945-967.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8407
Labour Market Progression of Canadian Immigrant Women
Alicia Adsera, Ana Ferrer
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 39, 88 - 98
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8394
One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins
Wei Huang, Xiaoyan Lei, Yaohui Zhao
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 93 (3), 467 -476
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8385
Reassessing Labour Market Reforms: A Critique
Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar, Muhunthan Jayanthakumaran
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8372
Employment Industry and Occupational Continuity in Germany: From the Nazi Regime to the Post-War Economic Miracle
Patrick A. Puhani
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22(8), 603-612
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8263
Behavioural Labour Economics: Advances and Future Directions
Thomas Dohmen
published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 71-85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8240
Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes
Aaron Sojourner, Brigham R. Frandsen, Robert J. Town, David C. Grabowski, Michelle M. Chen
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68 (4), 771 - 806
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8226
Migration, Education and the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation
Ilhom Abdulloev, Ira N. Gang, Myeong-Su Yun
published in: European Journal of Development Research, 2014, 26 (4), 509–526
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8223
Job Displacement Insurance: An Overview
Donald O. Parsons
published in: J. Wright (ed.): International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., 2015, 12. Oxford, 819-832
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8209
Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile
Pedro Carneiro, Emanuela Galasso, Rita Ginja
published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (617), 172-208.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8196
Local Funds and Political Competition: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
Bhanu Gupta, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 41 (1), 14-30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8192
Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Mthuli Ncube, Zorobabel Bicaba
revised version published in: World Development, 2015, 67 (3), 11 - 26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8141
Door Opener or Waste of Time? The Effects of Student Internships on Labor Market Outcomes
Nils Saniter, Thomas Siedler
revised version published as 'Do Internships Pay Off? The Effects of Student Internships on Earnings' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (4), 1242-1275 (joint with Shushanik Margaryan and Mathias Schumann)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8071
Roadblocks on the Road to Grandma's House: Fertility Consequences of Delayed Retirement
Erich Battistin, Michele De Nadai, Mario Padula
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8021
Procrastination, Academic Success and the Effectiveness of a Remedial Program
Maria De Paola, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 217–236
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7984
Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Catia Batista, Janis Umblijs
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68 (1), 108-130.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7974
Evaluating Specification Tests in the Context of Value-Added Estimation
Cassandra M. Guarino, Mark D. Reckase, Brian Stacy, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
published in: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015, 8 (1), 35-59.
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