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473 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4151
Policy, Institutional Factors and Earnings Mobility
Denisa M. Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue
published in: The European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011, 8(2), pp. 175-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4036
Re-Constructing Childhood Health Histories
James P. Smith
published in: Demography 46(2):387-403, May 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4034
Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game
Andries de Grip, Maarten Lindeboom, Raymond Montizaan
published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (559), 1–25
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4002
Active Labor Market Policy Evaluations: A Meta-Analysis
David Card, Jochen Kluve, Andrea Weber
published in: The Economic Journal, 2010, 120, F452-F477
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3979
Cream-Skimmer or Underdog? Labor Type Selectivity, Pre-Program Wage, and Rural Labor Training Program Outcome
Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3957
The Gender Pay Gap for Private Sector Employees in Canada and Britain
Marie Drolet, Karen A. Mumford
revised version published in British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2012, 50 (3), 529-553
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3874
Emigration and the Age Profile of Retirement among Immigrants
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Steven Stillman
published as "Return migration and the age profile of retirement among immigrants" in: IZA Journal of Migration 2013, 2:20
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3817
Does Retirement Kill You? Evidence from Early Retirement Windows
Norma B. Coe, Maarten Lindeboom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3805
The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977−2003)
Louis N. Christofides, Michael Hoy, Ling Yang
published as "Participation in Canadian Universitites: The Gender Imbalance (1977-2005)" in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29(3), 400-410
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3766
Understanding Low Average Returns to Education in Africa: The Role of Heterogeneity across Education Levels and the Importance of Political and Economic Reforms
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
revised version published as 'Have returns to education changed in Nigeria? Uncovering the role of democratic reforms' in: Journal of African Economies, 2011, 20 (5), 737-780
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3761
The Role of Information and Institutions in Understanding the Black-White Gap in Self-Employment
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Willie Belton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3706
Real Wage Inequality
Enrico Moretti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3677
Training, Job Satisfaction and Workplace Performance in Britain: Evidence from WERS 2004
Melanie K. Jones, Richard J. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane
published in: Labour, 2009, 23 (Special Issue), 139 - 175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3662
New Evidence on the Motherhood Wage Gap
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Jean Kimmel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3651
Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 105 (1), 138-140
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3629
When It's (Mostly) the Taking Part that Counts: The Post-Application Consequences of Employment Tribunal Claims
Stephen Drinkwater, Paul L. Latreille, Ben Knight
published as 'The post-application labour market consequences of employment tribunal claims' in: Human Resource Management Journal, 2011, 21 (2), 171-189
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3618
Graduate Employment in the UK: An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model
Suzanne Grazier, Nigel C. O'Leary, Peter J. Sloane
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3561
Pennies from Heaven? Using Exogeneous Tax Variation to Identify Effects of School Resources on Pupil Achievements
Torbjørn Haegeland, Oddbjørn Raaum, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (5), 601-614
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3555
Job Protection Legislation and Productivity Growth in OECD Countries
Andrea Bassanini, Luca Nunziata, Danielle Venn
revised version published in: Economic Policy, 2009, 24 (58), 349-402
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3551
The Economic Returns to a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada
Louis N. Christofides, Robert Swidinsky
published as "The Economic Returns to the Knowledge and Use of a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada" in: Canadian Public Policy, 2010, 36(2), 137-158
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3523
A Note on Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Further Evidence from German Survey Data
Christian Pfeifer
published as "Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from German Survey Data" in: Empirical Economics Letters, 2009, 8(3)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3502
Labor Market Policies, Institutions and Employment Rates in the EU-27
Riccardo Rovelli, Randolph Luca Bruno
published in: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2010, 48 (3), 661-685
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3478
The Treatment Effect, the Cross Difference, and the Interaction Term in Nonlinear “Difference-in-Differences” Models
Patrick A. Puhani
published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (1), 85-87
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3375
Wage Gaps Large and Small
Barry Hirsch
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2008, 74 (4), 915-933
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3305
Forced to Be Rich? Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Britain
Paul J. Devereux, Robert A. Hart
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(549), 1345-1364
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3176
Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies
Štepán Jurajda, Katherine Terrell
published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (2), 241–274
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3161
Labor Market Policies and Outcomes: Cross Country Evidence for the EU-27
Riccardo Rovelli, Randolph Luca Bruno
substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 3502
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3148
Testing Bounded Rationality against Full Rationality in Job Changing Behavior
Bruno Contini, Matteo Morini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3131
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Leaver Characteristics, Employment and Recidivism: An Analysis of Maryland and Missouri
Peter R. Mueser, David W. Stevens, Kenneth Troske
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3052
Comparative Advantage or Discrimination? Studying Male-Female Wage Differentials Using Displaced Workers
Astrid Kunze, Kenneth Troske
revised version published as 'Gender Differences in Job Search Among Young Workers: A Study using Displaced Workers in the United States', Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 82(1), 185-207.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2833
Be as Careful of the Books You Read as of the Company You Keep: Evidence on Peer Effects in Educational Choices
Giacomo De Giorgi, Michele Pellizzari, Silvia Redaelli
Revised version published as "Identifcation of Social Interactions through Partially Overlapping Peer Groups" in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2(2), 241-75
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2730
Sorting in the Labor Market: Do Gregarious Workers Flock to Interactive Jobs?
Alan B. Krueger, David A. Schkade
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43 (4), 859-883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2724
The Reliability of Subjective Well-Being Measures
Alan B. Krueger, David A. Schkade
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (8-9), 1833-1845
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2595
A Persistence Model of the National Minimum Wage
Melanie K. Jones, Richard J. Jones, Philip D. Murphy, Peter J. Sloane
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2365
Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey
Annette Bergemann, Gerard J. van den Berg
published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2008, 91/92, 385-408
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2318
Housing Satisfaction, Homeownership and Housing Mobility: A Panel Data Analysis for Twelve EU Countries
Luis Diaz-Serrano
published as 'Mobility and housing satisfaction: an empirical analysis for 12 EU countries ' : Journal of Economic Geography, 2010, 10 (5), 661-683
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2302
Accident Risk, Gender, Family Status and Occupational Choice in the UK
Suzanne Grazier, Peter J. Sloane
published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(5), 938-957
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2292
Peers at Work
Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moretti
published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (1), 112-145
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2201
Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Entrepreneurship Revisited
Robert W. Fairlie, Harry A. Krashinsky
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (2), 279-306
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2175
Rottenberg and the Economics of Sport after 50 Years: An Evaluation
Peter J. Sloane
published in Rodriguez P., Kesenne S. and Garcia J (eds.), Sports Economics after Fifty Years: Essays in Honour of Simon Rottenberg, University of Oviedo Press: 2006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2100
Before and After the Hartz Reforms: The Performance of Active Labour Market Policy in Germany
Lena Jacobi, Jochen Kluve
published in: Journal for Labour Market Research / Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung, 2007, 40 (1), 45-64
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2068
From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia's "Great Leap Forward"?
Paul Frijters, Bob Gregory
published in: The Economic Record, 82 (257) 2006, 207-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2020
The Impact of Group Membership on Cooperation and Norm Enforcement: Evidence using Random Assignment to Real Social Groups
Lorenz Götte, David B. Huffman, Stephan Meier
published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (2), 212-216
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2018
The Effectiveness of European Active Labor Market Policy
Jochen Kluve
revised version published as 'The effectiveness of European active labor market programs' in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 904-918
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2001
Performance Pay and Multi-dimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 556-590
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1881
Preferences, Gender Segregation and Affirmative Action
Peter J. Sloane, Suzanne Grazier, Richard J. Jones
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1690
The Dynamics of the National Minimum Wage: Transitions Between Different Labour Market States
Melanie K. Jones, Richard J. Jones, Philip D. Murphy, Peter J. Sloane
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1595
Social Pressure Influences Decisions of Individuals: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees
Thomas Dohmen
revised version published as 'The Influence of Social Forces: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees' in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46(3), 411-424
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1560
Are There Differences in the Health-Socioeconomic Status Relationship over the Life Cycle? Evidence from Germany
Keith A. Bender, Steffen Habermalz
published in: Labour, 2008, 22 (1), 107-125
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1549
The Changing Wage Return to an Undergraduate Education
Nigel C. O'Leary, Peter J. Sloane
published as 'The Wage Premium for University Education in Great Britain During a Decade of Change' in: Manchester School, 2011, 79 (4), 740 - 764
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