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176 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17211
Directed Search, Wages, and Non-wage Amenities: Evidence from an Online Job Board
Veronica Escudero, Hannah Liepmann, Damian Vergara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17182
Work Meaningfulness and Effort
Femke Cnossen, Milena Nikolova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17093
Do Gig Workers Prefer Money to Flexibility? Insights from a Discrete-Choice Experiment in Malaysia
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Alyssa Jasmin, Amanina Abdur Rahman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17061
Work Schedules
Jed DeVaro
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17034
Union Bargaining Power and the Amenity-Wage Tradeoff
Lorenzo Lagos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16919
The Impact of Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers on Apprenticeship Training: A Comparative Study
Manuel Aepli, Samuel Mühlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Jürg Schweri, Felix Wenzelmann, Stefan C. Wolter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16900
Speeding Up on the Learning Curve: The Evaluation of Telework Following a Surge in Telework Experience
Eline Moens, Louis Lippens, Liam D'hert, Stijn Baert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16898
Bad Times, Bad Jobs? How Recessions Affect Early Career Trajectories
Parag Mahajan, Dhiren Patki, Heiko Stüber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16827
Does High Involvement Management Make You Work Longer? Insights from Linked Survey and Register Data
Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Ilari Ilmakunnas, Pekka Ilmakunnas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16701
Field of Study and Mental Health in Adulthood
Anders Stenberg, Simona Tudor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16663
Non-Wage Job Values and Implications for Inequality
Tobias Lehmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16656
Robots, Meaning, and Self-Determination
Milena Nikolova, Femke Cnossen, Boris Nikolaev
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16614
Anticipation Effects of EU Accession on Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes
Alberto Dalmazzo, Roberto Leombruni, Tiziano Razzolini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16610
Just Another Cog in the Machine? A Worker-Level View of Robotization and Tasks
Milena Nikolova, Anthony Lepinteur, Femke Cnossen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16560
So, Dear Applicant, Do You Mean Working from Home or Shirking from Home?
Eline Moens, Elsy Verhofstadt, Luc Van Ootegem, Stijn Baert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16555
Firm and Worker Responses to Extensions in Paid Maternity Leave
Cecilia Machado, Valdemar Neto, Christiane Szerman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16514
The Minimum Wage, Turnover, and the Shape of the Wage Distribution
Pierre Brochu, David A. Green, Thomas Lemieux, James Townsend
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16409
The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences
Iacopo Morchio, Christian Moser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16379
Non-monetary Interventions, Workforce Retention and Hospital Quality: Evidence from the English NHS
Giuseppe Moscelli, Melisa Sayli, Jo Blanden, Marco Mello, Henrique Castro-Pires, Chris Bojke
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16185
The Career Effects of Union Membership
Samuel Dodini, Kjell G. Salvanes, Alexander Willén, Li Zhu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16057
A Poisoned Gift? The Hireability Signals of an Income-Support Program for the Senior Unemployed
Axana Dalle, Philippe Sterkens, Stijn Baert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15775
Piecework and Job Search in the Platform Economy
Michele Cantarella, Chiara Strozzi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15758
Are Retirement Planning Tools Substitutes or Complements to Financial Capability?
Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff, Jiusi Xiao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15670
Households in Transit: COVID-19 and the Changing Measurement of Welfare
Laura Caron, Erwin R. Tiongson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15486
Personality Traits, Remote Work and Productivity
Nicolas Gavoille, Mihails Hazans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15480
Do Non-monetary Interventions Improve Staff Retention? Evidence from English NHS Hospitals
Melisa Sayli, Giuseppe Moscelli, Jo Blanden, Chris Bojke, Marco Mello
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15399
COVID-19 Private Pension Withdrawals and Unemployment Tenures
Tristram Sainsbury, Robert Breunig, Timothy Watson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15250
Gender, Financial Literacy and Pension Savings
Alison Preston, Robert E. Wright
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15020
Would Broadening the UI Tax Base Help Low-Income Workers?
Mark Duggan, Audrey Guo, Andrew C. Johnston
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14939
Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence
Mehrzad B. Baktash, John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 201, 276-291
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14831
Preferences, Selection, and the Structure of Teacher Pay
Andrew C. Johnston
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14812
Flexibility of Working Time Arrangements and Female Labor Market Outcome
Iga Magda, Katarzyna Lipowska
published in: J.A. Molina (ed.) Mothers in the Labor Market, Springer, May 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14808
The Value of Sick Pay
Abi Adams-Prassl, Teodora Boneva, Marta Golin, Christopher Rauh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14560
Temperature, Workplace Safety, and Labor Market Inequality
R. Jisung Park, Nora Pankratz, A. Patrick Behrer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14262
The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Employers: Evidence from New York
Ann P. Bartel, Maya Rossin-Slater, Christopher J. Ruhm, Meredith Slopen, Jane Waldfogel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14112
Wage Inequality and Labor Rights Violations
Ioana E. Marinescu, Yue Qiu, Aaron Sojourner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14089
The Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Parents' Labor Market Outcomes
Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13782
The Effects of International Scrutiny on Manufacturing Workers: Evidence from the Rana Plaza Collapse in Bangladesh
Laurent Bossavie, Yoon Y. Cho, Rachel Heath
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, 103107
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13779
Fired and Pregnant: Gender Differences in Job Flexibility Outcomes after Job Loss
Jordy Meekes, Wolter Hassink
published as 'Gender differences in job flexibility: Commutes and working hours after job loss' in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2022, 129, 1-15
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13729
The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
Laura Ehrmantraut, Pia Pinger, Renske Stans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13379
If Sick-Leave Becomes More Costly, Will I Go Back to Work? Could It Be Too Soon?
Olivier Marie, Judit Vall-Castello
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13330
The Finance of Unemployment Compensation and its Consequence for the Labor Market
Audrey Guo, Andrew C. Johnston
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13258
Integrating Social Insurance and Social Assistance Programs for the Future World of Labor
Robert Palacios, David A. Robalino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13244
Wages, Hires, and Labor Market Concentration
Ioana E. Marinescu, Ivan Ouss, Louis-Daniel Pape
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13132
Mandated Sick Pay: Coverage, Utilization, and Welfare Effects
J. Catherine Maclean, Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13121
Teacher Preferences, Working Conditions, and Compensation Structure
Andrew C. Johnston
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13117
Unemployment-Insurance Taxes and Labor Demand: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Administrative Data
Andrew C. Johnston
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13 (1), 266 - 293
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13112
What Makes Work Meaningful and Why Economists Should Care about It
Milena Nikolova, Femke Cnossen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12884
Minimum Wage Non-Compliance: Evidence from Ireland
Seamus McGuinness, Paul Redmond, Judith M. Delaney
published as 'Minimum Wage Non-Compliance' in: Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27 (20), 1663 - 1666
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12731
How Do Low-Income Enrollees in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces Respond to Cost-Sharing?
Kurt Lavetti, Thomas DeLeire, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2023, 90 (1), 155 - 183
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12497
Who Is a Passive Saver under Opt-In and Auto-Enrollment?
Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 173, 301-321
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12384
The Detrimental Effect of Job Protection on Employment: Evidence from France
Pierre Cahuc, Franck Malherbet, Julien Prat
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12322
The Effects of Work-Life Benefits on Employment Outcomes in Canada: A Multivariate Analysis
Tony Fang, Byron Lee, Andrew R. Timming, Di Fan
published in: Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations, 2019, 74(2), 323-351.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12303
Do Employee Share Owners Face Too Much Financial Risk?
Douglas L. Kruse, Joseph Blasi, Dan Weltmann, Saehee Kang, Jung Ook Kim, William Castellano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12290
Opting out of Workers' Compensation: Non-Subscription in Texas and Its Effects
Lu Jinks, Thomas J. Kniesner, John D. Leeth, Anthony T. Lo Sasso
published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2020, 60(1), 53-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12262
Voluntary Job Separations and Traditional versus Flexible Workplace Saving Plans: Evidence from Canada
Tony Fang, Derek Messacar
published in: Canadian Public Policy, 2019, 45 (2), 239-261.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12248
Language Premium Myth or Fact: Evidence from Migrant Workers of Guangdong, China
Xiahai Wei, Tony Fang, Yang Jiao, Jiahui Li
published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2019, 40, 356–386.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12188
The Determinants of Retirement Planning within Couples in Ireland
Karina Doorley, Anne Nolan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12187
Financial Literacy and Preparation for Retirement
Anne Nolan, Karina Doorley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12121
What Aspects of Formality Do Workers Value? Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Bangladesh
Minhaj Mahmud, Italo A. Gutierrez, Krishna B. Kumar, Shanthi Nataraj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12089
Labor-Market Concentration and Labor Compensation
Yue Qiu, Aaron Sojourner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12064
Employer and Employee Preferences for Worker Benefits: Evidence from a Matched Survey on the Bangladesh Informal Sector
Krishna B. Kumar, Minhaj Mahmud, Shanthi Nataraj, Yoon Y. Cho
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11882
Unequal Use of Social Insurance Benefits: The Role of Employers
Sarah Bana, Kelly Bedard, Maya Rossin-Slater, Jenna Stearns
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11615
State Substitution for the Trade Union Good: The Case of Paid Holiday Entitlements
John Forth, Alex Bryson
published in: Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2019, 2 (1), 5 - 23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11538
Less Is Not More: Information Presentation Complexity and 401(k) Planning Choices
Eric Cardella, Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Michael Parent
published online as 'Less is not more: 401(k) plan information and retirement planning choices' in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 07 December 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11311
New Evidence on Cyclical Variation in Labor Costs in the U.S.
Grace Weishi Gu, Eswar Prasad
forthcoming in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11222
Does Sick Pay Affect Workplace Absence?
Alex Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2019, (47), 227-252
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11152
The Effect of Ideological Positions on Job Market Interaction
Anat Alexandron-Lavon, Gil S. Epstein, Renana Lindner Pomerantz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11068
Employer-Provided Severance Pay: The Emergence of Job Displacement Insurance, 1930–1954
Donald O. Parsons
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11067
Voluntary Employer-Provided Severance Pay
Donald O. Parsons
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10894
The Role of the Housing Market in Workers' Resilience to Job Displacement after Firm Bankruptcy
Jordy Meekes, Wolter Hassink
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 109, 41-65
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10875
Working from Home and the Willingness to Accept a Longer Commute
Duco de Vos, Evert J. Meijers, Maarten van Ham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10840
Pension Rules and Labour Market Mobility
Marloes Lammers, Hans Bloemen, Stefan Hochguertel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10363
The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Long-term Consequences of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Savings of European Households
Viola Angelini, Marco Bertoni, Luca Stella, Christoph T. Weiss
published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 119, 97-113
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10256
Dynamics in Health and Employment: Evidence from Indonesia
Subha Mani, Sophie Mitra, Usha Sambamoorthi
published in World Development, 2018, 104: 297-309.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9975
Estimation of a Roy/Search/Compensating Differential Model of the Labor Market
Christopher Taber, Rune Majlund Vejlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9936
Who Wins? Evaluating the Impact of UK Public Sector Pension Scheme Reforms
Alexander M. Danzer, Peter Dolton, Chiara Rosazza Bondibene
published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2016, 237, 38-46
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9867
Labor Market Effects of US Sick Pay Mandates
Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (2), 611-659
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9709
Profiling the US Sick Leave Landscape
Philip Susser, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
short version published in: Health Services Research, 2016, 51 (6), 2305-2317
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. 9592
Fear of Labor Rigidities: The Role of Expectations on Employment Growth in Peru
Pablo Lavado, Gustavo Yamada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9527
Wage Dispersion and Search Behavior
Robert E. Hall, Andreas I. Mueller
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126 (4), 1594-1637
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9363
Ten Facts You Need To Know About Hiring
Samuel Mühlemann, Mirjam Strupler Leiser
published as "Hiring costs and labor market tightness" in: Labour Economics, 2018, 52, 122-131.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9324
The Affordable Care Act and the Growth of Involuntary Part-Time Employment
William E. Even, David A. Macpherson
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Relations, first published online September 4, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9292
Health Insurance Benefit Mandates and the Firm-Size Distribution
James Bailey, Douglas A. Webber
published in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2018, 85 (2), 577-595
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9153
Labor Supply and Productivity Responses to Non-Salary Benefits: Do They Work? If So, at What Level Do They Work Best?
Marilyn Spencer, Deniz Gevrek, Valrie Chambers, Randall Bowden
published in: Personnel Review, 2016, 45 (5), 1047-1068
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9114
Do Employment Protection Reforms Affect Well-Being?
Vanessa Dräger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8989
Is There a Link Between Employer-Provided Health Insurance and Job Mobility? Evidence from Recent Micro Data
Benjamin W. Chute, Phanindra V. Wunnava
published in: Open Journal of Human Resource Management, 2018, 1 (1), 38 - 52
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8850
The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: A Method to Test for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior
Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published as 'The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Noncontagious Absenteeism Behavior' in:Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 156, 14-33
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8807
Automatic Enrollment, Employer Match Rates and Employee Compensation in 401(k) Plans
Barbara A. Butrica, Nadia S Karamcheva
published in: Monthly Labor Review, May 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8702
Paying for Others' Protection: Causal Evidence on Wages in a Two-Tier System
Mario Centeno, Alvaro A. Novo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8449
Evaluating Workplace Mandates with Flows versus Stocks: An Application to California Paid Family Leave
Mark Curtis, Barry Hirsch, Mary C. Schroeder
revised version published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 83 (2), 501-526
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8422
Mandated versus Negotiated Severance Pay
Stéphane Auray, Samuel Danthine, Markus Poschke
published as 'Understanding the Determination of Severance Pay: Mandates, Bargaining, and Unions' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2020, 122 (3), 1073 - 1111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8304
Flexible Working and Couples' Coordination of Time Schedules
Mark L. Bryan, Almudena Sevilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8297
Workplace Health Promotion and Labour Market Performance of Employees
Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015,43, 170-189
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8190
Availability of Family-Friendly Work Practices and Implicit Wage Costs: New Evidence from Canada
Ali Fakih
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7808
Replacing Churches and Mason Lodges? Tax Exemptions and Rural Development
Luc Behaghel, Adrien Lorenceau, Simon Quantin
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 125, 1–15
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7663
Full Employment: A Distant Dream for Europe
Indermit Gill, Johannes Koettl, Truman Packard
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7656
The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
Samuel Mühlemann, Harald Pfeifer
published in: Industrial Relations, 2016, 55 (2), 193–218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7644
Job Satisfaction and Self-Selection into the Public or Private Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Natalia Danzer
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 57(C), 46-62.
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