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113 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7443
Incidence of Strict Quality Standards: Protection of Consumers or Windfall for Professionals?
Daiji Kawaguchi, Tetsushi Murao, Ryo Kambayashi
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57, 195-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7112
How do Principals Assign Students to Teachers? Finding Evidence in Administrative Data and the Implications for Value-added
Steven G. Dieterle, Cassandra M. Guarino, Mark D. Reckase, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015, 34 (1), 461-480
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7018
The Decline of Professional Football in Italy
Tito Boeri, Battista Severgnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6990
Where Do New Ph.D. Economists Go? Evidence from Recent Initial Job Placements
Jihui Susan Chen, Qihong Liu, Sherrilyn M. Billger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6960
Fame and the Fortune of Academic Economists: How the Market Rewards Influential Research in Economics
Christiana E. Hilmer, Michael J. Hilmer, Michael R. Ransom
revised version published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 82(2), 430–452
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6885
Why Do Women Leave Science and Engineering?
Jennifer Hunt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6884
The Impact of Managerial Change on Performance: The Role of Team Heterogeneity
Sandra Hentschel, Gerd Muehlheusser, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Economic Inquiry 54(2), 1128-119, 2016
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6821
The Role of Connections in Academic Promotions
Natalia Zinovyeva, Manuel Bagues
published in: American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, 2015, 7 (2), 264-292
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6806
Evolution of Teachers' Salaries in Latin America at the Turn of the 20th Century: How Much Are They (Under or Over) Paid?
Alejandra Mizala, Hugo R. Nopo
published in: International Journal of Educational Development, 2016, 47, 20-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6602
Can Value-Added Measures of Teacher Performance Be Trusted?
Cassandra M. Guarino, Mark D. Reckase, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2015, 10 (1), 117-156
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6444
Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records
Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6353
To Be or Not to Be... a Scientist?
Arnaud Chevalier
(Forthcoming in: Research in Labor Economics, 2016)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6100
Anonymous Job Applications of Fresh Ph.D. Economists
Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 117 (2), 441-444 [Open Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5984
A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market (2011-2012 Edition)
John Cawley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5951
Are Occupations Paid What They Are Worth? An Econometric Study of Occupational Wage Inequality and Productivity
Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx
published in: De Economist, 2012, 160 (3), 257-287
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5947
Teachers' Salaries in Latin America: How Much Are They (Under or Over) Paid?
Alejandra Mizala, Hugo R. Nopo
published in: International Journal of Educational Development, 2016, 47, 20-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5831
Bias in the Legal Profession: Self-Assessed versus Statistical Measures of Discrimination
Heather Antecol, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Eric Helland
published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2014, 43(2), 323-357
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5695
Productivity, Wages, and Marriage: The Case of Major League Baseball
Francesca Cornaglia, Naomi E. Feldman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5538
Wage Premia for Newly Hired Employees: Theory and Evidence
Patrick Kampkötter, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 31, 45–60
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5505
Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market
Morris M. Kleiner, Alan B. Krueger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5188
Labour Supply, Work Effort and Contract Choice: Theory and Evidence on Physicians
Bernard Fortin, Nicolas Jacquemet, Bruce S. Shearer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5110
Germany's Next Top Manager: Does Personality Explain the Gender Career Gap?
Simon Fietze, Elke Holst, Verena Tobsch
published in: management revue - The international Review of Management Studies, 2011, 22 (3), 240-273 [link]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4970
Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the "Dying Seconds" of International Football Matches
Jan C. van Ours, Martin A. van Tuijl
published in: International Journal of Sport Finance, 2011, 6 (2), 138-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4870
What Makes a Good Conference? Analysing the Preferences of Labor Economists
Lex Borghans, Margo Romans, Jan Sauermann
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (5), 868-874
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4771
Do Women Manage Smaller Funds?
Olaf Hübler, Lukas Menkhoff
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 58 (1), 107-126
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4664
Do Trustees and Administrators Matter? Diversifying the Faculty Across Gender Lines
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, George H. Jakubson, Mirinda L. Martin, Joyce B. Main, Thomas Eisenberg
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (1), 9-18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4628
Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees
Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Justin van der Sluis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4460
Apprenticeship Training and the Business Cycle
Samuel Mühlemann, Stefan C. Wolter, Adrian Wüest
published in: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2009, 1(2), 173-186
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4325
Monitoring Job Offer Decisions, Punishments, Exit to Work, and Job Quality
Gerard J. van den Berg, Johan Vikström
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 116 2014, 284-334
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4220
From the Dual Apprenticeship System to a Dual Labor Market? The German High-Skill Equilibrium and the Service Economy
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3899
Strike Three: Umpires' Demand for Discrimination
Christopher A. Parsons, Johan Sulaeman, Michael C. Yates, Daniel S. Hamermesh
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (4), 1410-1435
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3898
Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA
Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimaraes, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: Scientometrics, 2010, 84 (3), 621-637
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3833
Underpaid or Overpaid? Wage Analysis for Nurses Using Job and Worker Attributes
Barry Hirsch, Edward J. Schumacher
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2012, 78 (4), 1096-1119.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3648
If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees
Joop Hartog, Mirjam C. van Praag, Justin van der Sluis
published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2010, 19 (4), 947-989
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3465
Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training: A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland
Regina Dionisius, Samuel Mühlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Günter Walden, Felix Wenzelmann, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2009, 55(1), 7-36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3419
Occupational Mismatch and Moonlighting among Spanish Physicians: Do Couples Matter?
Juan J. Dolado, Florentino Felgueroso
published in: Vázquez, P. (Ed.) La Feminización de las Profesiones Sanitarias, (2010) Fundación BBVA.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3384
The Rise and Fall of the American Jewish PhD
Barry R. Chiswick
published in: Contemporary Jewry, 2009, 29 (1), 67-84 (Marshall Sklare Memorial Lecture, Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, Toronto, December 2007)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3327
The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Application to Chess
Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3197
Why Develop Open Source Software? The Role of Non-Pecuniary Benefits, Monetary Rewards and Open Source Licence Type
Robert M. Sauer
published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2007, 23 (4), 605-619
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3058
Why Are the Returns to Education Higher for Entrepreneurs than for Employees?
Justin van der Sluis, Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2673
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
Mirjam C. van Praag, Bernard M. S. van Praag
published in: Economica, 2008, 75 (300), 782-796
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2021
Skill Transferability, Regret and Mobility
Lex Borghans, Bart H.H. Golsteyn
published in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (13), 1663-1678
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1656
Are Student Exchange Programs Worth It?
Dolores Messer, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Higher Education, 2007, 54 (5), 647-663
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1539
Returns to Skills and Personnel Management: U.S. DoD Scientists and Engineers
Michael Gibbs
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2006, 44(2), 199-214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1500
Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements
Joshua Angrist, Jonathan Guryan
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (5), 483-503
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1412
Incentives and Effort in the Public Sector: Have U.S. Education Reforms Increased Teachers’ Work Hours?
Christiana Stoddard, Peter J. Kuhn
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (1), 1-13
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1362
Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel: Endowments, Discrimination, and Selectivity
Shoshana Neuman, Ronald L. Oaxaca
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2005, 26(3), 217-236
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1302
Cyclicality and the Labor Market
Craig A. Gallet, John A. List, Peter F. Orazem
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2005, 72 (2), 284-304
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1120
Race, Performance, Pay and Retention among National Basketball Association Head Coaches
Lawrence M. Kahn
published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2006, 7 (2), 119-149
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1110
Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States: 1968-1993
Gueorgui Kambourov, Iourii Manovskii
revised version published as 'Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States, 1968 - 97' in: International Economic Review, 2008, 49 (1), 41-79
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