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139 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9385
Disentangling the Role of Contract Types and Sector Disparities for Public Service Motivation
Christian Grund, Kirsten Thommes
revised version published as 'The Role of Contract Types for Employees' Public Service Motivation' in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 2017, 18, 377-398
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9271
A Detailed Decomposition Analysis of the Public-Private Sector Wage Gap in South Africa
Prudence Magejo, Miracle Benhura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9203
Performance Standards and Employee Effort: Evidence from Teacher Absences
Seth Gershenson
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016, 35(3), 615-638
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. 8892
Compulsory Military Service and Future Earnings: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
Muhammad Asali
revised version published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2019, 30 (4), 402-420.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8859
Gender Differences in Attitudes Towards Competition: Evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification
Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa
published as 'Gender differences in the propensity to apply for promotion: evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69 (5), 986 - 1009.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8621
Teacher Pay and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018, 10(2): 249-276.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8315
The Public Sector Wage Premium in Spain: Evidence from Longitudinal Administrative Data
Laura Hospido, Enrique Moral-Benito
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 101–122, DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2016.08.001
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8268
Human Capital and the Size Distribution of Firms
Pedro Maia Gomes, Zoë Kuehn
Published in Review of Economic Dynamics, 2017, 26 , pp. 164-179.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8241
Yuan and Roubles: Comparing Wage Determination in Urban China and Russia at the Beginning of the New Millennium
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li, Ludmila Nivorozhkina, Haiyuan Wan
published in China Economic Review, 2015, 35, 248-265
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8239
Intrinsic Motivations of Public Sector Employees: Evidence for Germany
Robert Dur, Robin Zoutenbier
published in: German Economic Review, 2015, 16(3), 343-366
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8238
Are Public Sector Workers Different? Cross-European Evidence from Elderly Workers and Retirees
Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 4:11, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8159
The Lifetime Earnings Premium in the Public Sector: The View from Europe
Matt Dickson, Fabien Postel-Vinay, Hélène Turon
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 31, 141–161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8102
Candidates' Quality and Electoral Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections
Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola
published as 'Candidates' Education and Turnout: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections' in: German Economic Review, 2017, 18 (1), 22 - 50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8057
Opportunity Cost and the Incidence of a Draft Lottery
Paul Bingley, Petter Lundborg, Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen
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.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7973
A Comparison of Growth Percentile and Value-Added Models of Teacher Performance
Cassandra M. Guarino, Mark D. Reckase, Brian Stacy, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
published in: Statistics and Public Policy, 2015, 2(1), e1034820
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7935
Job Satisfaction and Public Service Motivation
Lutz C. Kaiser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7887
Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools
Cassandra M. D. Hart, Aaron Sojourner
Published in: Industrial Relations. 2015. 55(4): 422-448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7723
Incentives for Teacher Relocation: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41, 120-136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7676
Does the Precision and Stability of Value-Added Estimates of Teacher Performance Depend on the Types of Students They Serve?
Brian Stacy, Cassandra M. Guarino, Mark D. Reckase, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
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.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7573
Making Sense of Arab Labor Markets: The Enduring Legacy of Dualism
Ragui Assaad
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:6
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7524
The Effect of Public Wages on Corporate Compensation in Hungary
Álmos Telegdy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7500
Moonlighting Politicians: Motivation Matters!
Alessandro Fedele, Paolo Naticchioni
published in: German Economic Review, 2016, 17 (2), 127 - 156
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7313
An Anatomy of Public Sector Unions
Barry Hirsch
published in: Michael Green and Samuel Estreicher (eds.), The Challenge for Collective Bargaining: Proceedings of the NYU 65th Annual Conference on Labor, LexisNexis, 2013
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7152
Does the Military Train Men to Be Violent Criminals? New Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries
Peter Siminski, Simon Ville, Alexander Paull
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. 7091
Absenteeism, Unemployment and Employment Protection Legislation: Evidence from Italy
Vincenzo Scoppa, Daniela Vuri
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 3:3
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7058
Working for a Good Cause
Robert Dur, Robin Zoutenbier
published in: Public Administration Review, 2014, 74(2), 144-155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6738
Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, Marisa Ratto, Emma Tominey
forthcoming in: Economic Journal, 2016.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6653
Does It Pay to Be a Cadre? Estimating the Returns to Being a Local Official in Rural China
Jian Zhang, John T. Giles, Scott Rozelle
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40 (3), 337-356
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. 6563
Preferences and Skills of Indian Public Sector Teachers
Sonja Fagernäs, Panu Pelkonen
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2012, 1:3
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6534
The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel Data Evidence from South Africa
Andrew Kerr, Francis J. Teal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6525
Explaining Charter School Effectiveness
Joshua Angrist, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher R. Walters
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (4), 1-27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6449
The Regional Distribution of Public Employment: Theory and Evidence
Sebastian G. Kessing, Chiara Strozzi
revised and updated version published in: Regional Studies, 2017, 51 (7), 1100-1114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5949
Is Leisure a Normal Good? Evidence from the European Parliament
Naci Mocan, Duha T. Altindag
published in The Economic Journal, 2013, 123, 1130-1167.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5907
Comparative Essay on Returns to Education in Palestine and Turkey
Aysit Tansel, Yousef Daoud
published in: Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2014, 13, 347-378.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5825
The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Women's Labour Market Outcomes
Brindusa Anghel, Sara de la Rica, Juan J. Dolado
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5822
Unfit for Service: The Implications of Rising Obesity for U.S. Military Recruitment
John Cawley, J. Catherine Maclean
published in: Health Economics, 2012, 21 (11), 1348-1366
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5806
Career Changers in Teaching Jobs: A Case Study Based on the Swiss Vocational Education System
Stefanie Hof, Mirjam Strupler Leiser, Stefan C. Wolter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5656
Total Reward in the UK in the Public and Private Sectors
Alexander M. Danzer, Peter Dolton
published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (4), 584-594
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5537
Does Gender Matter for Academic Promotion? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
Natalia Zinovyeva, Manuel Bagues
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5520
The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch
revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 156(3-4), 653-676
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5513
The Right Look: Conservative Politicians Look Better and Their Voters Reward It
Niclas Berggren, Henrik Jordahl, Panu Poutvaara
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, 79–86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5349
Cronyism
Pedro S. Martins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5321
Fiscal Policy and the Labour Market: The Effects of Public Sector Employment and Wages
Pedro Maia Gomes
published as 'Optimal public sector wages' in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (587), 1425-1451.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5291
Teacher Pay, Class Size and Local Governments: Evidence from the Latvian Reform
Mihails Hazans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5288
Labour Market Impact of Large Scale Internal Migration on Chinese Urban 'Native' Workers
Xin Meng, Dandan Zhang
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