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139 IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5177

Stimulating Local Public Employment: Do General Grants Work?

Heléne Lundqvist, Matz Dahlberg, Eva Mörk

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5132

A Distributional Analysis of the Public-Private Wage Differential in India

Mehtabul Azam, Nishith Prakash

substantially revised version forthcoming in: Labour, 2015, 29 (4), 394–414

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4948

The Economic Crisis, Public Sector Pay, and the Income Distribution

Tim Callan, Brian Nolan, John R. Walsh

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 32, 207-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4909

Firm Ownership and Rent Sharing

Natália Pimenta Monteiro, Miguel Portela, Odd Rune Straume

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2011, 32 (3), 210 - 236

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4766

Managerial Talent, Motivation, and Self-Selection into Public Management

Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (9-10), 654-660

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4468

Endogenous Indoctrination: Occupational Choice, the Evolution of Beliefs, and the Political Economy of Reform

Gilles Saint-Paul

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 325 - 353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4401

Public Sector Employees: Risk Averse and Altruistic?

Margaretha Buurman, Robert Dur, Seth van den Bossche

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 83 (3), 279-291

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4400

Do Better Paid Politicians Perform Better? Disentangling Incentives from Selection

Stefano Gagliarducci, Tommaso Nannicini

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (2), 369-398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4386

Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota

Nishith Prakash

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4267

Causes and Consequences of a Father's Child Leave: Evidence from a Reform of Leave Schemes

Helena Skyt Nielsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4235

Pay for Politicians and Candidate Selection: An Empirical Analysis

Kaisa Kotakorpi, Panu Poutvaara

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (7-8), 877 - 885

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3941

Are Public Sector Workers Underpaid in Russia? Estimating the Public-Private Wage Gap

Vladimir Gimpelson, Anna Lukiyanova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3902

Politicians' Outside Earnings and Political Competition

Johannes Becker, Andreas Peichl, Johannes Rincke

published in: Public Choice, 2009, 140 (3-4), 379 - 394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3858

On the Determinants of Pay of CEOs in UK Public Sector Higher Education Institutions

Ray Bachan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3760

Privatization and Changes in the Wage Structure: Evidence from Firm Personnel Records

Blaise Melly, Patrick A. Puhani

published under revised title in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (4), 918-944

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3510

Marriage, Partnership and Sexual Orientation: A Study of British University Academics and Administrators

Alison L. Booth, Jeff Frank

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (4), 409-422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3503

Risk Aversion and Sorting into Public Sector Employment

Christian Pfeifer

published in: German Economic Review, 2011, 12 (1), 85 - 99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3427

Public Sector Pay Gap in France: New Evidence Using Panel Data

Olivier Bargain, Blaise Melly

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3385

Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector

Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45(4), 998-1045

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3373

The Impact of the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies in the UK

Peter Dolton, Gerry Makepeace

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3295

Outside Income and Moral Hazard: The Elusive Quest for Good Politicians

Stefano Gagliarducci, Tommaso Nannicini, Paolo Naticchioni

published as 'Moonlighting Politicians' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (9-10), 688-699

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3247

Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Almas Heshmati

published in: Heshmati, The Economy of Southern Kurdistan, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2311

The Looks of a Winner: Beauty, Gender and Electoral Success

Niclas Berggren, Henrik Jordahl, Panu Poutvaara

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (1-2), 8-15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2019

The Happiness Gains from Sorting and Matching in the Labor Market

Simon Luechinger, Alois Stutzer, Rainer Winkelmann

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 233–251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1964

Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction

Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2008, 24 (2), 476-488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1828

Public Sector Pay and Regional Competitiveness: A First Look at Regional Public-Private Wage Differentials in Italy

Carlo Dell’Aringa, Claudio Lucifora, Federica Origo

published in: Manchester School, 2007, 75 (4), 445-478

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1637

The Public Pay Gap in Britain: Small Differences That (Don't?) Matter

Fabien Postel-Vinay, Hélène Turon

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (523), 1460-1503

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. 1413

Why Is the Public Sector More Labor-Intensive? A Distortionary Tax Argument

Panu Poutvaara, Andreas Wagener

published in: Journal of Economics, 2008, 94 (2), 105–124

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. 1262

Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey

Aysit Tansel

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53 (2), 453-477

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1164

To Teach or Not to Teach? Panel Data Evidence on the Quitting Decision

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1041

The Public Sector Pay Gap in France, Great Britain and Italy

Claudio Lucifora, Dominique Meurs

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2003, 52(1), 43-59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 794

Investigating the Quitting Decision of Nurses: Panel Data Evidence from the British National Health Service

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price

published in: Health Economics, 2007, 16 (1), 57-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 733

Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland

Stefan C. Wolter, Stefan Denzler

published in: Brussels Economic Review / Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, 2004, 47 (3), 387-408