Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3967

Does Increasing Parents' Schooling Raise the Schooling of the Next Generation? Evidence Based on Conditional Second Moments

Lídia Farré, Roger Klein, Francis Vella

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74 (5), 676–690

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3886

So Many Rocket Scientists, So Few Marketing Clerks: Estimating the Effects of Economic Reform on Occupational Mobility in Estonia

Nauro F. Campos, Aurelijus Dabušinskas

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 25 (2), 261-275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3838

Repeated Job Quits: Stepping Stones or Learning about Quality?

Anne C. Gielen

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3801

Intergenerational Top Income Mobility in Sweden: A Combination of Equal Opportunity and Capitalistic Dynasties

Anders Björklund, Jesper Roine, Daniel Waldenström

revised version published as 'Intergenerational top income mobility in Sweden: Capitalist dynasties in the land of equal opportunity?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (5-6), 474-484

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3759

Intergenerational Education Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants

Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Wen-Hao Chen, Miles Corak

published in: Canadian Public Policy, 2013, 39 (S1), S107-S122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3735

What More Than Parental Income? An Exploration of What Swedish Siblings Get from Their Parents

Anders Björklund, Lena Lindahl, Matthew J. Lindquist

revised version published as 'What More Than Parental Income, Education and Occupation? An Exploration of What Swedish Siblings Get from Their Parents' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2010, 10 (1), Article 102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3709

Estimates of Intergenerational Elasticities Based on Lifetime Earnings

Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage, Arild Aakvik, Karl Jacobsen

published as 'Intergenerational Earnings Mobility Revisited: Estimates Based on Lifetime Earnings' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (1), 1 - 23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3630

The Causal Effect of Parent's Schooling on Children's Schooling: A Comparison of Estimation Methods

Helena Holmlund, Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2011, 49 (3), 615-651, revised version available here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3622

Intergenerational Persistence in Educational Attainment in Italy

Daniele Checchi, Carlo V. Fiorio, Marco Leonardi

published as 'Intergenerational persistence of educational attainment in Italy' in: Economics Letters, 2013, 118 (1), 229-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3578

The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession: Hysteresis and Heterogeneity in the Market for College Graduates

Philip Oreopoulos, Till von Wachter, Andrew Heisz

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (1), 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3571

The Nature of Occupational Unemployment Rates in the United States: Hysteresis or Structural?

Bertrand Candelon, Arnaud Dupuy, Luis A. Gil-Alana

published in: Applied Economics, 2009, 41, 2483-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3552

Ancestry versus Ethnicity: The Complexity and Selectivity of Mexican Identification in the United States

Brian Duncan, Stephen J. Trejo

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 29, 2009, 31-66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3547

Intermarriage and the Intergenerational Transmission of Ethnic Identity and Human Capital for Mexican Americans

Brian Duncan, Stephen J. Trejo

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (2), 195-227

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3469

Endogenous Reversals of Fortune

Mark Gradstein

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3324

Sectoral Transformation, Turbulence, and Labor Market Dynamics in Germany

Ronald Bachmann, Michael C. Burda

published in: German Economic Review, 2010, 11 (1), 37 - 59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3316

Occupational Attainment and Immigrant Economic Progress in Australia

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Economic Record, 2008, 84, S45-S56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3113

Temporary Help Agencies and the Advancement Prospects of Low Earners

Fredrik W. Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, Julia Lane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3106

Moving Down: Women’s Part-time Work and Occupational Change in Britain 1991–2001

Sara Connolly, Mary Gregory

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118(526), F52-F76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3101

Part-time Employment Can Be a Life-time Setback for Earnings: A Study of British Women 1975–2001

Sara Connolly, Mary Gregory

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61(S1), i76-97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3080

Return Migration, Investment in Children, and Intergenerational Mobility: Comparing Sons of Foreign and Native Born Fathers

Christian Dustmann

Published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43(2), 299 - 324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3074

Intergenerational Transmission of Language Capital and Economic Outcomes

Teresa Casey, Christian Dustmann

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43 (3), 660 - 687

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3037

Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries

Oddbjørn Raaum, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Eva Österbacka, Tor Eriksson, Markus Jäntti, Robin Naylor

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7 (2), Article 7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3000

Family Background and Income during the Rise of the Welfare State: Brother Correlations in Income for Swedish Men Born 1932-1968

Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, Matthew J. Lindquist

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93(5-6), 671-680

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2938

Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility

Seamus McGuinness, Mark Wooden

Published in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48(2), 265-286. doi:10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00557.x

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2932

Performance Pay, Training and Labor Mobility

Anne C. Gielen

revised version published as 'Profit Sharing for Increased Training Investments' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations. 2011, 49 (4), 643-665.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2895

Job Losses and Child Outcomes

Espen Bratberg, Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(4), 591–603

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2874

Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints and Start-up Costs

Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Thepthida Sopraseuth

published in: Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 2007, 28 (4), 637-674

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2865

Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003

Lex Borghans, Ben Kriechel

published in: Edward Lazear and Katryn Shaw (eds.), The Structure of Wages: An International Comparisons, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2802

The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes and its Implications for Female Labor Force Participation

Lídia Farré, Francis Vella

published in: Economica, 2013, 80 (318), 219-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2741

Unobserved Individual and Firm Heterogeneity in Wage and Tenure Functions: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

Thomas Cornelissen, Olaf Hübler

published in: German Economic Review, 2011, 12 (4), 469-489

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2735

Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (3), 1238–1260

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2676

Earnings and Occupational Attainment: Immigrants and the Native Born

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published as 'Earnings and Occupational Attainment among Immigrants' in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48 (3), 454 - 465

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2670

The International Transferability of Immigrants’ Human Capital Skills

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28 (2), 162-169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2665

Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents

Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, Gary Solon

published in: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7 (2), Article 4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2664

Occupational Language Requirements and the Value of English in the U.S. Labor Market

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (1), 353-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2622

Worker Mobility, Displacement, Redeployment and Wage Dynamics in Italy

Bruno Contini, Claudia Villosio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2612

On the Emergence of Toyboys: Equilibrium Matching with Ageing and Uncertain Careers

Melvyn Coles, Marco Francesconi

published in: International Economic Review, 2011, 52 (3), 825-853

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2554

Accounting for Intergenerational Income Persistence: Noncognitive Skills, Ability and Education

Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg, Lindsey Macmillan

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (519), C43-C60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2537

Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity

Holger Bonin, Amelie F. Constant, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration , 2012, 1, Article 5

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2507

Selection Wages: An Example

Ekkehart Schlicht

substantially enlarged version published as 'Wage Dispersion, Over-Qualification, and Reder Competition' in: Economics e-Journal, 2007, 2007-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2485

How General Is Specific Human Capital?

Christina Gathmann, Uta Schönberg

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 28 (1), 1 - 49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2482

From No Pay to Low Pay and Back Again? A Multi-State Model of Low Pay Dynamics

Arne Uhlendorff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2476

Where to Work? The Role of the Household in Explaining Gender Differences in Labour Market Outcomes

Ralitza Dimova, Ira N. Gang, John Landon-Lane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2419

The Part-Time Pay Penalty for Women in Britain

Alan Manning, Barbara Petrongolo

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (526), F28-F51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2416

Estimates of the Effect of Parents’ Schooling on Children’s Schooling Using Censored and Uncensored Samples

Monique de Haan, Erik Plug

published as 'Estimating intergenerational schooling mobility on censored samples: consequences and remedies' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26 (1), 151–166,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2402

Do the Unemployed Become Successful Entrepreneurs? A Comparison between the Unemployed, Inactive and Wage-Earners

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (7), 604-626

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2380

The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (2), 645-677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2364

Real Wage Cyclicality of Female Stayers and Movers in Part-Time and Full-Time Jobs

Robert A. Hart

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2342

Part-time Work and Occupational Attainment Amongst a Cohort of British Women

Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2298

First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada

Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Arthur Sweetman

published as ''First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada' in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 27, 215-70.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2204

Education Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility: Evidence from the Finnish Comprehensive School Reform

Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, Sari Pekkala Kerr

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, 965-973

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2071

A Selection-Based Theory of the Transition from Employment to Entrepreneurship: The Role of Employer Size

Simon C. Parker

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. 1999

Native-Migrant Differences in Risk Attitudes

Holger Bonin, Amelie F. Constant, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (15), 1581-1586

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1993

Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility

Miles Corak

published in: Research on Economic Inequality, 2006, 13 (1), 143-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1971

Employees Who Become Self-Employed: Do Labour Income and Wages Have an Impact?

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

revised version published as 'The Best and the Brightest or the Least Successful? Self-Employment Entry among Male Wage-Earners in Sweden' in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40(1), 155-172

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1943

Intergenerational Mobility, Human Capital Transmission and the Earnings of Second-Generation Immigrants in Sweden

Mats Hammarstedt, Mårten Palme

revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1:4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1938

American Exceptionalism in a New Light: A Comparison of Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in the Nordic Countries, the United Kingdom and the United States

Markus Jäntti, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Eva Österbacka, Anders Björklund, Tor Eriksson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1906

Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity

Gabriela Schütz, Heinrich W. Ursprung, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61 (2), 279-308

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1766

Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility among Young Workers

Bernd Fitzenberger, Astrid Kunze

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2005, 21(3), 392-415

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1739

The Origins of Intergenerational Associations: Lessons from Swedish Adoption Data

Anders Björklund, Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121 (3), 999-1028

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1670

Age-Specific Cyclical Effects in Job Reallocation and Labor Mobility

Anne C. Gielen, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (4), 493-504

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1648

How Damaging Is Part-Time Employment to a Woman's Occupational Prospects?

Victoria L. Prowse

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. 1629

Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans

Brian Duncan, Stephen J. Trejo

published in: George J. Borjas (ed.), Mexican Immigration to the United States, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007, 229-267

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1623

State Dependence in a Multi-State Model of Employment Dynamics

Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1517

Intergenerational Mobility: Trends Across the Earnings Distribution

Espen Bratberg, Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage

published in: Industrial Relations, 2007, 46 (1), 112-129

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1496

The Impact of Parental Income and Education on the Schooling of Their Children

Arnaud Chevalier, Colm P. Harmon, Vincent O'Sullivan, Ian Walker

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 2:8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1285

Technical Change and the Wage Structure During the Second Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Merchant Marine, 1865-1912

Aimee Chin, Chinhui Juhn, Peter Thompson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1284

How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States

Ludger Woessmann

published in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2008, 78 (1), 45-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1194

Intergenerational Effects in Sweden: What Can We Learn from Adoption Data?

Anders Björklund, Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1189

Occupational Mobility and Wage Inequality

Gueorgui Kambourov, Iourii Manovskii

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2009, 76 (2), 731-759

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1169

Job Mobility along the Technological Ladder: A Case Study of Australia

Xin Meng, Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar, Cezary A. Kapuscinski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1153

Parental Education and Child's Education: A Natural Experiment

Arnaud Chevalier

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. 1080

Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and Unobserved Ability: Siblings Evidence from Five Countries

Anders Björklund, Bernt Bratsberg, Tor Eriksson, Markus Jäntti, Oddbjørn Raaum

published in: Industrial Relations, 2007, 46 (1), 171-202

IZA Discussion Paper No. 977

Family Income and Participation in Post-Secondary Education

Miles Corak, Garth Lipps, John Zhao

published in: Charles Beach, Robin Boadway and Marvin McInnis (eds.), Higher Education in Canada. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 975

Occupational Choice Across Generations

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (4), 299-317

IZA Discussion Paper No. 881

Worker-Job Matches, Job Mobility, and Real Wage Cyclicality

Robert A. Hart

published in: Economica, 2006, 73 (290), 287-298

IZA Discussion Paper No. 866

Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives

Amelie F. Constant

published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know, Oxford: OUP, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 797

Assessing Changes in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility

Espen Bratberg, Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage

published as 'Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in Norway: Levels and Trends' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2005, 107(3), 419-435

IZA Discussion Paper No. 773

Job Mobility in Britain: Are the Scots Different? Evidence from the BHPS

Axel Heitmueller

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 51(3), 329-358

IZA Discussion Paper No. 634

Doctors Without Borders: The Returns to an Occupational License for Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel

Adriana Kugler, Robert M. Sauer

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23 (3), 437-466

IZA Discussion Paper No. 612

A Matching Model of Crowding-Out and On-the-Job Search (with an Application to Spain)

Juan J. Dolado, Marcel Jansen, Juan F. Jimeno

published in: Economic Journal, (2009), 119, 200-228.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 452

Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Occupational Mobility: A Test of the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis

Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller

published in: International Migration Review, 2005, 39 (2), 332-353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 425

Successful Apprenticeship-to-Work Transitions: On the Long-Term Change in Significance of the German School-Leaving Certificate

Felix Büchel

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2002, 23 (5), 394-410

IZA Discussion Paper No. 424

Overeducation, Regional Labour Markets and Spatial Flexibility

Felix Büchel, Maarten van Ham

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2003, 53 (3), 482-493

IZA Discussion Paper No. 378

The Promise of Workplace Training for Non-College-Bound Youth: Theory and Evidence from German Apprenticeship

Damon Clark, René Fahr

IZA Discussion Paper No. 337

Overeducation and Skill Endowments The Role of School Achievement and Vocational Training Quality

Felix Büchel, Matthias Pollmann-Schult

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2004, 25 (2), 150-166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 335

Disaggregate Matching Functions

René Fahr, Uwe Sunde

revised version published as 'Occupational Job Creation: Patterns and Implications' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2004, 56 (3), 407-436

IZA Discussion Paper No. 288

Getting Ahead: The Determinants of and Payoffs to Internal Promotion for Young U.S. Men and Women

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2001, 20, 339-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 195

Overeducation, Undereducation, and the Theory of Career Mobility

Felix Büchel, Antje Mertens

published in: Applied Economics, 2004, 36 (8), 803 - 816

IZA Discussion Paper No. 184

Intergenerational Influences on the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance in Canada and Sweden

Miles Corak, Björn Anders Gustafsson, Torun Österberg

published in: Miles Corak (ed.), Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe. Cambridge University Press 2004

IZA Discussion Paper No. 158

Brother Correlations in Earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden Compared to the United States

Anders Björklund, Tor Eriksson, Markus Jäntti, Oddbjørn Raaum, Eva Österbacka

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 15 (4), 2002, 757-772

IZA Discussion Paper No. 106

Job Tenure of Two Cohorts of Young German Men 1979 - 1990: An analysis of the (West-)German Employment Statistic Register Sample concerning multivariate failure times and unobserved heterogeneity

Lutz Bellmann, Stefan Bender, Ulrich Hornsteiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 79

Entrepreneurship from Scratch: Lessons on the Entry Decision into Self-Employment from Transition Economies

John S. Earle, Zuzana Sakova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 58

Occupational Mobility of Ethnic Migrants

Thomas K. Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 57

Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Ira N. Gang, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2000, 35 (3), 550-569

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4

German Job Mobility and Wages

Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Ohashi, Isao/ Tachibanaki, Toshiaki (eds.), International Labour Markets, Incentives and Employment, Macmillan Press LTD, Houndsmills, 1998, 300-332