IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Kumbhakar, S.C., Sickles, R.C., Wang, H.J. (eds), Advances in Applied Econometrics. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, Springer, Cham, 2024, 55, 239 - 258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14846

The (Alleged) Environmental and Social Benefits of Dynamic Pricing

Matthew Harding, Kyle Kettler, Carlos Lamarche, Lala Ma

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 205, 574-593

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14744

Learning-by-Doing and Productivity Growth among High-Skilled Workers: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks

Petter Lundborg, Stefan James, Bo Lagerqvist, Johan Vikström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14610

The Productivity Puzzle in Business Services

Alexander S. Kritikos, Alexander Schiersch, Caroline Stiel

published as 'The productivity shock in business services' in: Small Business Economics, 2022, 59 (3), 1273 - 1299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14287

Common Ownership of Competing Firms: Evidence from Australia

Andrew Leigh, Adam Triggs

published in: Economic Record, 2021, 97 (318), 333-349

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14082

The Impact of Regulation on Innovation

Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, John Van Reenen

published in: American Economic Review, 2023, 113 (11), 2894 -2936

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14058

Quality and Price Setting of High-Tech Goods

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Oleksandr Talavera, Nam Vu

published in: Economic Modelling, 2021, 98, 69 - 85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13953

Consequences of a Massive Refugee Influx on Firm Performance and Market Structure

Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Yusuf Kenan Bağır, Seyit Mümin Cilasun, Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 162, 103081.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13557

Rising Concentration and Wage Inequality

Matias Cortes, Jeanne Tschopp

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2024, 126 (2), 320-354

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12951

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Firms' Product and Labor Market Power

Sabien Dobbelaere, Quint Wiersma

published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2025, 34 (1), 210 - 233

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11857

Entry Barriers and the Labor Market Outcomes of Incumbent Workers: Evidence from a Deregulation Reform in the German Crafts Sector

Philipp Lergetporer, Jens Ruhose, Lisa Simon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11745

Firm Dynamics with Frictional Product and Labor Markets

Leo Kaas, Bihemo Kimasa

published in: International Economic Review, 2021, 62 (3), 1281-1317

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11379

Concentration in US Labor Markets: Evidence from Online Vacancy Data

José Azar, Ioana E. Marinescu, Marshall Steinbaum, Bledi Taska

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101886

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11011

Before It Gets Better: The Short-Term Employment Costs of Regulatory Reforms

Andrea Bassanini, Federico Cingano

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72 (1), 127-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10756

The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms

David Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence Katz, Christina Patterson, John Van Reenen

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135 (2), 645-709

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10539

Concentrating on the Fall of the Labor Share

David Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence Katz, Christina Patterson, John Van Reenen

published in: American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, 2017, 107(5), 180-185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10420

Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns

Giovanni Facchini, Yotam Margalit, Hiroyuki Nakata

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 141, 103959

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10006

Effects of Credit Supply on Unemployment and Inequality

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Elias Dinopoulos, Bulent Unel

revised version published in: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 2018, 100 (4), 345-362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9932

Energy Prices, Pass-Through, and Incidence in U.S. Manufacturing

Sharat Ganapati, Joseph S. Shapiro, Reed Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9740

Firm Dynamics and Employment Protection: Evidence from Sectoral Data

Anna Bottasso, Maurizio Conti, Giovanni Sulis

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 78, 35-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9455

Firm-Size Wage Gaps along the Formal-Informal Divide: Theory and Evidence

Binnur Balkan, Semih Tumen

published in: Industrial Relations, 2016, 55(2), 235-266

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9294

The Role of Establishments and the Concentration of Occupations in Wage Inequality

Elizabeth Handwerker, James R. Spletzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9270

Corruption in the Health Sector: Evidence from Unofficial Consultation Fees in Bangladesh

Wahid Abdallah, Shyamal Chowdhury, Kazi Iqbal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9260

Reducing Risks in Wartime Through Capital-Labor Substitution: Evidence from World War II

Chris Rohlfs, Ryan Sullivan, Thomas J. Kniesner

published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2016, 52 (2), 163-190.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9187

A Bitter Medicine? Short-term Employment Impact of Deregulation in Network Industries

Andrea Bassanini

Updated and replaced by "Before It Gets Better: The Short-Term Employment Costs of Regulatory Reforms", IZA Discussion Paper 11011, joint with F. Cingano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8416

Who Do Unions Target? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses

Emin Dinlersoz, Jeremy Greenwood, Henry R. Hyatt

published in: ILR Review, 2017, 70(3): 733-766

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8375

Market Design for Trading Commoditized Renewable Energy

Almas Heshmati, Shahrouz Abolhosseini

published in: The Development of Renewable Energy Sources and its Significance for the Environment, 2015, 107-118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8178

Entropy Methods for Identifying Hedonic Models

Arnaud Dupuy, Alfred Galichon, Marc Henry

published in: Mathematics and Financial Economics, 2014, 8 (4), 405-416

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8099

Learning-by-Doing in a Highly Skilled Profession When Stakes Are High: Evidence from Advanced Cancer Surgery

Daniel Avdic, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7991

The Firm Size Distribution across Countries and Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology

Markus Poschke

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2018, 10 (3), 1-41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7751

Research and Teaching in Higher Education: Complements or Substitutes?

Gil S. Epstein, Joseph Menis

published in: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Science, 2013, 3 (11), 614-632.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7718

Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy

A. Kerem Cosar, Nezih Guner, James Tybout

published in: American Economic Review, 2016, 106 (3), 625-63.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7241

Firm Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France

Luis Garicano, Claire Lelarge, John Van Reenen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7163

Competing with Asking Prices

Benjamin R. Lester, Ludo Visschers, Ronald P. Wolthoff

published in: Theoretical Economics, 2017, 12 (2), 731-770

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7146

Do Entrepreneurs Matter?

Sascha O. Becker, Hans K. Hvide

published as 'Entrepreneur Death and Startup Performance' in: Review of Finance, 2021, 26 (1), 163-185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6637

Survey of Models on Demand, Customer Base-Line and Demand Response and Their Relationships in the Power Market

Almas Heshmati

published in: Journal of Economics Surveys, 2014, 28(5), 862-888.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5511

Does Anti-Competitive Regulation Matter for Productivity? Evidence from European Firms

Jens Arnold, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Stefano Scarpetta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5452

Efficient Firm Dynamics in a Frictional Labor Market

Leo Kaas, Philipp Kircher

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2015, 105(10), 3030-60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5202

Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology

Markus Poschke

superseded by DP 7991.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4578

Cross-Country Differences in Productivity: The Role of Allocation and Selection

Eric Bartelsman, John C. Haltiwanger, Stefano Scarpetta

published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (1), 305-334

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4384

Subsidizing Firm Entry in Open Economies

Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97 (1), 258-271

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4221

How Does Entry Regulation Influence Entry into Self-Employment and Occupational Mobility?

Susanne Prantl, Alexandra Spitz-Oener

published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (4), 769-802

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4070

Restaurant Prices and the Minimum Wage

Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier, Hervé Le Bihan

published in: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2010, 42 (7), 1199-1234

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3863

Convergence in Institutions and Market Outcomes: Cross-Country and Time-Series Evidence from the BEEPS Surveys in Transition Economies

Pradeep Mitra, Alexander Muravyev, Mark E Schaffer

substantially revised version published as 'Labor reallocation and firm growth: benchmarking transition countries against mature market economies' in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3816

Who Becomes an Entrepreneur? Labor Market Prospects and Occupational Choice

Markus Poschke

published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (3), 693-710

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3334

Outsourcing and Technological Innovations: A Firm-Level Analysis

Ann P. Bartel, Saul Lach, Nachum Sicherman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3237

Credit Constraints as a Barrier to the Entry and Post-Entry Growth of Firms

Philippe Aghion, Thibault Fally, Stefano Scarpetta

published in: Economic Policy, 2007, 22, 731-779

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3164

Employment Protection, Firm Selection, and Growth

Markus Poschke

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2009, 56(8), 1074-1085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2913

Trade, Quality Upgrading and Wage Inequality in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector

Eric Verhoogen

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), 489-530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2746

Barriers to Entry, Deregulation and Workplace Training

Andrea Bassanini, Giorgio Brunello

revised version published as 'Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training: A theoretical model with evidence from Europe' in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (8), 1152-1176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2744

Defending Gibrat’s Law as a Long-Run Regularity

Francesca Lotti, Enrico Santarelli, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 32(1), 31-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2667

Entry, Exit and Productivity: Empirical Results for German Manufacturing Industries

Joachim Wagner

published in: German Economic Review 2010, 11(1), 78-85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2086

Reforms, Entry and Productivity: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Shagun Krishnan

published as 'Reforms and Entry: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector' in: Review of Development Economics, 2009, 13 (4), 658-672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1957

Product Markets and Paychecks: Deregulation's Effect on the Compensation Structure in Banking

Abigail Wozniak

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (2), 246-267

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1707

Job Creation and Job Destruction in Estonia: Labour Reallocation and Structural Changes

Jaan Masso, Raul Eamets, Kaia Philips

published in: H. Hannula, S. Radoševic and N. von Tunzelmann (eds.) , Estonia, the New EU Economy, Building a Baltic Miracle. Ashgate Publishing, 2006, pp. 105-142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1685

An Empirical Model of Growth Through Product Innovation

Rasmus Lentz, Dale T. Mortensen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1655

Revolutionary Effects of New Information Technologies

Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (509), F10-F28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1374

Microeconomic Evidence of Creative Destruction in Industrial and Developing Countries

Eric Bartelsman, John C. Haltiwanger, Stefano Scarpetta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1243

Creative Destruction and Transition: The Effects of Firm Entry and Exit on Productivity Growth in Estonia