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197 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14712
Double-Edged Sword: Persistent Effects of Communism on Life Satisfaction
Vladimir Otrachshenko, Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14554
The Political Economy of Kazakhstan: A Case of Good Economics, Bad Politics?
Simon Commander, Ruta Prieskienyte
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14458
Calling Baumol: What Telephones Can Tell Us about the Allocation of Entrepreneurial Talent in the Face of Radical Institutional Changes
Alina Sorgner, Michael Wyrwich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14149
Temporary Overpessimism: Job Loss Expectations Following a Large Negative Employment Shock
Julian Emmler, Bernd Fitzenberger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13760
The Crisis and Job Guarantees in Urban India
Swati Dhingra, Stephen Machin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13740
The Role of Unemployment and Job Change When Estimating the Returns to Migration
Julian Emmler, Bernd Fitzenberger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13358
The Bonding Effect of Deferred Compensation: Worker Separations from a Large Firm in Early Transition Russia
Mikhail Ananyev, Thomas Dohmen, Hartmut Lehmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13103
Political Networks across the Globe
Simon Commander, Stavros Poupakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13039
Regional Convergence in Russia: Estimating a Neoclassical Growth Model
Hartmut Lehmann, Aleksey Oshchepkov, Maria Giulia Silvagni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13032
The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism
Sascha O. Becker, Lukas Mergele, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2020, 34(2), 143-171
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12984
Does Emigration Affect Pro-Environmental Behaviour Back Home? A Long-Term, Local-Level Perspective
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Kyklos, 2021, 74(1): 48-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12874
The Wage Premium of Communist Party Membership: Evidence from China
Hongjian Wang, Plamen Nikolov, Kevin Acker
accepted/forthcoming
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12818
The Employment Effects of Ethnic Politics
Francesco Amodio, Giorgio Chiovelli, Sebastian Hohmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12761
Former Communist Party Membership and Present-Day Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe
Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
forthcoming in: Small Business Economics [Link]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12234
Out-Of-Partnership Births in East and West Germany
Uwe Jirjahn, Cornelia Struewing
revised version by Uwe Jirjahn and Cornelia Chadi published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18 (3), 853-881
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12170
Labor Market Dynamics in Urban China and the Role of the State Sector
Shuaizhang Feng, Naijia Guo
revised version accepted by: Journal of Comparative Econoimcs
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12141
The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ready for Industry 4.0?
Wim Naudé, Aleksander Surdej, Martin Cameron
forthcoming in: Industry 4.0 and Engineering for the Future
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12046
The Race between Demand and Supply: Tinbergen's Pioneering Studies of Earnings Inequality
James J. Heckman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11883
Inequality, Reordering and Divergent Growth: Processes of Neighbourhood Change in Dutch Cities
Tal Modai-Snir, Maarten van Ham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11498
Political Connections and Firms: Network Dimensions
Maurizio Bussolo, Simon Commander, Stavros Poupakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11332
Return Migration and Self-Employment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Tilman Brück, Clotilde Mahe, Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11301
Job Market Outcomes of IDPs: The Case of Georgia
Karine Torosyan, Norberto Pignatti, Maksym Obrizan
Published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (3), 800-820
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11256
Informal Employment Relationships and the Labor Market: Is There Segmentation in Ukraine?
Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics 2018, 46 (3), 838-857
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11249
Labor Reallocation and Demographics
Joanna Tyrowicz
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46(1), pages 381-412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11219
The Roles of Increasing Inequality and Divergent Urban Development in Understanding Spatial Polarization in Tel-Aviv
Tal Modai-Snir, Maarten van Ham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11133
Adverse Welfare Shocks and Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Evidence from the Global Economic Crisis
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 293-311
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11076
Income Increase and Moving to a Better Neighbourhood: An Enquiry into Ethnic Differences in Finland
Maria Vaalavuo, Maarten van Ham, Timo M. Kauppinen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11058
Informal Search, Bad Search? The Effects of Job Search Method on Wages among Rural Migrants in Urban China
Yuanyuan Chen, Le Wang, Min Zhang
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (3), 837-876
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11056
Employment Discrimination in a Former Soviet Union Republic: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Muhammad Asali, Norberto Pignatti, Sophiko Skhirtladze
revised version published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (4), 1294-1309.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10980
Inequalities and Segregation across the Long-Term Economic Cycle: An Analysis of South and North European Cities
Tiit Tammaru, Szymon Marcińczak, Raivo Aunap, Maarten van Ham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10816
Industrial Espionage and Productivity
Albrecht Glitz, Erik Meyersson
published in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110 (4), 1055-1103
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10697
The Effects of Physical Restructuring on the Socioeconomic Status of Neighborhoods: Selective Migration and Upgrading
Merle Zwiers, Maarten van Ham, Reinout Kleinhans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10695
Structural and Exchange Components in Processes of Neighbourhood Change: A Social Mobility Approach
Tal Modai-Snir, Maarten van Ham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10440
Toothless Reforms? The Remarkable Stability of Female Labor Force Participation in a Top-Reforming Country
Norberto Pignatti, Karine Torosyan, Maka Chitanava
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10230
Earnings among Nine Ethnic Minorities and the Han Majority in China's Cities
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Xiuna Yang
published in Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, 2017, 22 (3), 525-546
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10160
Population Decline in Lithuania: Who Lives in Declining Regions and Who Leaves?
Rūta Ubarevičienė, Maarten van Ham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10139
Informal Employment in China: Trends, Patterns and Determinants of Entry
Zhe Liang, Simon Appleton, Lina Song
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10130
The Lasting Effect of Sex Ratio Imbalance on Marriage and Family: Evidence from World War II in Russia
Elizabeth Brainerd
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9890
Regulation and Firm Value: Curious Case of Transparency and Disclosure Laws in Russia
Suman Banerjee, Ronald Masulis, Sarmistha Pal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9636
Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev
published in: Journal of Happiness Studies [Online]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9603
Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: Increasing Separation between Poor and Rich
Sako Musterd, Szymon Marcińczak, Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9588
Worker Flows and Labour Market Adjustment during the Great Recession: Evidence from a Large Shock
Hartmut Lehmann, Tiziano Razzolini, Anzelika Zaiceva
thoroughly revised version published as 'The Great Recession and Labor Market Adjustment: Evidence from Latvia' in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2020, 62 (1), 149 - 181.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9484
Minding the Happiness Gap: Political Institutions and Perceived Quality of Life in Transition
Milena Nikolova
published in: European Journal of Political Economy [Online]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9466
What Do Unions Do in Times of Economic Crisis? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
Artjoms Ivlevs, Michail Veliziotis
published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 23 (1), 81-96
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9259
Does Foreign Entry Spur Innovation?
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9245
The Economic Costs of Mass Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany
Andreas Lichter, Max Loeffler, Sebastian Siegloch
substantially revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19 (2), 741 - 789
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9018
Are China's Ethnic Minorities Less Likely to Move?
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Xiuna Yang
published in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2015, 56 (1), 44-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9017
Happy Moves? Assessing the Link Between Life Satisfaction and Emigration Intentions
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Kyklos, 2015, 68(3), 335-356.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8919
United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany
Claus Schnabel
published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik), 2016, 236 (2), 157-180
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8882
Divided Cities: Increasing Socio-Spatial Polarization within Large Cities in the Netherlands
Merle Zwiers, Reinout Kleinhans, Maarten van Ham
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