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140 IZA Discussion Papers
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. 9373
Lifting the Iron Curtain: School-Age Education and Entrepreneurial Intentions
Oliver Falck, Robert Gold, Stephan Heblich
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2017, 17 (5), 1111–1148,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9261
Is Privatization Working in Ukraine? New Estimates from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Data, 1989-2013
J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Solomiya Shpak, Volodymyr Vakhitov
published as 'Is Privatization Working in Ukraine?' in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2019, 61 (1), 1 - 35
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9055
Life Satisfaction in Germany after Reunification: Additional Insights on the Pattern of Convergence
Christian Pfeifer, Inna Petrunyk
published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2016, 236 (2), 217-239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8895
The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure
Marta Lachowska, Michal Myck
revised version published in: American Economic Journal - Economic Policy, 2018, 10 (3), 284-308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8842
Do Negative Native-Place Stereotypes Lead to Discriminatory Wage Penalties in China's Migrant Labor Markets?
Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Rachel Connelly, Ngoc-Han Thi Tran
published in Handbook on Migration, Identity and Well-Being in China, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8735
College Expansion and the Marginal Returns to Education: Evidence from Russia
Olga Belskaya, Klara Sabirianova Peter, Christian Posso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8652
The Continued Search for the Solow Residual: The Role of National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Zoltan J. Acs, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz, László Szerb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8595
Mapping and Understanding Ethnic Disparities in Length of Schooling: The Case of Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2015, 124 (2), 517-535.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8354
New Evidence on the Relationship between Risk Attitudes and Self-Employment
Olga Skriabikova, Thomas Dohmen, Ben Kriechel
published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 176-184
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8244
Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato
published in China Economic Review, 2014, 30, 419-431
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7860
The RUMiC Longitudinal Survey: Fostering Research on Labor Markets in China
Mehtap Akgüç, Corrado Giulietti, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:5,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7821
Asset Stripping, Rule of Law and Firm Survival: The Hoff-Stiglitz Model and Mass Privatization in Montenegro
Matjaž Koman, Milan Lakičević, Janez Prašnikar, Jan Svejnar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7798
Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China
Belton M. Fleisher, William H. McGuire, Adam Nicholas Smith, Mi Zhou
published as 'Knowledge capital, innovation, and growth in China' in: Journal of Asian Economics, 2015, 39, 31-42.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7636
Corruption, Networking and Foreign Ownership: Recent Evidence from CEE Countries
Sarmistha Pal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7461
Gender Differences in Earnings and Labor Supply in Early Career: Evidence from Kosovo's School-to-Work Transition Survey
Francesco Pastore, Sarosh Sattar, Erwin R. Tiongson
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2013, 2:5
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7370
Showing Off to the New Neighbors? Income, Socioeconomic Status and Consumption Patterns of Internal Migrants
Alexander M. Danzer, Barbara Dietz, Kseniia Gatskova, Achim Schmillen
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42(1), 230-245
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7318
Post-Socialist Transition and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education in Kyrgyzstan
Tilman Brück, Damir Esenaliev
published in: Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2018, 26 (1), 61 - 89
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7196
China's Life Satisfaction, 1990-2010
Richard A. Easterlin, Robson Morgan, Maggie Switek, Fei Wang
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109 (25), 9775-9780
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6907
Intergenerational Income Persistency in Urban China
Deng Quheng, Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2013, 59 (3), 416-436
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6783
The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's Mortality Crisis
Jay Bhattacharya, Christina Gathmann, Grant Miller
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 232-60
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6487
"I Wish I Had 100 Dollars a Month …" - The Intergenerational Transfer of Poverty in Mongolia
Francesco Pastore
substantially revised version published as 'I wish I had 100 dollars a month…: The Determinants of Poverty in Mongolia' in: European Journal of Development Research, 2016, 28 (5), 934-956
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6417
Social Identity and Inequality: The Impact of China's Hukou System
Farzana Afridi, Sherry Xin Li, Yufei Ren
published in Journal of Public Economics,Vol. 123, March 2015: 17-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6289
Economic and Spatial Determinants of Interregional Migration in Kazakhstan
Alisher Aldashev, Barbara Dietz
published in: Economic Systems, 2014, 38 (3) 379-396
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5836
Did Growth and Reforms Increase Citizens' Support for the Transition?
Roberto Golinelli, Riccardo Rovelli
revised version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 30, 112-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5610
Can Economic Crises Be Good for Your Diet?
Ralitza Dimova, Ira N. Gang, Monnet Benoit Patrick Gbakou, Daniel Hoffman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5509
Too Low to Be True: The Use of Minimum Thresholds to Fight Tax Evasion
Mirco Tonin
published in: Clemens Fuest and George R. Zodrow (eds.), Critical Issues in Taxation and Development, Cambridge (MA), MIT press, 2013
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5504
Institutions and Entry: A Cross-Regional Analysis in Russia
Randolph Luca Bruno, Maria Bytchkova, Saul Estrin
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (5), 1740-1749
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5499
Labor Supply and Consumption Smoothing When Income Shocks Are Non-Insurable
Alexander M. Danzer
revised version published as 'Can Secondary Jobs Smooth Consumption? Evidence from Unanticipated Wage Arrears' in: Economic Development and Cultural Changes, 2019, 67 (3), 571-594.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5194
The Lasting Impact of Mothers' Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine
Seonghoon Kim, Deng Quheng, Belton M. Fleisher, Shi Li
published in: Word Development, 2014, 54, 232-242
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5052
Size Matters: Entrepreneurial Entry and Government
Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz
published in: Small Business Economics, 2012, 39 (1), 119-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4919
Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007
Xin Meng, Kailing Shen, Sen Xue
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41 (1), 227–244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4888
Children's Schooling and Parental Migration: Empirical Evidence on the
Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Lucia Mangiavacchi
published in: Labour, 2010, 24 (s1), 76 - 92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4668
Land Rights Insecurity and Temporary Migration in Rural China
Maëlys de la Rupelle, Deng Quheng, Shi Li, Thomas Vendryes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4572
Public Infrastructure, Location of Private Schools and Primary School Attainment in an Emerging Economy
Sarmistha Pal
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (5), 783-794
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4483
Prospective NATO or EU Membership and Institutional Change in Transition Countries
Ansgar H. Belke, Ingo Bordon, Inna Melnykovska, Rainer Schweickert
published in: Economics of Transition, 2011, 19 (4), 667-692
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4480
The Gender Gap in Early Career in Mongolia
Francesco Pastore
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31 (2), 188-207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4381
Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind
Alison L. Booth, Yuji Tamura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4224
Transition Fatigue? Cross-Country Evidence from Micro Data
Riccardo Rovelli, Anzelika Zaiceva
substantially revised version published as 'Did Support for Economic and Political Reforms Increase During the Post-Communist Transition, and If So, Why?' in: The Economics of Transition, 2013, 21 (2), 193-240.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4123
Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?
Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz
published in: Grzegorz Kolodko and Jacek Tomkiewicz (eds.), 20 Years of Transformation: Achievements, Problems and Perspectives, New York: Nova, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3979
Cream-Skimmer or Underdog? Labor Type Selectivity, Pre-Program Wage, and Rural Labor Training Program Outcome
Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3958
Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness
J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Scott Gehlbach
published in: American Political Science Review, 2009, 103(2), 264-283
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. 3843
Rank, Income and Income Inequality in Urban China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: China Economic Review, 2009, 20 (3), 497-507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3730
Tournaments and Managerial Incentives in China's Listed Firms: New Evidence
Takao Kato, Cheryl Long
published in: China Economic Review, 2011, 22 (1), 1-10 (lead article)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3724
Institutional Determinants of New Firm Entry in Russia: A Cross Regional Analysis
Randolph Luca Bruno, Maria Bytchkova, Saul Estrin
substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 5504
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3688
Employment and Wage Effects of Privatization: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(545), 683-708
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3621
Regional Price Differences in Urban China 1986-2001: Estimation and Implication
Cathy Honge Gong, Xin Meng
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3454
The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition
Simon Appleton, John Knight, Lina Song, Qingjie Xia
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45, (2), 256-275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3282
Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Yegor Grygorenko
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2008, 36 (1), 17-42
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