IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'The Changing of the Guards: Can Family Doctors Contain Worker Absenteeism?' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (6), 1230–1239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7091

Absenteeism, Unemployment and Employment Protection Legislation: Evidence from Italy

Vincenzo Scoppa, Daniela Vuri

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 3:3

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7088

Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Work Absence among Managers in a German Company

Christian Pfeifer

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 61 (5), 523-536

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7010

The Economics of Grief

Gerard J. van den Berg, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (604), 1794 - 1832

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6919

Truth-Telling: A Representative Assessment

Johannes Abeler, Anke Becker, Armin Falk

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 113, 96-104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6916

Trust, Values and False Consensus

Jeffrey V. Butler, Paola Giuliano, Luigi Guiso

published in: International Economic Review, 2015, 56 (3), 889-915

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6782

Firm Insurance and Sickness Absence of Employees

Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen, Filip Pertold

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6777

Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence: Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform

Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 33, 13–25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6728

On-the-Job Learning and Earnings: Comparative Evidence from Morocco and Senegal

Christophe Jalil Nordman, François-Charles Wolff

published in: Region et Developpement, 2012, 35, 151-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6691

What is the Right Profile for Getting a Job? A Stated Choice Experiment of the Recruitment Process

Stefan Eriksson, Per Johansson, Sophie Langenskiöld

published in: Emperical Economics, 2017, 53, 803 - 826

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6640

Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind

Francisca M. Antman

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (4), 1187-1214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6636

Frictions and the Joint Behavior of Hiring and Investment

Eran Yashiv

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6604

The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-employed Workers

Olivier B. Bargain, Eliane El Badaoui, Prudence Magejo, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6539

Schooling and Voter Turnout: Is there an American Exception?

Arnaud Chevalier, Orla Doyle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6348

The Healthy Fright of Losing a Good One for a Bad One

Annalisa Cristini, Federica Origo, Sara Pinoli

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 59, 129-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6248

Agreement Theory and Consensus

Juan Carlos Candeal, Esteban Induráin, José Alberto Molina

published as 'The consensus functional equation in agreement theory' in: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2013, 228, 219-235

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6245

Sickness Absence and Local Benefit Cultures

Assar Lindbeck, Mårten Palme, Mats Persson

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (1), 49-78

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6044

Work-Related Health in Europe: Are Older Workers More at Risk?

Melanie K. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane, Anita Staneva

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2013, 88, 18-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6023

Severance Packages

Fabien Postel-Vinay, Hélène Turon

published as 'The Impact of Firing Restrictions on Labour Market Equilibrium in the Presence of On-the-job Search' in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (575), 31-61.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6005

Firms' Moral Hazard in Sickness Absences

René Böheim, Thomas Leoni

published in: Sandinavian Journal of Economics, 2020, 122(2), 553–581

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5941

The Effect of Variable Pay Schemes on Workplace Absenteeism

Konstantinos Pouliakas, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 36, 109-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5915

Can Compulsory Military Service Raise Civilian Wages? Evidence from the Peacetime Draft in Portugal

David Card, Ana Rute Cardoso

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (4), 57-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5904

Migration and Stratification

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Social Science Research, 2011, 40 (5), 1292 - 1336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5821

A Flexible Test for Present Bias and Time Preferences Using Land-Lease Contracts

Pieter A. Gautier, Aico van Vuuren

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5809

Job Anxiety, Work-Related Psychological Illness and Workplace Performance

Melanie K. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2016, 54 (4), 742 - 767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5808

Which Measures of Time Preference Best Predict Outcomes? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Lorenz Götte, Aldo Rustichini

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 84 (1), 308-320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5731

Severance Pay Programs around the World: History, Rationale, Status, and Reforms

Robert Holzmann, Yann Pouget, Milan Vodopivec, Michael Weber

published in: Robert Holzmann and Milan Vodopivec (eds), Reforming Severance Pay: An International Perspective,Washington, D.C.: The World Bank., 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5655

The Sick Pay Trap

Elisabeth Fevang, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (2), 305-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5645

Women and Power: Unwilling, Ineffective, or Held Back?

Pablo Casas-Arce, Albert Saiz

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123 (3), 641–669

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5560

Work Absenteeism Due to a Chronic Disease

Guy Lacroix, Marie-Ève Brouard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5520

The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament

Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 156(3-4), 653-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5379

Determinanten des Suchverhaltens von Arbeitslosen: Ausgewählte Erkenntnisse basierend auf dem IZA Evaluationsdatensatz

Marco Caliendo, Arne Uhlendorff

published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research, 2011, 44 (1-2), 119-125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5231

Der Institutionalisierungsprozess des Lohnarbeitsverhältnisses vom Ersten bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland

Michael Jan Kendzia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5231

Der Institutionalisierungsprozess des Lohnarbeitsverhältnisses vom Ersten bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland

Michael Jan Kendzia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5091

The Rise in Absenteeism: Disentangling the Impacts of Cohort, Age and Time

Erik Biorn, Simen Gaure, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1585-1608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5031

The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions: Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools

Kalena E. Cortes, Jesse Bricker, Chris Rohlfs

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions), 2012, 12(1): 1935-1682

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4927

Individual Determinants of Work Attendance: Evidence on the Role of Personality

Susi Störmer, René Fahr

published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (19), 2863-2875

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4760

Slip Sliding Away: Further Union Decline in Germany and Britain

John T. Addison, Alex Bryson, Paulino Teixeira, André Pahnke

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 58 (4), 490-518

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4734

An Inquiry into the Theory, Causes and Consequences of Monitoring Indicators of Health and Safety at Work

Konstantinos Pouliakas, Ioannis Theodossiou

revised version published as 'The Economics of Health and Safety at Work: An Interdisciplinary Review of the Theory and Policy' in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2013, 27 (1), 167 - 208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4624

Preferences and Beliefs in a Sequential Social Dilemma: A Within-Subjects Analysis

Mariana Blanco, Dirk Engelmann, Alexander K. Koch, Hans-Theo Normann

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, 87, 122–135.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4607

The Effects of a Sick Pay Reform on Absence and on Health-Related Outcomes

Patrick A. Puhani, Katja Sonderhof

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (2), 285-302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4502

The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation: Transitions between States and their Determinants. A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Great Britain

John T. Addison, Alex Bryson, Paulino Teixeira, André Pahnke, Lutz Bellmann

revised version published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 60 (2), 182-209.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4416

The Right Amount of Trust

Jeffrey V. Butler, Paola Giuliano, Luigi Guiso

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14 (6), 1155 - 1180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4381

Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind

Alison L. Booth, Yuji Tamura

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4240

The Anatomy of Absenteeism

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg, Simen Gaure

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (2), 277-292

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4199

A Sequential Malmquist-Luenberger Productivity Index

Donghyun Oh, Almas Heshmati

published as 'A sequential Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index: Environmentally sensitive productivity growth considering the progressive nature of technology ' in: Energy Economics, 2011, 32 (6), 1345 - 1355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4170

Biased Probability Judgment: Evidence of Incidence and Relationship to Economic Outcomes from a Representative Sample

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

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (3), 903-915

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4087

Measuring Trust: Experiments and Surveys in Contrast and Combination

Michael Naef, Jürgen Schupp

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4016

Volunteering and the State

Franz Hackl, Martin Halla, Gerald J. Pruckner

revised version published in: Public Choice,2012, 151 (3-4), 465 - 495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4006

Did British Women Achieve Long-Term Economic Benefits from Working in Essential WWII Industries?

Robert A. Hart

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3960

Sick of Your Colleagues' Absence?

Patrik Hesselius, Per Johansson, Peter Nilsson

published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2009, 7 (2–3), 1–12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3918

Worker Directors: A German Product that Didn't Export?

John T. Addison, Claus Schnabel

published in: Industrial Relations, 2011, 50 (2), 354-374

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3914

Who Makes a Good Leader? Social Preferences and Leading-by-Example

Simon Gächter, Daniele Nosenzo, Elke Renner, Martin Sefton

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50 (4), 867–879; 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00295.x

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3855

WTP vs. WTA: Christmas Presents and the Endowment Effect

Thomas K. Bauer, Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2012, 232 (1), 4 - 11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3850

A New Model of Wage Determination and Wage Inequality

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Rationality and Society, 2009, 21 (1), 113-168

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3850

A New Model of Wage Determination and Wage Inequality

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Rationality and Society, 2009, 21 (1), 113-168

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3749

Am I Missing Something? The Effects of Absence from Class on Student Performance

Wiji Arulampalam, Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith

revised version publishd in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (4), 363-375

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3677

Training, Job Satisfaction and Workplace Performance in Britain: Evidence from WERS 2004

Melanie K. Jones, Richard J. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane

published in: Labour, 2009, 23 (Special Issue), 139 - 175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3642

Georges Dionne, Benoit Dostie

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3533

Analysing the Gender Wage Gap Using Personnel Records of a Large German Company

Christian Pfeifer, Tatjana Sohr

published in: Labour, 2009, 23 (2), 257-282

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3302

Returns to Tenure or Seniority?

Ioan-Sebastian Buhai, Miguel Portela, Coen Teulings, Aico van Vuuren

published in: Econometrica, 2014, 82 (2), 705-730

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. 3171

On the Inverse Relationship between Unemployment and Absenteeism: Evidence from Natural Experiments and Worker Heterogeneity

René Fahr, Bernd Frick

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3122

Earnings-Tenure Profiles: Tests of Agency and Human Capital Theories Using Individual Performance Data

Xiao-Yuan Dong, Derek C. Jones, Takao Kato

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3040

Narrow Bracketing and Dominated Choices

Matthew Rabin, Georg Weizsäcker

published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (4), 1508-1543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2947

Worker Absenteeism in Search Equilibrium

Per Engström, Bertil Holmlund

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 109 (3), 439-467,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2875

The Economics, Technology and Neuroscience of Human Capability Formation

James J. Heckman

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007, 104 (33), 13250-13255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2820

Subjective Beliefs and Schooling Decisions

Christian Belzil

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2542

mhbounds - Sensitivity Analysis for Average Treatment Effects

Sascha O. Becker, Marco Caliendo

published in: Stata Journal, 2007, 7(1), 71-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2312

The Social Contract with Endogenous Sentiments

Matteo Cervellati, Joan Esteban, Laurence Kranich

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 95 (9-10), 612-627

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2225

Consensual and Conflictual Democratization

Matteo Cervellati, Piergiuseppe Fortunato, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2012, 12 (1), Article 33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2207

Biological Gender Differences, Absenteeism and the Earning Gap

Andrea Ichino, Enrico Moretti

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 183-218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2190

Economic, Neurobiological and Behavioral Perspectives on Building America's Future Workforce

Eric I. Knudsen, James J. Heckman, Judy L. Cameron, Jack P. Shonkoff

published in: World Economics, 2006, 7 (3), 17 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1981

Screening Disability Insurance Applications

Philip de Jong, Maarten Lindeboom, Bas van der Klaauw

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9(1), 106-129

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1935

The Returns to Seniority in France (and Why Are They Lower than in the United States?)

Magali Beffy, Moshe Buchinsky, Denis Fougère, Thierry Kamionka, Francis Kramarz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1873

Sensitivity of Propensity Score Methods to the Specifications

Zhong Zhao

revised version published in: Economics Letters , 2008, 98 (3), 309-319

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1802

Discrimination as a Competitive Device: The Case of Local Television News

Caitlin Knowles Myers

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2008, 8(1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1644

Do Financial Bonuses to Employees Reduce Their Absenteeism? Outcome of a Lottery

Wolter Hassink, Pierre Koning

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2009, 62 (3), 327 - 342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1620

The Determinants of Firm Performance: Unions, Works Councils, and Employee Involvement/High Performance Work Practices

John T. Addison

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 52 (3), 406-450

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1588

Some Practical Guidance for the Implementation of Propensity Score Matching

Marco Caliendo, Sabine Kopeinig

published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008, 22(1), 31-72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1586

Wage Growth and Job Mobility in the U.K. and Germany

Christian Dustmann, Sonia C. Pereira

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (3), 374 - 393

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1521

Interfirm Mobility, Wages, and the Returns to Seniority and Experience in the U.S.

Moshe Buchinsky, Denis Fougère, Francis Kramarz, Rusty Tchernis

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2010, 77 (3), 972-1001

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1512

The Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany: A Microeconometric Evaluation

Marco Caliendo, Reinhard Hujer, Stephan L. Thomsen

published in: Millimet, D., Smith, J. and Vytlacil, E. (eds.), Advances in Econometrics, Volume 21: Estimating and Evaluating Treatment Effects in Econometrics, 2008, 383-430,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1457

Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (4), 981-999

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1229

Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from an International Company

Axel Engellandt, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 241-257

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1145

On Representative Social Capital

Charles Bellemare, Sabine Kröger

published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (1), 183-202

IZA Discussion Paper No. 935

Performance, Seniority and Wages: Formal Salary Systems and Individual Earnings Profiles

Thomas Dohmen

published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (6), 741-763

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. 780

Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort

Axel Engellandt, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Labour Economics, 2005, 12 (3), 281-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 704

Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay

Michael R. Ransom, Ronald L. Oaxaca

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2005, 58 (2), 219-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 578

Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union

Ira N. Gang, Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, Myeong-Su Yun

revised version published as 'Changes in Attitudes toward Immigrants in Europe: Before and After the Fall of the Berlin Wall', in: Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Emerald, 2010, 649-676

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