IZA Discussion Papers | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

Submission guidelines for authors

Subscribe to new paper alerts

Filter

Type

All

IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Policy Papers

IZA Standpunkte

IZA Research Reports

IZA Books

945 IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1313

A Pair-Wise Approach to Testing for Output and Growth Convergence

M. Hashem Pesaran

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 138 (1), 312-355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1312

Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models

Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27 (5), 1312-1325

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1308

Female Breadwinner Families: Their Existence, Persistence and Sources

Robert Drago, David Black, Mark Wooden

published in: Journal of Sociology, 2005, 41 (4), 343-362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1291

Labour Market Institutions and Wage Inequality

Winfried Koeniger, Marco Leonardi, Luca Nunziata

revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (3), 340-356

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1290

Does Employment Protection Reduce the Demand for Unskilled Labor?

Kirsten Daniel, W. Stanley Siebert

published in: International Economic Journal, 2005, 19 (2), 197-222

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1289

An Alternative Approach to Testing Dual Labour Market Theory

Andrey Launov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1263

Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality

Almas Heshmati

revised version published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1253

Geographic Labour Mobility and Unemployment Insurance in Europe

Konstantinos Tatsiramos

substantially revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22(2), 267-283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1248

The Consequences of ‘In-Work’ Benefit Reform in Britain: New Evidence from Panel Data

Marco Francesconi, Wilbert van der Klaauw

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42 (1), 1-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1213

The Societal Integration of Immigrants in Germany

Michael Fertig

published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang. (eds.): Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 375-400

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1212

Dynamics of Labour and Capital Adjustment – A Comparison of Germany and the Netherlands

Michael Polder, Sher Verick

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1205

The Effectiveness of Qualification Measures for Employed Workers – An Evaluation Study for Saxony

Michael Fertig

published in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (18), 2279–2301

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. 1185

Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus. First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Thorsten Schank, Claus Schnabel, Joachim Wagner

substantially revised version published as 'Do exporters really pay higher wages? First evidence from linked employer-employee data' in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72 (1), 52-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1164

To Teach or Not to Teach? Panel Data Evidence on the Quitting Decision

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1132

Non-Linearities in the Expansion of Capital Stock

Sher Verick, Wilko Letterie, Gerard A. Pfann

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72 (3), 263-280

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1124

Explaining the Growth of Part-Time Employment: Factors of Supply and Demand

Rob Euwals, Maurice Hogerbrugge

published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (3), 533-557

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1108

Real Time Econometrics

M. Hashem Pesaran, Allan Timmermann

published in: Econometric Theory, 2005, 21 (1), 212-231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1105

Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments

Thomas K. Bauer, Stefan Bender, Holger Bonin

published in: Economica, 2007, 74 (296), 804-821

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1079

Estimating the Probability of Leaving Unemployment Using Uncompleted Spells from Repeated Cross-Section Data

Maia Güell, Luojia Hu

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2006, 133 (1), 307-341

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1065

Identification and Estimation of Economic Models of Outmigration Using Panel Attrition

Charles Bellemare

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1061

The Dynamics of Local Employment in France

Pierre-Philippe Combes, Thierry Magnac, Jean-Marc Robin

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 56 (2), 217-43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1047

Transition Patterns for the Welfare Reliance of Low Income Mothers in Australia

Xiaodong Gong

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1042

Sequential Matching Estimation of Dynamic Causal Models

Michael Lechner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1011

Wage Dips and Drops around First Birth

Astrid Kunze, Mette Ejrnæs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 996

Bayesian Inference for Duration Data with Unobserved and Unknown Heterogeneity: Monte Carlo Evidence and an Application

M. Daniele Paserman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 994

School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias

Michael Fertig, Robert E. Wright

published in: Economics Letters, 2005, 88 (1), 109-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 974

Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? A Revised Version

Johannes Schwarze, Marco Härpfer

published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2007, 36 (2), 233-249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 922

Working Hour Arrangements and Working Hours – A Microeconometric Analysis Based on German Time Use Diary Data

Joachim Merz, Derik Burgert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 919

The Impact of Economic Integration on Employment – An Assessment in the Context of EU Enlargement

Michael Fertig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 915

Macroeconomic Impacts of ALMP on the Matching Process in West Germany

Reinhard Hujer, Christopher Zeiss

IZA Discussion Paper No. 902

Immigrant Job Search in the UK: Evidence from Panel Data

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price

published in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (507), F359-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 893

Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change

Klara Sabirianova Peter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 841

Skill-Biased Technical Change in U.S. Manufacturing: A General Index Approach

Badi H. Baltagi, Daniel P. Rich

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 126 (2), 549-570

IZA Discussion Paper No. 832

Joint Labour Supply Dynamics of Older Couples

Pierre-Carl Michaud

IZA Discussion Paper No. 812

German Works Councils in the Production Process

John T. Addison, Thorsten Schank, Claus Schnabel, Joachim Wagner

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften/Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2006, 126 (2), 251-283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 794

Investigating the Quitting Decision of Nurses: Panel Data Evidence from the British National Health Service

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price

published in: Health Economics, 2007, 16 (1), 57-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 791

Fixed-Term Contracts and the Duration Distribution of Unemployment

Maia Güell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 776

Determinants of Profit Sharing in the Finnish Corporate Sector

Laura Arranz-Aperte, Almas Heshmati

published in: Indian Economic Review, 2004, 39 (1), 55-79

IZA Discussion Paper No. 772