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58 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15881
Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment: Thirty Years On
W. Bentley MacLeod, James Malcomson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15881
Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment: Thirty Years On
W. Bentley MacLeod, James Malcomson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15800
Highway to Hell? Interstate Highway System and Crime
Francesca Calamunci, Jakub Lonsky
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15641
Labor Market Concentration and Competition Policy across the Atlantic
Satoshi Araki, Andrea Bassanini, Andrew Green, Luca Marcolin, Cristina Volpin
forthcoming in: The University of Chicago Law Review.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15543
Nautical Patrol and Illegal Fishing Practices
Stephen Kastoryano, Ben Vollaard
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15359
The Welfare Effects of Law Enforcement in the Illegal Money Lending Market
Kaiwen Leong, Huailu Li, Nicola Pavanini, Christoph Walsh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14867
Rethinking Border Enforcement, Permanent and Circular Migration
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Brian Park
revised version published in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 108, 105733
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14252
Social Norms or Enforcement? A Natural Field Experiment to Improve Traffic and Parking Fine Compliance
Mathias Sinning, Yinjunjie Zhang
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14032
The Political Cost of Lockdown's Enforcement
Andrea Fazio, Tommaso G. Reggiani, Fabio Sabatini
revised version published as 'The political cost of sanctions: evidence from COVID-19' in: Health Policy ,2022, 126 (9), 872-878
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13930
Immigration Policy and the Rise of Self-Employment among Mexican Immigrants
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Magnus Lofstrom, Chunbei Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13908
Immigration Enforcement and Infant Health
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Brandyn F. Churchill, Yang Song
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13748
U.S. Immigration Policy and Immigrant Fertility
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Esther Arenas-Arroyo
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13698
Immigration Policy and Hispanics' Willingness to Run for Office
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Jose R. Bucheli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13360
Lending to the Unbanked: Relational Contracting with Loan Sharks
Kevin Lang, Kaiwen Leong, Huailu Li, Haibo Xu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12919
The Effect of Financial Constraints on In-Group Bias: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand
Suparee Boonmanunt, Stephan Meier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12876
Is Immigration Enforcement Shaping Immigrant Marriage Patterns?
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Esther Arenas-Arroyo, Chunbei Wang
forthcoming in: Journal of Public Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12863
Speed Limit Enforcement and Road Safety
Stefan Bauernschuster, Ramona Rekers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12721
Police Trust and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Immigration Policies
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Esther Arenas-Arroyo
Journal of Economic Geography, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12179
Slippery Fish: Enforcing Regulation under Subversive Adaptation
Andres Gonzalez-Lira, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12167
Understanding "Wage Theft": Evasion and Avoidance Responses to Minimum Wage Increases
Jeffrey Clemens, Michael R. Strain
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12083
Effect of Enforcement Shock on Pushers' Activities: Evidence from an Asian Drug-Selling Gang
Kaiwen Leong, Huailu Li, Haibo Xu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11893
Minimum Wage Competition between Local Governments in China
Yanan Li, Ravi Kanbur, Carl Lin
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55(12), 2479-2494
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11786
Exploiting the Unbanked: Evidence from Singapore's Unlicensed Moneylending Market
Kaiwen Leong, Huailu Li, Haibo Xu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11783
Enforcement of Labor Regulation and the Labor Market Effects of Trade: Evidence from Brazil
Gabriel Ulyssea, Vladimir Ponczek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11644
Salience of Law Enforcement: A Field Experiment
Robert Dur, Ben Vollaard
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019, 93, 208-220
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11145
The Changing Family Structure of American Children with Unauthorized Parents
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Esther Arenas-Arroyo
published as 'Immigration Enforcement and Children's Living Arrangements' in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38 (1), 11-40
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10850
Immigration Enforcement and Foster Care Placements
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Esther Arenas-Arroyo
published as 'Split Families and the Future of Children: Immigration Enforcement and Foster Care Placements' in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 368-372
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10685
Interstate Mobility Patterns of Likely Unauthorized Immigrants: Evidence from Arizona
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Fernando A. Lozano
forthcoming in: Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10654
Learning about the Enforcement of Conditional Welfare Programs: Evidence from Brazil
Fernanda Brollo, Katja Maria Kaufmann, Eliana La Ferrara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10410
Trust the Police? Self-Selection of Motivated Agents into the German Police Force
Guido Friebel, Michael Kosfeld, Gerd Thielmann
published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2019, 11 (4), 59-78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10353
Strengthening Enforcement in Unemployment Insurance: A Natural Experiment
Patrick Arni, Amelie Schiprowski
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10030
Immigration Enforcement and Childhood Poverty in the United States
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Esther Arenas-Arroyo, Almudena Sevilla
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 158, 63-78.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9948
Insurance in Human Capital Models with Limited Enforcement
Tom Krebs, Moritz Kuhn, Mark L. J. Wright
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9228
Human Capital Risk, Contract Enforcement, and the Macroeconomy
Tom Krebs, Moritz Kuhn, Mark L. J. Wright
published in: American Economic Review, 2015, 105 (11), 3223-3272
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9061
Illegal Immigration and Fiscal Competition
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Santiago M. Pinto
revised version published as 'Unauthorized Immigration and Fiscal Competition' in: European Economic Review, 2017, 92, 283-305
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8800
The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from University Police
Paul Heaton, Priscillia E Hunt, John MacDonald, Jessica Saunders
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8458
On the Intended and Unintended Consequences of Enhanced Border and Interior Immigration Enforcement: Evidence from Deportees
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
Demography , 2014, 51, 2255 - 2279
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8458
On the Intended and Unintended Consequences of Enhanced Border and Interior Immigration Enforcement: Evidence from Deportees
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
Demography , 2014, 51, 2255 - 2279
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8253
The Consequences of Increased Enforcement of Legal Minimum Wages in a Developing Country: An Evaluation of the Impact of the Campaña Nacional de Salarios Mínimos in Costa Rica
T. H. Gindling, Nadwa Mossaad, Juan Diego Trejos
slightly revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68(3), 666-707
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8218
Norm Enforcement in Social Dilemmas: An Experiment with Police Commissioners
David L. Dickinson, David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval
Revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 126, 74-85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7876
The Effect of Inspector Group Size and Familiarity on Enforcement and Deterrence
Lucija Muehlenbachs, Stefan Staubli, Mark A. Cohen
revised version published in: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2016, 3 (1), 159-204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7842
U.S. Border Enforcement and Mexican Immigrant Location Choice
Sarah Bohn, Todd Pugatch
published in: Demography, 2015, 52 (5), 1543-1570
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7402
A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms
Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, David McKenzie
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30 (1), 24-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7358
Trade and Labor Reallocation with Heterogeneous Enforcement of Labor Regulations
Rita K. Almeida, Jennifer P. Poole
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6226
Transnational Trafficking, Law Enforcement and Victim Protection: A Middleman Trafficker's Perspective
Randall K. Q. Akee, Arjun S. Bedi, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau
revised version published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (2), 349-386
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6006
Firing Regulations and Firm Size in the Developing World: Evidence from Differential Enforcement
Rita K. Almeida, Z. Bilgen Susanli
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2012, 16 (4), 540–558
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5978
Firm Heterogeneity, Informal Wage and Good Governance
Saibal Kar, Sugata Marjit
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2012, 16 (4), 527-539
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4898
Border Enforcement and Selection of Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Fernando A. Lozano, Mary J. Lopez
published in: Feminist Economics, 2013, 19 (1), 76-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4484
Employment Protection Legislation in Russia: Regional Enforcement and Labour Market Outcomes
Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Anna Lukiyanova
published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2010, 52 (4), 611-636
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4351
Reputation and Credit Market Formation: How Relational Incentives and Legal Contract Enforcement Interact
Ernst Fehr, Christian Zehnder
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4303
Enforcement of Contribution Norms in Public Good Games with Heterogeneous Populations
Ernesto Reuben, Arno Riedl
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2013, 77 (1), 122-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4186
Conceptualising Informality: Regulation and Enforcement
Ravi Kanbur
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3094
Inequality and Employment in a Dual Economy: Enforcement of Labor Regulation in Brazil
Rita K. Almeida, Pedro Carneiro
substantially revised and extended version available as IZA DP No. 5902
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1978
Reputations, Relationships and the Enforcement of Incomplete Contracts
W. Bentley MacLeod
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2007, 45(3), 595-628
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1867
The Determinants of Asset Stripping: Theory and Evidence from the Transition Economies
Nauro F. Campos, Francesco Giovannoni
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 49 (2), 681-706
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1642
U.S. Border Enforcement and the Net Flow of Mexican Illegal Migration
Manuela Angelucci
revised version published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2012, 60 (2), 311-357
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1004
The Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling along the Southwestern Border
Christina Gathmann
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (10-11), 1926-1941
IZA Discussion Paper No. 862
Union Voice
John T. Addison, Clive R. Belfield
published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2004, 25 (4), 563-597
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