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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.

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69 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18200
The Role of Fairness Ideals in Coordination Failure and Success
Andrzej Baranski, Ernesto Reuben, Arno Riedl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18122
Social Risk, Fairness Types, and Redistribution
Stefania Bortolotti, Felix Kölle, Ivan Soraperra, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17807
Gender, Perceived Discrimination and the Overruling of Roe v. Wade
Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Alan Secor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17788
Are Elites Meritocratic and Efficiency-Seeking? Evidence from MBA Students
Marcel Preuss, Germán Reyes, Jason Somerville, Joy Wu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17708
The Role of Interpersonal Uncertainty in Prosocial Behavior
Anujit Chakraborty, Luca Henkel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17629
Just Cheap Talk? Investigating Fairness Preferences in Hypothetical Scenarios
Paul Hufe, Daniel Weishaar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17453
Are Firms Willing to Pay Lower Wages? A Quasi-Experiment on Subminimum Wage Policy
Petri Böckerman, Toni Juuti, Tuomas Kosonen, Henri Keränen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16948
The Political Economy of AI: Towards Democratic Control of the Means of Prediction
Maximilian Kasy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16640
Who Is in Favor of Affirmative Action? Representative Evidence from an Experiment and a Survey
Sabrina Herzog, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Chi Trieu, Jana Willrodt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16582
When Fairness Matters: Cross-Race Responses to Intentionally Fair Treatment
Matthew Harvey, David Nickerson, Abigail Wozniak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16324
Does Unfairness Hurt Women? The Effects of Losing Unfair Competitions
Stefano Piasenti, Marica Valente, Roel van Veldhuizen, Gregor Pfeifer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16290
Are the Upwardly-Mobile More Left-Wing?
Andrew E. Clark, Maria Cotofan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15256
Reputation as Insurance: How Reputation Moderates Public Backlash Following a Company's Decision to Profiteer
Danae Arroyos-Calvera, Nattavudh Powdthavee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15149
Multidimensional Equality of Opportunity in the United States
Paul Hufe, Martyna Kobus, Andreas Peichl, Paul Schüle
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15125
Luck or Rights? An Experiment on Preferences for Redistribution Following Inheritance of Opportunity
Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Yohanes E. Riyanto
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2023,106, 102078
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14828
Dissecting Inequality-Averse Preferences
Marcelo Bergolo, Gabriel Burdin, Santiago Burone, Mauricio De Rosa, Matias Giaccobasso, Martin Leites
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 200, 782-802
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14768
How Property Shapes Distributional Preferences
Marco Fabbri, Maria Bigoni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13202
Perceived Fairness and Consequences of Affirmative Action Policies
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Chi Trieu, Jana Willrodt
published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (656), 3099 - 3135
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12912
The Effect of Unfair Chances and Gender Discrimination on Labor Supply
Nickolas Gagnon, Kristof Bosmans, Arno Riedl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12831
Who Demands Labour (De)Regulation in the Developing World? Insider–Outsider Theory Revisited
Lucas Ronconi, Ravi Kanbur, Santiago López-Cariboni
published in: International Labour Review, 2023, 162 (2), 223-243
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12821
Firms' Wage Structures, Workers' Fairness Perceptions, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Jens Mohrenweiser, Christian Pfeifer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12782
Incorporating Conditional Morality into Economic Decisions
David Masclet, David L. Dickinson
published online in: Theory and Decision, 28 August 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12609
Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Vidhya Soundararajan
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 168, 24 - 42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12221
NDC: The Generic Old-Age Pension Scheme
Marek Góra, Edward Palmer
published in: Robert Holzmann, Edward Palmer, Robert Palacios, and Stefano Sacchi (eds.), Progress and Challenges of Nonfinancial Defined Pension, Vol. 1, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, Washington DC, 2020, 167 - 188
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11601
Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty
Paul Hufe, Ravi Kanbur, Andreas Peichl
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89 (6), 3345 - 3380
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11320
Why Women Don't Ask: Gender Differences in Fairness Perceptions of Own Wages and Subsequent Wage Growth
Christian Pfeifer, Gesine Stephan
revised version published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2019, 43(2), 295-310
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11128
Measuring Indirect Effects of Unfair Employer Behavior on Worker Productivity: A Field Experiment
Matthias Heinz, Sabrina Jeworrek, Vanessa Mertins, Heiner Schumacher, Matthias Sutter
published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130(632), 2546-2568
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10878
Take a Chance on ABBA
Danny Cohen-Zada, Alex Krumer, Offer Moshe Shapir
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10877
Too Lucky to Be True: Fairness Views under the Shadow of Cheating
Stefania Bortolotti, Ivan Soraperra, Matthias Sutter, Claudia Zoller
published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 29 November 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10721
Inequality Indices as Tests of Fairness
Ravi Kanbur, Andy Snell
published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (621), 2216 - 2239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10382
My Baby Takes the Morning Train: Gender Identity, Fairness, and Relative Labor Supply Within Households
Anthony Lepinteur, Sarah Flèche, Nattavudh Powdthavee
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101866
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10125
(In)Equality and (In)Justice
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Civitas – Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2016, 16 (2), 189-217
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9317
Unfair Wage Perceptions and Sleep: Evidence from German Survey Data
Christian Pfeifer
published in: Journal of Applied Social Science, 134(4), 413-428
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9149
Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior
Arindrajit Dube, Laura Giuliano, Jonathan Leonard
published in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (2), 620 - 663
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7029
Use and Abuse of Authority: A Behavioral Foundation of the Employment Relation
Björn Bartling, Ernst Fehr, Klaus M. Schmidt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6799
Fairness Considerations in Labor Union Wage Setting: A Theoretical Analysis
Matthias Strifler, Thomas Beissinger
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 63 (3), 303-330
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6590
Moral Hypocrisy, Power and Social Preferences
Aldo Rustichini, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 107, 10-24.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6302
Envy, Guilt, and the Phillips Curve
Steffen Ahrens, Dennis J. Snower
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 99, 69-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6095
How Do Informal Agreements and Renegotiation Shape Contractual Reference Points?
Ernst Fehr, Oliver Hart, Christian Zehnder
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13 (1), 1-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5834
Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2014, 43 (1), 73-99
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5720
Cardiovascular Consequences of Unfair Pay
Armin Falk, Ingo Menrath, Pablo Emilio Verde, Johannes Siegrist
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5644
Consistency in Organization (updated)
Ekkehart Schlicht
earlier version published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2004, 160 (2), 232-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5644
Consistency in Organization (updated)
Ekkehart Schlicht
earlier version published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2004, 160 (2), 232-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5550
Social Comparison in the Workplace: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Alain Cohn, Ernst Fehr, Benedikt Herrmann, Frédéric Schneider
revised version published as 'Social Comparison an Effort Provision' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (4), 877-898
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5388
Fair and Efficient Taxation under Partial Control: Theory and Evidence
Erwin Ooghe, Andreas Peichl
revised version published as 'Fair and Efficient Taxation under Partial Control' in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 2024 - 2051
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5090
Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?
Franziska Tausch, Jan Potters, Arno Riedl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5001
Implicit Contracts, Unemployment, and Labor Market Segmentation
Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman
substantially revised version published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2014, 81 (1), 30-56
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4687
Social Comparison and Performance: Experimental Evidence on the Fair Wage-Effort Hypothesis
Simon Gächter, Christian Thöni
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2010, 76 (3), 531-543
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4663
A Factorial Survey on the Justice of Earnings within the SOEP-Pretest 2008
Carsten Sauer, Stefan Liebig, Katrin Auspurg, Thomas Hinz, Andy Donaubauer, Jürgen Schupp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4429
The Political Economy of Conscription
Panu Poutvaara, Andreas Wagener
published in: Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers (eds.), The Handbook on the Political Economy of War, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
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. 3901
A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns
Ernst Fehr, Lorenz Götte, Christian Zehnder
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2009, 1, 355 - 384
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3266
Do Legal Standards Affect Ethical Concerns of Consumers?
Dirk Engelmann, Dorothea Kübler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3236
Distributive Justice and CEO Compensation
Guillermina Jasso, Eva M. Meyersson Milgrom
published in: Acta Sociologica, 2008, 51 (2), 123-143
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3010
Do the Reciprocal Trust Less?
Steffen Altmann, Thomas Dohmen, Matthias Wibral
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 99 (3), 454-457
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2641
Theoretical Unification in Justice and Beyond
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Social Justice Research, 2007, 20(3), 336-371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2592
Studying Justice: Measurement, Estimation, and Analysis of the Actual Reward and the Just Reward
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Kjell Törnblom and Riel Vermunt (eds.), Distributive and Procedural Justice: Research and Social Applications. London, UK: Ashgate, 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2572
Identity, Cooperation, and Punishment
Kendra N. McLeish, Robert J. Oxoby
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1984
The Interaction between Retirement and Job Search: A Global Approach to Older Workers Employment
Jean-Olivier Hairault, François Langot, Thepthida Sopraseuth
published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2010, 8(5), 1034-1076
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1635
Driving Forces Behind Informal Sanctions
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher
published in: Econometrica, 2005, 7 (6), 2017-2030
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1625
The Behavioral Effects of Minimum Wages
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, Christian Zehnder
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121 (4), 1347-1381
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1559
To Draft or Not to Draft? Efficiency, Generational Incidence, and Political Economy of Military Conscription
Panu Poutvaara, Andreas Wagener
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23 (4), 975-987
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1402
The Dispersion of Employees’ Wage Increases and Firm Performance
Christian Grund, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 485-501
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1375
Dividing Justly in Bargaining Problems with Claims: Normative Judgments and Actual Negotiations
Simon Gächter, Arno Riedl
published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2006, 27, 571-594
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1352
Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor-Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm
Eric Verhoogen, Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (4), 477-498
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1341
Comparing Students to Workers: The Effects of Social Framing on Behavior in Distribution Games
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Stephen V. Burks, Eric Verhoogen
published in: J. Carpenter, G. Harrison, and J. List (eds.), Field Experiments in Economics (Research in Experimental Economics, 10), 2005, 261 - 289
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1203
Distrust – The Hidden Cost of Control
Armin Falk, Michael Kosfeld
published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1611 - 1630
IZA Discussion Paper No. 897
Relational Contracts and the Nature of Market Interactions
Martin Brown, Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr
published in: Econometrica, 2004, 72 (3), 747-780
IZA Discussion Paper No. 777
It's all about Connections: Evidence on Network Formation
Armin Falk, Michael Kosfeld
published in: Review of Network Economics: 2012, 11 (3), Article 2
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