IZA Discussion Papers

substantially revised version published as 'Female Labor Force Participation in Egypt and Palestine: An Age-Period- Cohort Analysis' in: Review of Development Economics, 2022, 26 (4), 1997-2020.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13533

The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence from Immigrant Mothers-In-Law

Julia Bredtmann, Lisa Sofie Höckel, Sebastian Otten

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 101-115

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13425

Labour Force Participation and Job Polarization: Evidence from Europe during the Great Recession

Gregory Verdugo, Guillaume Allègre

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101881

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13424

Women at Work in the Pre-Civil War United States: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers

Barry R. Chiswick, RaeAnn Halenda Robinson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13404

Changes in Female Employment in Mexico: Demographics, Economics, and Policies

Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Mexico Alberto Vergara Bahena, Diego Cardozo Medeiros

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13382

Marginal College Wage Premiums under Selection into Employment

Matthias Westphal, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hendrik Schmitz

published in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (646), 2231 - 2272

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13294

Unemployment Paths in a Pandemic Economy

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Robert G. Valletta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13239

The Accumulation of Human and Market Capital in the United States: The Long View, 1948–2013

Barbara M. Fraumeni, Michael S. Christian, Jon D. Samuels

forthcoming in: Barbara M. Fraumeni (Ed.), Human Capital Measurement, Academic Press.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13126

Gendered Language

Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12956

Analyzing Female Employment Trends in South Asia

Fatima Najeeb, Matias Morales, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12955

The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia

Raymond Robertson, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Matias Morales

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12913

The Macroeconomics of Automation: Data, Theory, and Policy Analysis

Nir Jaimovich, Itay Saporta-Eksten, Henry E. Siu, Yaniv Yedid-Levi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12844

Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: A Synthetic Cohort (Panel) Analysis, 1988-2013

Insan Tunali, Murat Güray Kirdar, Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur

published as 'Down and up the 'U' - A synthetic cohort (panel) analysis of female labor force participation in Turkey, 1988-2013' in: World Development, 2021, 146, 105609

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12842

Medicaid Expansion and the Unemployed

Thomas C. Buchmueller, Helen Levy, Robert G. Valletta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12776

Improving Employment and Earnings in 21st Century Labor Markets: An Introduction

Erica L. Groshen, Harry J. Holzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12702

You’re the One That I Want! Public Employment and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes

Pedro Maia Gomes, Zoë Kuehn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12681

Accounting for Differences in Female Labor Force Participation between China and India

Mehtabul Azam, Luyi Han

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2020, 20(2), 20190302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12620

The Role of Culture on Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Turkey

Pelin Akyol, Cagla Okten

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12585

Cost-Effective Public Daycare in a Low-Income Economy Benefits Children and Mothers

Andrés Hojman, Florencia López Bóo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12137

The Short-Run Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment and Labor Market Participation: Evidence from an Individual-Level Panel

Ernest Boffy-Ramirez

publishedin: Applied Economics, 2022, 54 (35), 4043 - 4059

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12067

What Drives Female Labor Force Participation? Comparable Micro-Level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies

Stephan Klasen, Janneke Pieters, Manuel Santos Silva, Le Thi Ngoc Tu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12050

The Impact of Mass Migration of Syrians on the Turkish Labor Market

Ege Aksu, Refik Erzan, Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 76, 102183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11931

Institutional Reforms and an Incredible Rise in Old Age Employment

Regina T. Riphahn, Rebecca Schrader

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11822

Can Economic Pressure Overcome Social Norms? The Case of Female Labor Force Participation

Ana Rute Cardoso, Louis-Philippe Morin

forthcoming as 'War-driven permanent emigration, sex ratios, and female labor force participation' in: Journal of Human Resources

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11716

Fertility and Labor Market Responses to Reductions in Mortality

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Atheendar Venkataramani, Selma Walther

forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11638

Twins, Family Size, and Female Labor Force Participation in Iran

Mahdi Majbouri

published in: Applied Economics, 2019, 51 (4), 387-397

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11557

State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment

David E. Frisvold, Melinda Pitts

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11385

Explaining the MENA Paradox: Rising Educational Attainment, Yet Stagnant Female Labor Force Participation

Ragui Assaad, Rana Hendy, Moundir Lassassi, Shaimaa Yassin

published in: IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2018, 8 (17)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11322

Fertility and the Puzzle of Female Employment in the Middle East

Mahdi Majbouri

forthcoming in: Economics of Transition, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10934

Stigma of Sexual Violence and Women's Decision to Work

Tanika Chakraborty, Anirban Mukherjee, Swapnika Reddy Rachapalli, Sarani Saha

published in: World Development, 2018, 103, 226 - 238

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10826

The Gender Wage Gap in Developed Countries

Astrid Kunze

published in: Oxford Handbook on Women and the Economy, Oxford University Press, (ed.) Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. Hoffman, 2018.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10769

Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States

Stephen R. G. Jones, W. Craig Riddell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10769

Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States

Stephen R. G. Jones, W. Craig Riddell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10534

Estimating Labor Force Joiners and Leavers Using a Heterogeneity Augmented Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier

Tirthatanmoy Das, Solomon Polachek

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2017, 199, 156-172.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10464

Teen Fertility and Labor Market Segmentation: Evidence from Madagascar

Catalina Herrera-Almanza, David E. Sahn, Kira M. Villa

published in: Journal of African Economies, 2019, 28 (3), 277–303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10440

Toothless Reforms? The Remarkable Stability of Female Labor Force Participation in a Top-Reforming Country

Norberto Pignatti, Karine Torosyan, Maka Chitanava

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10178

Does the Unemployment Invariance Hypothesis Hold for Canada?

Aysit Tansel, Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir, Emre Aksoy

substantially revised version published as 'Unemployment Invariance Hypothesis, Added and Discouraged Workers in Canada' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39 (7), 929-936.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10061

Turbulence and the Employment Experience of Older Workers

Etienne Lalé

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9 (2), 735-784.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10059

Commitment in the Household: Evidence from the Effect of Inheritances on the Labor Supply of Older Married Couples

David M. Blau, Ryan Goodstein

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 123 - 137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9761

Racial Differences in Labor Market Transitions and the Great Recession

Kenneth A. Couch, Robert W. Fairlie, Huanan Xu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9745

The Effect of Housing Wealth on Labor Force Participation: Evidence from China

Shihe Fu, Yu Liao, Junfu Zhang

published in: Journal of Housing Economics, 2016, 33, 59-69

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9722

Why Are Fewer Married Women Joining the Work Force in India? A Decomposition Analysis over Two Decades

Farzana Afridi, Taryn Dinkelman, Kanika Mahajan

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (3), 783-818

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9643

Higher Education Expansion and Labor Market Outcomes for Young College Graduates

Dongshu Ou, Zhong Zhao

revised version published in: China & World Economy, 2022, 30 (2), 117-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9549

Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal

Kathleen Mullen, Stefan Staubli

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 143, 49-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9343

Cultural and Ethnic Differences in the Transitions from Work to 'Retirement' of Rural Elders in China’s Minority Regions

Rachel Connelly, Margaret Maurer-Fazio

published in: B. Gustafsson, R. Hasmath. S. Ding (eds), Ethnicity and Inequality in China, New York and Oxford: Routledge, 2021, 82-109. / published in Chinese, Beijing, 2017, 56-83.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9151

The Impact of Short- and Long-Term Participation Tax Rates on Labor Supply

Charlotte Bartels, Nico Pestel

revised version published as 'Short- and Long-term Participation Tax Rates and Their Impact on Labor Supply' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2016, 23(6), 1126-1159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8918

How the Demand for Labor May Adapt to the Availability of Labor: A Preliminary Exploration with Historical Data

Harriet Duleep, Xingfei Liu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8788

Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants

David Autor, Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen, Alexander Strand

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8784

The Effect of Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Evidence from the 2012-2013 Phase-Out

Henry S Farber, Jesse Rothstein, Robert G. Valletta

published in: American Economic Review, 2015, 105 (5), 171 - 176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8663

Measuring Heterogeneity in Job Finding Rates Among the Nonemployed Using Labor Force Status Histories