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259 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4513
The Determinants of Education-Job Match among Canadian University Graduates
Brahim Boudarbat, Victor Chernoff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4492
The Employment of Temporary Agency Workers in the UK: With or Against the Trade Unions?
René Böheim, Martina Zweimüller
published in: Economica, 2013, 80 (317), 65–95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4414
Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe
Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 573-594
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4389
Experimental Tests of Survey Responses to Expenditure Questions
David Comerford, Liam Delaney, Colm P. Harmon
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2009, 30 (3-4), 419-433
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4389
Experimental Tests of Survey Responses to Expenditure Questions
David Comerford, Liam Delaney, Colm P. Harmon
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2009, 30 (3-4), 419-433
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4358
Time Use and Time Budgets: Improvements, Future Challenges and Recommendations
Joachim Merz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4337
Time and Income Poverty: An Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty Approach with German Time Use Diary Data
Joachim Merz, Tim Rathjen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4162
Sample Attrition Bias in Randomized Experiments: A Tale of Two Surveys
Luc Behaghel, Bruno Crépon, Marc Gurgand, Thomas Le Barbanchon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4087
Measuring Trust: Experiments and Surveys in Contrast and Combination
Michael Naef, Jürgen Schupp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4011
Measuring Inequality Using Censored Data: A Multiple Imputation Approach
Stephen P. Jenkins, Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, Jeff Larrimore
revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2011, 174 (1), 63 - 81
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3976
Crime and the Labour Market: Evidence from a Survey of Inmates
Horst Entorf
published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2009, 229 (2+3), 254-269
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3908
Inconsistencies in Reported Employment Characteristics among Employed Stayers
Francesca Bassi, Alessandra Padoan, Ugo Trivellato
published in: Statistica, 2012, 72 (1), 103-109
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3689
Using a Census to Assess the Reliability of a National Household Survey for Migration Research: The Case of Ireland
Alan Barrett, Elish Kelly
published as "How Reliable is the Quarterly National Household Survey for Migration Research?" in: Economic and Social Review, 2008, 39 (3), 191-205
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3553
On Gender Gaps and Self-fulfilling Expectations: Theory, Policies and Some Empirical Evidence
Sara de la Rica, Juan J. Dolado, Cecilia García-Peñalosa
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2012, 51 (3), 1829-1848
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3532
Using Achievement Tests to Measure Language Assimilation and Language Bias among Immigrant Children
Richard Akresh, Ilana Redstone Akresh
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46(3), 647-667
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3473
Does the Effect of Incentive Payments on Survey Response Rates Differ by Income Support History?
Juan D. Barón, Robert Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Tue Gorgens, Anastasia Sartbayeva
published in: Journal of Official Statistics, 2009, 25(4), 483-507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3441
From Illegal to Legal: Estimating Previous Illegal Experience among New Legal Immigrants to the United States
Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, James P. Smith
published in: International Migration Review, 2008, 42 (4), 803-843
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3356
Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Bernd Fitzenberger, Karsten Kohn, Alexander C. Lembcke
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (1), 169-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3321
Selection and Mode Effects in Risk Preference Elicitation Experiments
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Arthur van Soest, Erik Wengström
Superseeded by IZA DP 5575 and the published version.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3250
The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders: New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States
Randall K. Q. Akee, David A. Jaeger, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
published in: Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33(1), 126-137
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. 3228
Determinants of Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine
Tilman Brück, Alexander M. Danzer, Alexander Muravyev, Natalia Danzer
revised version published as 'Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2010, 38 (2), 123-145
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3177
How Reliable Are Income Data Collected with a Single Question?
John Micklewright, Sylke V. Schnepf
revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (2), 409-430
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3177
How Reliable Are Income Data Collected with a Single Question?
John Micklewright, Sylke V. Schnepf
revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (2), 409-430
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3173
Surveying Migrant Households: A Comparison of Census-Based, Snowball, and Intercept Point Surveys
David McKenzie, Johan Mistiaen
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2009, 172 (2), 339-360
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3035
Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Micro Evidence from an African Success Story
Catia Batista, Aitor Lacuesta, Pedro C. Vicente
substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 5048
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2889
Should Market Liberalization Precede Democracy? Causal Relations between Political Preferences and Development
Pauline Grosjean, Claudia Senik
published as "Democracy, Market Liberalization and Political Preferences" in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93(1), 365-381
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2849
Wage Distributions by Bargaining Regime: Linked Employer-Employee Data Evidence from Germany
Karsten Kohn, Alexander C. Lembcke
published in: Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv/Journal of the German Statistical Society, 2007, 1 (3-4), 247-261
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2839
Using the P90/P10 Index to Measure US Inequality Trends with Current Population Survey Data: A View from Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, Stephen P. Jenkins
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (1), 166–185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2806
Risk Aversion and Reservation Wages
Markus Pannenberg
substantially revised version published as "Risk attitudes and reservation wages of unemployed workers: Evidence from panel data" in: Economics Letters, 2010, 106 (3), 223-226
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. 2484
Long Work Hours: Volunteers and Conscripts
Robert Drago, Mark Wooden, David Black
Published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2009, 47(3), 571-600. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00717.x
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2404
Who Wants Flexibility? Changing Work Hours Preferences and Life Events
Robert Drago, Mark Wooden, David Black
Published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2009, 62(3), 394-414. doi:10.1177/001979390906200308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2356
Intentions to Return of Undocumented Migrants: Illegality as a Cause of Skill Waste
Nicola Coniglio, Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Laura Serlenga
published in: Review of Development Economics, 13 (4), 2009, 641 - 657
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2089
Keeping in Touch: A Benefit of Public Holidays
Joachim Merz, Lars Osberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1750
Immigrant Earnings: A Longitudinal Analysis
Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2005, 51 (4), 485-503
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1736
The Occupational Attainment of American Jewry: 1990 to 2000
Barry R. Chiswick
published in: Contemporary Jewry, 2007, 27 (1), 80-111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1720
The Existence and Persistence of Long Work Hours
Robert Drago, David Black, Mark Wooden
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1656
Are Student Exchange Programs Worth It?
Dolores Messer, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Higher Education, 2007, 54 (5), 647-663
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1624
Disagreement in Partners' Reports of Financial Difficulty
Robert Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Xiaodong Gong, Danielle Venn
published in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (1), 59-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1587
Privatization Discontent and Its Determinants: Evidence from Latin America
Daniele Checchi, Massimo Florio, Jorge Carrera
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45(3), 333-350
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1424
Employment Regulations through the Eyes of Employers: Do They Matter and How Do Firms Respond to Them?
Gaëlle Pierre, Stefano Scarpetta
revised version published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2013, 2:15
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. doi: 10.1177/1440783305058465
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1210
Gender and Work Hours Transitions in Australia: Drop Ceilings and Trap-Door Floors
Robert Drago, David Black, Mark Wooden
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1155
Who Among White Collar Workers Has an Opportunity for Phased Retirement? Establishment Characteristics
Robert M. Hutchens, Karen Grace-Martin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1049
Using Analysis of Gini (ANoGi) for Detecting Whether Two Sub-Samples Represent the Same Universe: The SOEP Experience
Joachim R. Frick, Jan Goebel, Edna Schechtman, Gert G. Wagner, Shlomo Yitzhaki
published in: Sociological Methods and Research, 2006, 34 (4), 427-468
IZA Discussion Paper No. 999
The Demand for High-Skilled Workers and Immigration Policy
Thomas K. Bauer, Astrid Kunze
published in: Brussels Economic Review / Cahiers Economique de Bruxelles, 2004, 47 (1), 1-19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 990
Generational Accounting as a Tool to Assess Fiscal Sustainability: An Overview of the Methodology
Holger Bonin, Concepció Patxot
published in: E. Berenguer (ed.), Generational Accounting in Spain, Madrid: IFS, 2005, 27-66
IZA Discussion Paper No. 942
Dynamic Modeling of the SSDI Application Timing Decision: The Importance of Policy Variables
Richard V. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler, Gulcin Gumus
IZA Discussion Paper No. 941
Option Value and Dynamic Programming Model Estimates of Social Security Disability Insurance Application Timing
Richard V. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler, Gulcin Gumus
revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, [View]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 763
Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices from Complex Survey Data
Martin Biewen, Stephen P. Jenkins
revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 68 (3), 371-383
IZA Discussion Paper No. 715
A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys
Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher, Bernhard von Rosenbladt, Jürgen Schupp, Gert G. Wagner
published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2002, 122 (4), 519-542; see IZA Reprints 179/03
IZA Discussion Paper No. 667
Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Pascal Arnds, Holger Bonin
published in: M. Herfurth, M. Kohli and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Arbeit in einer alternden Gesellschaft (Labor in an Aging Society), Leverkusen: Leske+Budrich, 2003, 131-177
IZA Discussion Paper No. 573
Item Non-Response on Income and Wealth Questions
Regina T. Riphahn, Oliver Serfling
published in: Empirical Economics, 2005, 30 (2), 521-538
IZA Discussion Paper No. 510
Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom, 1975-99
Eswar Prasad
published in: IMF Staff Papers, 2002, 49 (3), 339-362
IZA Discussion Paper No. 502
Immigrants' Language Skills: The Australian Experience in a Longitudinal Survey
Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller
published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2004, 71-72, 97-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 500
Estimating the Returns to Education Using the Newest Current Population Survey Education Questions
David A. Jaeger
published in: Economics Letters, 2003, 78 (3), 385-394
IZA Discussion Paper No. 392
Identifying Population Groups at High Risk of Social Exclusion: Evidence from the ECHP
Panos Tsakloglou, Fotis Papadopoulos
published in: R. Muffels, P. Tsakloglou and D. Mayes (eds.), Social Exclusion in European Welfare States, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002, pp. 135-169
IZA Discussion Paper No. 356
The Distributional Impact of Social Transfers in the European Union: Evidence from the ECHP
Christopher Heady, Theodore Mitrakos, Panos Tsakloglou
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2001, 22 (4), 547-565
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