IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 762

The Impact of In-Work Benefits on Poverty and Household Labour Supply: A Simulation Study for Switzerland

revised version published as ''Evaluationg the Cost-Effectiveness of In-Work Benefits: A Simulation Study for Switzerland' in: German Economic Review, 2007, 8 (4), 447 - 467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 761

Output-Based Pay: Incentives, Retention or Sorting?

Edward Lazear

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2004, 23, 1-25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 760

Entrepreneurship

Edward Lazear

IZA Discussion Paper No. 759

The Peter Principle: A Theory of Decline

Edward Lazear

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112 (S1), S141-S163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 758

Equilibrium Policy Experiments and the Evaluation of Social Programs

Jeremy Lise, Shannon Seitz, Jeffrey A. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 757

Teen Births Keep American Crime High

Jennifer Hunt

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 49 (2), 533-566

IZA Discussion Paper No. 756

Swimming Upstream, Floating Downstream: Comparing Women's Relative Wage Positions in the U.S. and Denmark

Nabanita Datta Gupta, Ronald L. Oaxaca, Nina Smith

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (2), 243-266

IZA Discussion Paper No. 755

In Support of the Supporters? Do Social Forces Shape Decisions of the Impartial?

Thomas Dohmen

revised version published as IZA DP 1595

IZA Discussion Paper No. 754

Separability of Duration Dependence and Unobserved Heterogeneity

Hélène Turon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 753

Unemployment Equilibrium and On-the-Job Search

Simon Burgess, Hélène Turon

published as 'Worker Flows, Job Flows and Unemployment in a Matching Model' in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (3), 393-408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 752

Skill-Biased Technological Change in Denmark: A Disaggregate Perspective

Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jan Rose Skaksen

published as 'Changes in Demand for Skilled Labour in Denmark - A Disaggregate Perspective' in: Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift / Danish Journal of Economics, 2004, 142 (1), 67 - 80

IZA Discussion Paper No. 751

Are Computer Skills the New Basic Skills? The Returns to Computer, Writing and Math Skills in Britain

Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel

published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (1), 85-98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 750

New Evidence on the Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany - A Matching Approach with Threefold Heterogeneity

Reinhard Hujer, Marco Caliendo, Stephan L. Thomsen

published in: Research in Economics, 2004, 58(4), 257-302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 749

The Educational Attainment of the Children of the Danish ‘Guest Worker’ Immigrants

Vibeke Jakobsen, Nina Smith

published in: Danish Economic Journal, 2006, 144 (2), 18-42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 748

Economic Integration, Wage Policies and Social Policies

Michael P. Pflüger

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2004, 56 (1), 135-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 747

Sectoral Structure and Entry Regulations

Julián Messina

revised version published as 'The role of product market regulations in the process of structural change' in: European Economic Review, 2006, 50 (7), 1863-1890

IZA Discussion Paper No. 746

Schooling Quality in Eastern Europe: Educational Production During Transition

Andreas Ammermüller, Hans Heijke, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24 (5), 579-599

IZA Discussion Paper No. 745

Educational Production in East Asia: The Impact of Family Background and Schooling Policies on Student Performance

Ludger Woessmann

published in: German Economic Review, 2005, 6 (3), 331-353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 744

Which School Systems Sort Weaker Students into Smaller Classes? International Evidence

Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2006, 22 (4), 944-968