IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2585

An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2584

Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence

Richard A. Easterlin, Onnicha Sawangfa

published in: A.K. Dutt and B. Radcliff (eds.), Happiness, Economics, and Politics: Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, 2009, Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2583

Identity, Dignity and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets

Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2582

The Changing Nature of the School-to-Work Transition Process in OECD Countries

Glenda Quintini, John P. Martin, Sébastien Martin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2581

Wage Flexibility and Labour Market Institutions: A Meta-Analysis

Miquel Clar, Christian Dreger, Raul Ramos

published in: Kyklos, 2007, 60(2), 145-163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2580

Fun with Matched Firm-Employee Data: Progress and Road Maps

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 663-673

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2579

The Effect of the Theo van Gogh Murder on House Prices in Amsterdam

Pieter A. Gautier, Arjen Siegmann, Aico van Vuuren

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2009, 65(2), 113-126.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2578

The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective

Graziella Bertocchi

revised version published in: Economics and Politics, 2011, 23 (1), 107 - 131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2577

‘Marginal Employment’ and the Demand for Heterogenous Labour: Empirical Evidence from a Multi-Factor Labour Demand Model for Germany

Ronny Freier, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2576

Stuck in the Slow Lane: Traffic Composition and the Measurement of Labor Productivity in the U.S. Trucking Industry

Kenneth D. Boyer, Stephen V. Burks

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 75 (4), 2009, 1220-1237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2575

The Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning: What the 2000 US Census Says

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published as "A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning" in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008, 29 (1), 16-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2574

Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment

Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (3), 956–978

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2573

Schooling and Citizenship: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Reforms

Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Schooling and Citizenship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Postwar Germany' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112 (2), 315-338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2572

Identity, Cooperation, and Punishment

Kendra N. McLeish, Robert J. Oxoby

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2571

Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

David Autor, William Kerr, Adriana Kugler

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (521), F189 - F217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2570

Minimum Wages and Employment

David Neumark, William Wascher

published in: Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2007, 3 (1+2), 1-182

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2569