IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 498

Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification

Paul Frijters, John de New, Michael A. Shields

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, 42 (4), 1326 - 1346

IZA Discussion Paper No. 497

European Integration and Employment: A New Role for Active Fiscal Policies?

Donatella Gatti

IZA Discussion Paper No. 496

Changes in the Structure of Earnings During the Polish Transition

Michael P. Keane, Eswar Prasad

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 80 (2), 389-427

IZA Discussion Paper No. 495

German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants

John T. Addison, Lutz Bellmann, Claus Schnabel, Joachim Wagner

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 123 (3), 2003, 339-358

IZA Discussion Paper No. 494

The Role of the Regional Milieu for the Decision to Start a New Firm: Empirical Evidence for Germany

Joachim Wagner, Rolf Sternberg

published in: Annals of Regional Science, 2004, 38 (2), 219-240

IZA Discussion Paper No. 493

Work-Related Stress, Quitting Intentions and Absenteeism

Rannia Leontaridi, Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 492

Benefit Entitlement and Unemployment Duration: The Role of Policy Endogeneity

Rafael Lalive, Josef Zweimüller

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88 (12), 2587-2616

IZA Discussion Paper No. 491

On the Production of Victory: Empirical Determinants of Battlefield Success in Modern War

Ralph Rotte, Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2003, 14 (3), 175-192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 490

Social Security and Taxation of Labour Subject to Subsidiarity and Freedom of Movement

Wolfram F. Richter

published in: Swedish Economic Policy Review, 2002 (9), 47-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 489

Employment Patterns of Husbands and Wives and Family Income Distribution in Italy (1977-1998)

Daniela Del Boca, Silvia Pasqua

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2003, 49 (2), 221-245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 488

Identifying Human Capital Externalities: Theory with an Application to US Cities

Antonio Ciccone, Giovanni Peri

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 73 (2), 2006, 381-412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 487

Identifying the Common Component of International Economic Fluctuations: A New Approach

Robin L. Lumsdaine, Eswar Prasad

published in: Economic Journal, 2003, 113 (484), 101-127

IZA Discussion Paper No. 486

Who Pays for General Training? New Evidence for British Men and Women

Alison L. Booth, Mark L. Bryan

revised version published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 85-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 485

Class-Size Effects in School Systems Around the World: Evidence from Between-Grade Variation in TIMSS

Ludger Woessmann, Martin R. West

published in: European Economic Review, 2006, 50 (3), 695-736

IZA Discussion Paper No. 484

Institutional Effects in a Simple Model of Educational Production

John H. Bishop, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Education Economics, 2004, 12 (1), 17-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 483

In-Group Cooperation in a Hostile Environment: An Economic Perspective on Some Aspects of Jewish Life in (Pre-Modern) Diaspora

Hillel Rapoport, Avi Weiss

published in: C. Chiswick, T. Lecker and N. Kahana (eds.): Jewish Society and Culture: An Economic Perspective, Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2007, 103-28.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 482

Leadership Skills and Wages

Peter J. Kuhn, Catherine Weinberger

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23 (3), 395-436

IZA Discussion Paper No. 481

Hiring Standards and Market Clearing

Ekkehart Schlicht

final version published as 'Hiring Standards and Labor Market Clearing' in: Metroeconomica, 2005, 56(2), 263-279

IZA Discussion Paper No. 480

The Complexity of Economic Policy: I. Restricted Local Optima in Tax Policy Design

Gilles Saint-Paul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 479