IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8606

Big and Tall: Is there a Height Premium or Obesity Penalty in the Labor Market?

Wang-Sheng Lee

substantially revised version published as 'Big and Tall: Does a Height Premium Dwarf an Obesity Penalty in the Labor Market?' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2017, 27, 289-304.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8605

"As Rare as a Panda": How Facial Attractiveness, Gender, and Occupation Affect Interview Callbacks at Chinese Firms

Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Lei Lei

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36(1), 68-85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8604

Socio-demographic Model of Gender Gap in Expected and Actual Wages in Estonia

Kristjan Vassil, Raul Eamets, Pille Mõtsmees

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8603

The Gender Pay Gap Across Countries: A Human Capital Approach

Solomon Polachek, Jun Xiang

published in: Esther Redmount (ed.), The Economics of the Family: How the Household Affects Markets and Economic Growth, 2014, 2, 27-66.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8602

Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance

Luca Flabbi, Mario Macis, Andrea Moro, Fabiano Schivardi

published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (622), 2390-2423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8601

Divided Opinion on The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or Systematic Differences

Donal O'Neill

published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 136, 175-178

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8600

Reemployment and Substitution Effects from Increased Activation: Evidence from Times of Crisis

Pedro S. Martins, Sofia Pessoa e Costa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8599

Homeownership and Labour Market Outcomes: Micro versus Macro Performances

Julie Beugnot, Guy Lacroix, Olivier Charlot

published in: Journal of Economics, 2019, 127, 161 - 183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8598

An Unemployment Insurance Scheme for the Euro Area? A Comparison of Different Alternatives using Micro Data

Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2018, 25, 273 - 309

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8597

Welfare Effects of Short-Time Compensation

Helge Braun, Björn Brügemann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8596

Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign and Media Exposure

Martin McGuigan, Sandra McNally, Gill Wyness

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2016, 10 (4), 482–519

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8595

Mapping and Understanding Ethnic Disparities in Length of Schooling: The Case of Ningxia Autonomous Region, China

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2015, 124 (2), 517-535.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8594

A First Step up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda

Michael Grimm, Anicet Munyehirwe, Jörg Peters, Maximiliane Sievert

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31 (3): 631–649.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8593

The Impact of the German Autobahn Net on Regional Labor Market Performance: A Study Using Historical Instrument Variables

Joachim Möller, Marcus Zierer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8592

Does Development Reduce Migration?

Michael A. Clemens

published in: Robert E.B. Lucas, ed. (2014), International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development. London: Edward Elgar, Chap. 6, pp. 152–185.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8591

Commercial Plasma Donation and Individual Health in Impoverished Rural China

Xi Chen

published in: Health Economics Review, 2014, 4, Article 30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8590

Successful Scientific Replication and Extension of Levitt (2008): Child Seats Are Still No Safer than Seat Belts

Lauren E. Jones, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31(5), 920-928

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8589

Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data

Koen Decancq, Dirk Neumann

revised version published in: M. Adler, M. Fleurbaey (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy, OUP, 2016, 553-587