IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5486

The Shape of the Income Distribution and Economic Growth: Evidence from Swedish Labor Market Regions

Dan-Olof Rooth, Anders Stenberg

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 59 (2), 196-223

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5485

The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany

Annette Bergemann, Marco Caliendo, Gerard J. van den Berg, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 777-795

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5484

Status-Seeking in Criminal Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance

Robert Dur, Joël van der Weele

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2013, 15 (1), 77-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5483

A Labor Market Approach to the Crisis of Health Care Professionals in Africa

Mabel Andalón, Gary S. Fields

published in: Agnes Soucat and Richard Sheffler (eds.): The Labor Market for Health Workers in Africa: A New Look at the Crisis, The World Bank, 2013, 33-48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5482

Occupational Status and Health Transitions

G. Brant Morefield, David C. Ribar, Christopher J. Ruhm

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2011, 11 (3), Article 8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5481

Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?

Saul Estrin, Julia Korosteleva, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2013, 28 (4), 564–580

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5480

Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 81, 421-441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5479

The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores

Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 32, 234-246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5478

Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels

M. Hashem Pesaran, Alexander Chudik

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2014, 178, Part 2, 273-285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5477

Sorting and the Output Loss Due to Search Frictions

Pieter A. Gautier, Coen Teulings

published in: Journal of the European Association, 2015, 13 (6), 1136 - 1166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5476

Incentive Effects of Risk Pooling, Redistributive and Savings Arrangements in Unemployment Benefit Systems: Evidence from a Job-Search Model for Brazil

David A. Robalino, Eduardo Zylberstajn, Juan David Robalino

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5475

Did We Overestimate the Role of Social Preferences? The Case of Self-Selected Student Samples

Armin Falk, Stephan Meier, Christian Zehnder

revised version published as 'Do Lab Experiments Misrepresent Social Preferences? The case of self-selected student samples' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (4), 839–852

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5474

The Consequences of Being Different: Statistical Discrimination and the School-to-Work Transition

Barbara Mueller, Stefan C. Wolter

published as 'The Role of Hard-to-Obtain Information on Ability for the School-to-Work Transition' in: Empirical Economics, 2014, 46(4), 1447-1471

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5473

In-Work Benefits and Unemployment

Mirco Tonin, Ann-Sofie Kolm

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2011, 18 (1), 74-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5472

Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

Elke Holst, Andrea Schäfer, Mechthild Schrooten

published as "Gender and Remittances: Evidence from Germany" in: Feminist Economics, 2012, 18 (2), 201-229