IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2596

Educational Effects of Widening Access to the Academic Track: A Natural Experiment

published as 'The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools: A Natural Experiment' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47 (3), 684-721

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2595

A Persistence Model of the National Minimum Wage

Melanie K. Jones, Richard J. Jones, Philip D. Murphy, Peter J. Sloane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2594

Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility: An Algebraic Characterization of Projective Preorders and Some Welfare Consequences

Juan Carlos Candeal, Esteban Induráin, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Numerical representability or ordered topological spaces with compatible algebraic structure' in: Order, 2012, 29, 131-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2593

Labour Market Flexibility and Regional Unemployment Rate Dynamics: Spain 1980-1995

Roberto Bande, Marika Karanassou

published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2009, 88(1), 181-207

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2592

Studying Justice: Measurement, Estimation, and Analysis of the Actual Reward and the Just Reward

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Kjell Törnblom and Riel Vermunt (eds.), Distributive and Procedural Justice: Research and Social Applications. London, UK: Ashgate, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2591

The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries: How Large Is It for Men?

Síle O'Dorchai, Robert Plasman, François Rycx

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (7), 571-603

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2590

The Spike at Benefit Exhaustion: Leaving the Unemployment System or Starting a New Job?

David Card, Raj Chetty, Andrea Weber

published in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (2), 113-118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2589

Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours: An Analysis of Alcohol Abuse and Truancy among Adolescents

Rosa Duarte, José-Julián Escario, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours in Adolescence' in: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2011, 29 (55), 125-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2588

Use IT or Lose IT? The Impact of Computers on Earnings

Peter Dolton, Gerry Makepeace, Helen Robinson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2587

Matching Language Proficiency to Occupation: The Effect on Immigrants’ Earnings

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published as 'The impact of surplus skills on earnings: Extending the over-education model to language proficiency' in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 36, 263-275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2586

Intra-household Gender Disparities in Children’s Medical Care before Death in India

Abay Asfaw, Stephan Klasen, Francesca Lamanna

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2585

An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

Gerard J. van den Berg

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