IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4042

The Impact of Aggregate and Sectoral Fluctuations on Training Decisions

Vincenzo Caponi, Cevat Burc Kayahan, Miana Plesca

revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Advances in Macroeconomics, , 2010, 10 (1), Article 28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4040

What Should Be Done about Rising Unemployment in the UK?

published in two parts: 1) published as 'UK unemployment in the Great recessions' in: National Institute Economic Review, 2010, 214, R3-R25; 2) published as 'Underemployment in the UK in the Great Recession' in: National Institute Economic Review, 2011, 215, R1-R11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4034

Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game

Andries de Grip, Maarten Lindeboom, Raymond Montizaan

published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (559), 1–25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4029

Female Labor Supply Differences by Sexual Orientation: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach

Heather Antecol, Michael D. Steinberger

published as 'Labor Supply Differences between Married Heterosexual Women and Partnered Lesbians: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach' in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (1), 783-805

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4025

Persistencies in the Labour Market

Paul Frijters, Maarten Lindeboom, Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4024

How Do Training Programs Assign Participants to Training? Characterizing the Assignment Rules of Government Agencies for Welfare-to-Work Programs in California

Oscar A. Mitnik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4020

Temporary Jobs and Job Search Effort in Europe

Lawrence M. Kahn

published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (1), 113-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4017

Money Matters: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training

Dolores Messer, Stefan C. Wolter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4016

Volunteering and the State

Franz Hackl, Martin Halla, Gerald J. Pruckner

revised version published in: Public Choice,2012, 151 (3-4), 465 - 495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4015

Life Satisfaction

Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest

published in: E. Diener, J.E. Helliwell and D. Kahneman (eds.), International Differences in Well-Being, Oxford University Press, 2010, 70-104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4014

Large Employers Are More Cyclically Sensitive

Giuseppe Moscarini, Fabien Postel-Vinay

published as 'The Contribution of Large and Small Employers to Job Creation in Times of High and Low Unemployment' in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (6), 2509-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4006

Did British Women Achieve Long-Term Economic Benefits from Working in Essential WWII Industries?

Robert A. Hart

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3996

Does Teaching Load Affect Faculty Size?

William E. Becker, William H. Greene, John J. Siegfried

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3994

Part-Time Work, Gender and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from a Developing Country

Florencia López Bóo, Lucia Madrigal, Carmen Pagés

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46 (9), 1543-1571

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3992

Job Durations with Worker and Firm Specific Effects: MCMC Estimation with Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data