IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2585

An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

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. 2578

The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective

Graziella Bertocchi

revised version published in: Economics and Politics, 2011, 23 (1), 107 - 131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2571

Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

David Autor, William Kerr, Adriana Kugler

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (521), F189 - F217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2568

Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Bernard M. S. van Praag

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2007, 53, 42-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2567

Skill Uncertainty and Social Inference

Robert J. Oxoby

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (3), 422-427

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2566

Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States

Alicia Robb, Robert W. Fairlie

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (4), 827-858

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2564

Worker Characteristics, Job Characteristics, and Opportunities for Phased Retirement

Robert M. Hutchens

substantially revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 1010-1021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2563

Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis

Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2561

Self-Employment: A Way to End Unemployment? Empirical Evidence from German Pseudo-Panel Data

Daniela Glocker, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2559

Rent Taxation in a Small Open Economy: The Effect on Transitional Generations

Marko Koethenbuerger, Panu Poutvaara

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2009, 16 (5), 697-709

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2556

Product Market Integration and Labour Markets: Aggregate Gains at the Cost of More Inequality?

Torben M. Andersen, Allan Sørensen

published as 'Product Market Integration, Rents and Wage Inequality' in: Review of International Economics, 2011, 19 (4), 595 - 608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2554

Accounting for Intergenerational Income Persistence: Noncognitive Skills, Ability and Education

Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg, Lindsey Macmillan

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (519), C43-C60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2551

Employment Integration of Refugees: The Influence of Local Factors on Refugee Job Opportunities in Sweden

Pieter Bevelander, Christer Lundh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2549

Technological and Organizational Changes, and Labor Flows: Evidence on French Establishments

Philippe Askenazy, Eva Moreno-Galbis

published in: LABOUR, 2007, 21 (2), 265–301

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2547

Instability of the Eurozone? On Monetary Policy, House Prices and Labor Market Reforms

Ansgar H. Belke, Daniel Gros

published in: in: Heise, Michael, Tilly, Richard, Welfens, Paul J.J. (eds.), Integration, Financial Markets and Innovations – 50 Years of EU Dynamics, 2007, 75-108.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2544

Bargaining at Divorce: The Allocation of Custody

Christine Atteneder, Martin Halla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2541

The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy

Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2009, 30 (2), 228-245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2538

Immigrants Assimilate as Communities, Not Just as Individuals

Timothy J. Hatton, Andrew Leigh

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (2), 389-419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2537