IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6267

How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets

Marco Stampini, Ron Leung, Setou M. Diarra, Lauréline Pla

revised version published in: South African Journal of Economics, 2013, 81 (1), 140-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6264

Do Europe's Minimum Income Schemes Provide Adequate Shelter against the Economic Crisis and How, If at All, Have Governments Responded?

Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx, Natascha Van Mechelen

revised version published as 'The great wake-up call? Social citizenship and minimum income provisions in Europe in times of crisis' in: Journal of Social Policy, 2014, 43 (2), 247-267

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6245

Sickness Absence and Local Benefit Cultures

Assar Lindbeck, Mårten Palme, Mats Persson

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (1), 49-78

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6241

In Absolute or Relative Terms? How Framing Prices Affects the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice

Hendrik Schmitz, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

revised version published as: 'Does Price Framing Affect the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52(1): 89-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6224

Detecting Wage Under-reporting Using a Double Hurdle Model

Peter Elek, János Köllő, Balázs Reizer, Péter A. Szabó

published in: Informal Employment in Emerging a Transition Economies, Research in Labor Economics, 34,. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012, 135-166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6220

Immigration and Welfare State Cash Benefits: The Danish Case

Peder J. Pedersen

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (2), 113-125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6216

Health and the Political Agency of Women

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (2), 164-97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6208

The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School

Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97 (C), 308-326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6188

Demographic Divide and Labor Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Mehmet S. Tosun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6186

Reforming an Insider-Outsider Labor Market: The Spanish Experience

Samuel Bentolila, Juan J. Dolado, Juan F. Jimeno

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6185

Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

Eric A. Hanushek, Susanne Link, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, 212-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6179

The Effect of Religion on Cooperation and Altruistic Punishment: Experimental Evidence from Public Goods Experiments

Alpaslan Akay, Gökhan Karabulut, Peter Martinsson

substantially revised version published as 'Cooperation and punishment: The effect of religiosity and religious festival' in: Economics Letters, 2015, 130, 43–46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6175

The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness

Claudia Senik

published as 'Why are the French so Unhappy? The Cultural Dimension of Happiness' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 106, 379-401.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6160

A Challenge for the G20: Globally Stipulated Debt Brakes and Transnational Independent Fiscal Supervisory Councils

Mathias Dolls, Andreas Peichl, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Intereconomics, 2012, 47 (1), 31-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6154

Religious Minorities and Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from Rural West Bengal

Pranab Kumar Das, Saibal Kar, Madhumanti Kayal

published as 'Are religious minorities deprived of public good provision? Regional Evidences from India' in: Journal of Developing Areas, 2016, 50 (1), 351-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6141

Financial Incentives, the Timing of Births, Birth Complications, and Newborns' Health: Evidence from the Abolition of Austria's Baby Bonus

Beatrice Brunner, Andreas Kuhn

revised version published as 'Announcement effects of health policy reforms: evidence from the abolition of Austria's baby bonus' in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 15(4), 373-388

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6108

Labor Earnings Respond Differently to Income-Tax and to Payroll-Tax Reforms

Etienne Lehmann, François Marical, Laurence Rioux

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 99 (1), 66-84.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6106

The Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices

Christopher A. Neilson, Seth D. Zimmerman

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 120 , 18-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6102

Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences: Evidence for Europe and the US

Olivier B. Bargain, André Decoster, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2013, 41 (4), 789-817