IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2853

First Time Parents’ Paid Work Patterns in Amsterdam: Father’s Part-Time Work, Family’s Immigrant Background and Mother’s Work for Pay When the Infant Is Very Young

Cécile Wetzels

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2846

Estimating the Effects of Length of Exposure to a Training Program: The Case of Job Corps

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Arturo Gonzalez, Todd C. Neumann

published as 'Estimating the Effects of Length of Exposure to Instruction in a Training Program: The Case of Job Corps ' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (1), 153–171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2837

Assessing the Incidence and Wage Effects of Over-Skilling in the Australian Labour Market

Kostas Mavromaras, Seamus McGuinness, Yin King Fok

published in: Economic Record, 2009, 85(268), 60-72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2835

Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies

Alessio J. G. Brown, Christian Merkl, Dennis J. Snower

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 168-179

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2834

Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Players

M. Daniele Paserman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2824

Labour Market Policy and the Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off

Trine Filges, John Kennes, Birthe Larsen, Torben Tranæs

publiched in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2011, 33 (4), 738-753

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2823

Access to Higher Education and Inequality: The Chinese Experiment

Xiaojun Wang, Belton M. Fleisher, Haizheng Li, Shi Li

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 42, 78-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2821

Are Workers in the Cultural Industries Paid Differently?

Cécile Wetzels

published in: Journal of Cultural Economics, 2008, 32(1), 59-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2820

Subjective Beliefs and Schooling Decisions

Christian Belzil

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2819

The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy

Lisa M. Lynch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2815

Population Policies, Fertility, Women’s Human Capital, and Child Quality

T. Paul Schultz

published in: T. Paul Schultz and John Strauss (eds.), Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. 4, Amsterdam: North-Holland, Elsevier, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2813

Self-Employment and Parenthood: Exploring the Impact of Partners, Children and Gender

Ruta Aidis, Cécile Wetzels

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2803

Explaining Women’s Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women’s Work

Sandra E. Black, Alexandra Spitz-Oener

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92(1), 187-194

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2797

Globalization and Employment: Imported Skill Biased Technological Change in Developing Countries

Andrea Conte, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Developing Economies, 2011, 49(1), 36-65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2784

Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Can Ability Bias Explain the Earnings Gap Between College and University Graduates?

Vincenzo Caponi, Miana Plesca

revised version published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, 42 (3), 1100-1131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2751

Skills Shortages and Training in Russian Enterprises

Hong Tan, Yevgeniya Savchenko, Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Anna Lukiyanova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2746

Barriers to Entry, Deregulation and Workplace Training

Andrea Bassanini, Giorgio Brunello

revised version published as 'Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training: A theoretical model with evidence from Europe' in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (8), 1152-1176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2735

Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (3), 1238–1260

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2728

Urban Density and Pupil Attainment

Stephen Gibbons, Olmo Silva

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63 (1), 631-650

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2699

Maternity Leave Legislation, Female Labor Supply, and the Family Wage Gap

Uta Schönberg, Johannes Ludsteck

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (3), 469-505