IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2660

Turning Unemployment into Self-Employment: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Start-Up Programmes

Hans J. Baumgartner, Marco Caliendo

revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 70(3), 347-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2630

Long-Run Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in East Germany

Bernd Fitzenberger, Robert Völter

published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (4), 730-755

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2605

Dann waren's nur noch vier… Wie viele (und welche) Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik brauchen wir noch? Eine Bilanz nach der Evaluation der Hartz-Reformen

Werner Eichhorst, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published as ,And Then There Were Four… How Many (and Which) Measures of Active Labor Market Policy Do We Still Need?' English version; in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2007, 53 (3), 243-272

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2585

An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

Gerard J. van den Berg

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. 2536

Profiling at the Canadian Border: An Economist's Viewpoint

Don J. DeVoretz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2533

Beautiful Serbia

Holger Bonin, Ulf Rinne

revised version published as 'Beautiful Serbia’ - objective and subjective outcomes of active labour market policy in a transition economy" in: Economics of Transition, 2014, 22(1), 43-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2514

Activation Policies in Germany: From Status Protection to Basic Income Support

Werner Eichhorst, Maria Grienberger-Zingerle, Regina Konle-Seidl

published in: Werner Eichhorst, Otto Kaufmann and Regina Konle-Seidl (eds.), Bringing the Jobless into Work? Berlin: Springer 2008; revised version published in: German Policy Studies, 2010, 6 (1), 59-100

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2505

Employment Regulation and Labor Market Policy in Germany, 1991-2005

Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Werner Eichhorst

published in: Paul de Beer and Trudie Schils (eds.), The Labour Market Triangle Employment Protection, Unemployment Compensation and Activation in Europe, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009, 119-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2464

Evaluating Active Labor Market Programs in Romania

Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Jacob Benus

published in: Empirical Economics, 2010, 38 (1), 65-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2432

Income Support Policies for Part-Time Workers: A Stepping-Stone to Regular Jobs? An Application to Young Long-Term Unemployed Women in Belgium

Bart Cockx, Stéphane R. Robin, Christian Goebel

revised version published in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 44 (1), 189 - 229

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2430

Labour Market Regulation in the EU-15: Causes and Consequences – A Survey

W. Stanley Siebert

published in: R. Vaubel and P. Bernholz (eds.), Political Competition and Economic Regulation, London: Routledge 2007