IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2017

Reasons for Wage Rigidity in Germany

Wolfgang Franz, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (2), 255-284

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2014

Child Care and Parental Leave in the Nordic Countries: A Model to Aspire to?

Nabanita Datta Gupta, Nina Smith, Mette Verner

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (1), 65-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1986

Evaluating Alternative Representations of the Choice Sets in Models of Labour Supply

Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino, Tom Wennemo

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2009, 23 (3), 586-612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1971

Employees Who Become Self-Employed: Do Labour Income and Wages Have an Impact?

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

revised version published as 'The Best and the Brightest or the Least Successful? Self-Employment Entry among Male Wage-Earners in Sweden' in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40(1), 155-172

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1967

Is There a Social Security Tax Wedge?

Alessandro Cigno

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 68-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1966

Child Labor, Urban Proximity and Household Composition

Marcel Fafchamps, Jackline Wahba

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 79 (2), 374-397

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1934

Head-content or Headcount? Short-term Skilled Labour Movements as a Source of Growth

Massimiliano Tani

published as 'Short-Term Skilled Labour Movements and Economic Growth' in: International Migration, 2008, 46 (3), 161-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1934

Head-content or Headcount? Short-term Skilled Labour Movements as a Source of Growth

Massimiliano Tani

published as 'Short-Term Skilled Labour Movements and Economic Growth' in: International Migration, 2008, 46 (3), 161-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1932

Can Parents Afford to Work? Childcare Costs, Tax-Benefit Policies and Work Incentives

Herwig Immervoll, David Barber

updated and extended version published in: OECD (2007), Benefits and Wages: OECD Indicators

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1908

Labour Supply and Childcare for British Mothers in Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach

Antonia Parera-Nicolau, Karen A. Mumford

formative work for "Labour Supply and Childcare", IZA DP No. 12500.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1893

Unreported Labour

Erling Barth, Tone Ognedal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1887

Labour Force Participation of the Elderly in Europe: The Importance of Being Healthy

Adriaan Kalwij, Frederic Vermeulen

published as: "Health and labour force participation of older people in Europe: what do objective health indicators add to the analysis?" in: Health Economics, 2008, 17(5), 619-638.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1866

Building Blocks in the Economics of Mandates

John T. Addison, C. R. Barrett, W. Stanley Siebert

published in: Portuguese Economic Journal, 2006, 5 (2), 69 - 87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1862

Employers' Search and the Efficiency of Matching

Michele Pellizzari

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011, 49(1), 25-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1855

Gender, Time Use and Public Policy over the Life Cycle

Patricia Apps, Ray Rees

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2005, 21(3), 439-461