IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1207

The Long and Short of It: Maternity Leave Coverage and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes

Masanori Hashimoto, Rick Percy, Teresa Schoellner, Bruce A. Weinberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1206

Does Parental Divorce Affect Adolescents' Cognitive Development? Evidence from Longitudinal Data

Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Daniela Vuri

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 69(3), 321-338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1205

The Effectiveness of Qualification Measures for Employed Workers – An Evaluation Study for Saxony

Michael Fertig

published in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (18), 2279–2301

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1204

Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996

Anna M. Falzoni, Alessandra Venturini, Claudia Villosio

published as 'Skilled and unskilled wage dynamics in Italy in the 1990s: changes in individual characteristics, institutions, trade and technology' in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2011, 25 (4), 441 – 463,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1203

Distrust – The Hidden Cost of Control

Armin Falk, Michael Kosfeld

published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1611 - 1630

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1202

Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being

Rafael Lalive, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 933-962

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1201

Reforms and Productivity Dynamics in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises

Peter McGoldrick, Patrick Paul Walsh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1200

Living Conditions of Children and Parental Well-Being – Evidence from German Data on Life Satisfaction

Johannes Schwarze

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1199

The Return to a University Education in Great Britain

Peter J. Sloane, Nigel C. O'Leary

published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 193 (1), 75-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1198

Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia

John S. Earle, Klara Sabirianova Peter

revised version published as' Complementarity and Custom in Wage Contract Violation' in: Review of Economicss and Statistics, 2009, 91(4), 832 - 849

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1197

Employee Training and Wage Compression in Britain

Filipe Almeida-Santos, Karen A. Mumford

revised version published in: Manchester School, 2005, 73 (3), 321-342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1196

Forecasting Time Series Subject to Multiple Structural Breaks

M. Hashem Pesaran, Davide Pettenuzzo, Allan Timmermann

published in Review of Economic Studies, 2006, 73 (4), 1057-1084

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1195

Candidate Quality

Panu Poutvaara, Tuomas Takalo

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2007, 14 (1), 7-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1194

Intergenerational Effects in Sweden: What Can We Learn from Adoption Data?

Anders Björklund, Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1193

Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Markets

Steffen Huck, Andrew Seltzer, Brian Wallace

published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 819-843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1192

Job Protection: The Macho Hypothesis

Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22 (3), 390-410

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1191

Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay – An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting

Tor Eriksson, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published as 'Performance-pay, sorting and social motivation ' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (2), 412-421.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1190

Labour and Product Market Reforms: A Case for Policy Complementarity

Bruno Amable, Donatella Gatti

published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006, 15(1), 101-122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1189

Occupational Mobility and Wage Inequality

Gueorgui Kambourov, Iourii Manovskii

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2009, 76 (2), 731-759

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1188

The Effect of Worker Representation on Employment Behavior in Germany: Another Case of -2.5%

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira

published in: Industrial Relations, 2006, 45 (1), 1-25