IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1503

The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1499

A Quantitative Investigation of the Laffer Curve on the Continued Work Tax: The French Case

Jean-Olivier Hairault, François Langot, Thepthida Sopraseuth

published in: International Economic Review, 2008, 49(3), 755-797

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1480

Cooperative Models in Action: Simulation of a Nash-Bargaining Model of Household Labor Supply with Taxation

Olivier B. Bargain, Nicolas Moreau

published as 'The Impact of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Labor Supply in a Simulated Nash-bargaining Framework' in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2013, 34(1), 77-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1474

Effort-Based Career Opportunities and Working Time

Massimiliano Bratti, Stefano Staffolani

revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (6), 489-512

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1466

Joint Estimation of Price-Cost Margins and Union Bargaining Power for Belgian Manufacturing

Sabien Dobbelaere

published in: International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2004, 22(10), 1381-1398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1466

Joint Estimation of Price-Cost Margins and Union Bargaining Power for Belgian Manufacturing

Sabien Dobbelaere

published in: International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2004, 22(10), 1381-1398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1460

Optimal Redistributive Taxation in a Search Equilibrium Model

Mathias Hungerbühler, Etienne Lehmann, Alexis Parmentier, Bruno Van der Linden

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2006, 73(3), 743-767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1446

Sorting, Selection, and Transformation of the Return to College Education in China

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1446

Sorting, Selection, and Transformation of the Return to College Education in China

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1444

Skill Policies for Scotland

James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov

published in: D. Coyle, W. Alexander and B. Ashcroft, eds., New Wealth for Old Nations: Scotland's Economic Prospects, Princeton University Press: 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1437

Separating Uncertainty from Heterogeneity in Life Cycle Earnings

Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman, Salvador Navarro

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2005, 57 (2), 191-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1435

Training and Union Wages

Christian Dustmann, Uta Schönberg

revised version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 363-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1429

On the Returns to Training in Portugal

Santiago Budría, Pedro T. Pereira

published as "The wage effects of training in Portugal: differences across skill groups, genders, sectors and training types" in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (6), 787-807

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1424

Employment Regulations through the Eyes of Employers: Do They Matter and How Do Firms Respond to Them?

Gaëlle Pierre, Stefano Scarpetta

revised version published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2013, 2:15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1422

Must Skilled Migration Be a Brain Drain? Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Simon Commander, Rupa Chanda, Mari Kangasniemi, L. Alan Winters

published in: World Economy, 2008, 31 (2), 187-211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1421

The Effect of Firm-Level Contracts on the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

David Card, Sara de la Rica

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (4), 573-592