IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5002

Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

revised version published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook in Economics of Education, Vol. 3, North Holland: 2010, pp. 201-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4882

Wage Effects of Non-Wage Labour Costs

María Cervini-Plá, Xavier Ramos, José I. Silva

substantially revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 113-137. Winner of the 2015 Spanish Association for Labour Economics Best Paper Award.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4792

The Design of Unemployment Transfers: Evidence from a Dynamic Structural Life-Cycle Model

Peter Haan, Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4781

Alternative Basic Income Mechanisms: An Evaluation Exercise with a Microeconometric Model

Ugo Colombino, Marilena Locatelli, Edlira Narazani, Cathal O'Donoghue

published in: Basic Income Studies, 2010, 5 (1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4719

Valuing School Quality via a School Choice Reform

Stephen Machin, Kjell G. Salvanes

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118, 3-24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4659

Welfare Usage in the U.S.: Does Immigrant Birthplace and Immigration Status Matter?

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Maharouf Oyolola

revised version published as 'Do Immigrant Groups Differ in Welfare Usage? Evidence from the U.S.A' in: Atlantic Economic Journal, 2011, 39 (3), 231-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4591

Have Labour Market Reforms at the Turn of the Millennium Changed Job Durations of the New Entrants? A Comparative Study for Germany and Italy

Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Ursula Jaenichen, Claudia Villosio

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2012, 33, 143 - 172

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4553

Delaying the Bell: The Effects of Longer School Days on Adolescent Motherhood in Chile

Diana Kruger, Matias Berthelon

published as "Risky behavior among youth: Incapacitation effects of school on adolescent motherhood and crime in Chile" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (1-2), 41-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4511

Pro-Poor Tax Reforms, with an Application to Mexico

Jean-Yves Duclos, Paul Makdissi, Abdelkrim Araar

published as 'Pro-Poor Indirect Tax Reforms, with an Application to Mexico' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2014, 21(1), 87-118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4493

The Regulation of Migration in a Transition Economy: China’s Hukou System

Shuming Bao, Örn B. Bodvarsson, Jack W. Hou, Yaohui Zhao

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2011, 29 (4), 564 - 579

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4489

Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State

Magne Mogstad, Chiara D. Pronzato

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (4), 1129–1159