IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2911

Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany

Joachim R. Frick, Markus M. Grabka, Olaf Groh-Samberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2902

Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence among Welfare Participants in Argentina

published as 'Jump-starting Self-employment? Evidence for Welfare Participants in Argentina' in: World Development, 2010, 38 (5), 742-755

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2846

Estimating the Effects of Length of Exposure to a Training Program: The Case of Job Corps

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Arturo Gonzalez, Todd C. Neumann

published as 'Estimating the Effects of Length of Exposure to Instruction in a Training Program: The Case of Job Corps ' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (1), 153–171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2771

Health and the Evolution of Welfare across Brazilian Municipalities

Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 84(2), 590–608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2758

Social Assistance Receipt and its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Deng Quheng

published in: Poverty and Public Policy, 2011, 3(1), Article 10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2748

Maximum Fee vs. Child Benefit: A Welfare Analysis of Swedish Child-Care Fee Reform

Anne Brink, Katarina Nordblom, Roger Wahlberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2709

Are Youths on Income Support Less Happy? Evidence from Australia

Wang-Sheng Lee, Umut Oguzoglu

published in: Australian Economic Review, 2007, 40 (4), 369-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2610

Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Employment: Evidence from the Post-Welfare Reform Era

David Neumark, William Wascher

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2607

A Model with Endogenous Programme Participation: Evaluating the Tax Credit in France

Hans Bloemen, Elena G. F. Stancanelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2568

Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Bernard M. S. van Praag

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2007, 53, 42-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2550

The Technology of Skill Formation

Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman

published in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (2), 31-47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2398

Basic Income Reform in Germany: Better Gradualism than Cold Turkey

Alexander Spermann

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly Supplement, 2006, 57, 113-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2375

Matching Estimators and the Data from the National Supported Work Demonstration Again

Zhong Zhao

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2372

The Parental Leave Benefit Reform in Germany: Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving towards the Scandinavian Model

C. Katharina Spieß, Katharina Wrohlich

revised version published as 'Parental Leave Benet Reform in Germany: Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving towards the Nordic Model' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2008, 27 (5), 575-591

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2310

Studying Labor Market Institutions in the Lab: Minimum Wages, Employment Protection and Workfare

Armin Falk, David B. Huffman

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2007, 163 (1), 30-45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2266

State Dependence in Canadian Welfare Participation

Jörgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom, Xuelin Zhang

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2014, 39, 81-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2261

Immigrant-Native Differences in Welfare Participation: The Role of Entry and Exit Rates

Jörgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Industrial Relations, 2011, 50 (3), 412 - 442