IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5629

Are Self-Employed Really Happier Than Employees? An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes

Dominik Hanglberger, Joachim Merz

published as 'Does self-employment really raise job satisfaction? Adaptation and anticipation effects on self-employment and general job changes' in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2015, 48, 287 - 303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5624

Understanding Social Interactions: Evidence from the Classroom

Giacomo De Giorgi, Michele Pellizzari

published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124(579), 917–953

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5622

Pre-Hire Factors and Workplace Ethnic Segregation

Magnus Strömgren, Tiit Tammaru, Maarten van Ham, Szymon Marcinczak, Olof Stjernström, Urban Lindgren

published as 'Factors Shaping Workplace Segregation Between Natives and Immigrants' in: Demography, 2014, 51(2), 645-671

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5601

Health and Well-Being in the Crisis

Nikos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (1), 26 - 47.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5572

The Impact of Education on Unemployment Incidence and Re-employment Success: Evidence from the U.S. Labour Market

W. Craig Riddell, Xueda Song

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (4), 453-463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5564

Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Britain: Evidence from a Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis

Siddhartha Chib, Liana Jacobi

revised version published as 'Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis and Returns to Compulsory Schooling' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31 (6), 1026 - 1047

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5496

Emigration and Democracy

Frédéric Docquier, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Hillel Rapoport, Maurice Schiff

strongly revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 120, 209-223

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5448

Gender-Specific Occupational Segregation, Glass Ceiling Effects, and Earnings in Managerial Positions: Results of a Fixed Effects Model

Anne Busch, Elke Holst

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5448

Gender-Specific Occupational Segregation, Glass Ceiling Effects, and Earnings in Managerial Positions: Results of a Fixed Effects Model

Anne Busch, Elke Holst

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5434

Turning 18: What a Difference Application of Adult Criminal Law Makes

Horst Entorf

published as 'Expected Recidivism among Young Offenders: Comparing Specific Deterrence under Juvenile and Adult Criminal Law' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28 (4), 414-429

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5429

The Impact of Placing Adolescent Males into Foster Care on their Education, Income Assistance and Incarcerations

William P. Warburton, Rebecca N. Warburton, Arthur Sweetman, Clyde Hertzman

published as 'The Impact of Placing Adolescent Males into Foster Care on Education, Income Assistance, and Convictions' in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2014, 47(1), 35-69.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5426

An Evaluation of the Employment Effects of Barriers to Outsourcing

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Sugata Marjit, Lei Yang

revised version published as 'International Oligopoly, Barriers to Outsourcing and Domestic Employment' in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2014, 47(4), 1372-1386

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5414

Indirect Effects of a Policy Altering Criminal Behaviour: Evidence from the Italian Prison Experiment

Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati

revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (2), 199-218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5412

Social Support Substitution and the Earnings Rebound: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform

Lex Borghans, Anne C. Gielen, Erzo F.P. Luttmer

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (4), 34-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5410

Is the Minimum Wage a Pull Factor for Immigrants?

Corrado Giulietti

substantially revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2014, 67 (3), 649-674