IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2974

Modeling Immigrants' Language Skills

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 27, 75-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2964

The Advantage of Experienced Start-Up Founders in Venture Capital Acquisition: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

Junfu Zhang

published in: Small Business Economics, 2011, 36(2), 187-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2945

The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting, Human Capital, and Discrimination

Heather Antecol, Anneke Jong, Michael D. Steinberger

published as 'The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting and Human Capital' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 518-543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2935

Social Attitudes and Economic Development: An Epidemiological Approach

Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc

published as 'Inherited Trust and Growth' in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (5), 2060 - 2092

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2934

Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (4), 1329-1372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2928

Minorities, Social Capital and Voting

Pieter Bevelander, Ravi Pendakur

published as 'Social capital and Voting participation of Immigrants and Minorities in Canada' in: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2009, 32(8), 1406-1430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2905

Human Capital, Mortality and Fertility: A Unified Theory of the Economic and Demographic Transition

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde

see IZA DP 7199 for a substantially revised and extended version

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2903

How Does Financial Globalization Affect Risk Sharing? Patterns and Channels

M. Ayhan Kose, Eswar Prasad, Marco E. Terrones

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 89 (2), 258-270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2886

Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History

Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124(2), 531-596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2882

Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education: Simulation Based Evidence

Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Karsten Reuss

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 631-646

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2862

A Simple Theory of Industry Location and Residence Choice

Rainald Borck, Michael P. Pflüger, Matthias Wrede

published in revised form in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2010, 10 (6), 913 - 940

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2825

Is There Too Little Immigration?

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Howard J. Wall

published as 'Is There To Little immigration? An Analysis of Temporary Skilled Migration' in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2008, 17 (2), 197 - 211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2819

The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy

Lisa M. Lynch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2797

Globalization and Employment: Imported Skill Biased Technological Change in Developing Countries

Andrea Conte, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Developing Economies, 2011, 49(1), 36-65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2795

Skilled Migration, FDI and Human Capital Investment

Daniele Checchi, Gianfranco De Simone, Riccardo Faini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2780

The Rate of Learning-by-Doing: Estimates from a Search-Matching Model