IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5549

Income Taxation of U.S. Households: Basic Facts

Nezih Guner, Remzi Kaygusuz, Gustavo Ventura

published in Review of Economic Dynamics, 2014, 17(4), 559–581

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5548

Improving the Employment Rates of People with Disabilities through Vocational Education

Kostas Mavromaras, Cain Polidano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5546

Free vs. Restricted Immigration: Bilateral Country Study

Assaf Razin, Jackline Wahba

revised version published as 'Welfare Magnet Hypothesis, Fiscal Burden and Immigration Skill Selectivity' in: Journal of Scandinavian Economics, 2015, 177 (2), 369 - 402

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5544

Age Biased Technical and Organisational Change, Training and Employment Prospects of Older Workers

Luc Behaghel, Eve Caroli, Muriel Roger

published in: Economica, 2014, 81(322), 368-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5543

Managerial Incentives and Favoritism in Promotion Decisions: Theory and Field Evidence

Johannes Berger, Claus Herbertz, Dirk Sliwka

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5542

Occupational Tasks and Changes in the Wage Structure

Sergio Firpo, Nicole M. Fortin, Thomas Lemieux

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5540

Part-Time Unemployment and Optimal Unemployment Insurance

Susanne Ek Spector, Bertil Holmlund

published in International Tax and Public Finance, 2015, 22(2), 201-223

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5539

Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later? Evidence from Hungary

Szilvia Hámori, János Köllő

published in: Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012, 18 (5), 459-488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5538

Wage Premia for Newly Hired Employees: Theory and Evidence

Patrick Kampkötter, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 31, 45–60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5537

Does Gender Matter for Academic Promotion? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment

Natalia Zinovyeva, Manuel Bagues

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5536

Retirement and Subjective Well-Being

Eric Bonsang, Tobias J. Klein

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 83 (3), 311-329

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5534

Long-term Effects of Famine on Life Expectancy: A Re-analysis of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-1868

Gabriele Doblhammer, Gerard J. van den Berg, Lambert H. Lumey

published as 'A re-analysis of the long-term effects on life expectancy of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-86', in: Population Studies, 67(3) 2013, 309-322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5533

Estimating the Return to College Selectivity over the Career Using Administrative Earning Data

Stacy Dale, Alan B. Krueger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5531

Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?

Jacopo Mazza, Hans van Ophem, Joop Hartog

published as 'Unobserved heterogeneity and risk in wage variance: Does more schooling reduce earnings risk?' in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 323 - 338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5529

Commuting Time and Labour Supply: A Causal Effect?

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Commuting Time and Labor Supply in the Netherlands: A Time Use Study' in: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2014, 48(3), 409-426

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5524

What Determines the Return to Education: An Extra Year or a Hurdle Cleared?

Matt Dickson, Sarah Smith

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (6), 1167-1176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5521

The Unequal Incidence of Non-Standard Employment across Occupational Groups: An Empirical Analysis of Post-Industrial Labour Markets in Germany and Europe

Paul Marx

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5520

The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament

Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 156(3-4), 653-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5519