IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3177

How Reliable Are Income Data Collected with a Single Question?

revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (2), 409-430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3175

‘Marginal Employment’: Stepping Stone or Dead End? Evaluating the German Experience

Ronny Freier, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3172

Acculturation Identity and Educational Attainment

Lena Nekby, Magnus Rödin, Gülay Özcan

updated version published as 'Acculturation Identity and Higher Education. Is There a Trade-off Between Ethnic Identity and Education? in: International Migration Review, 2009, 43 (4), 938 - 973

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3171

On the Inverse Relationship between Unemployment and Absenteeism: Evidence from Natural Experiments and Worker Heterogeneity

René Fahr, Bernd Frick

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3170

Born To Be Mild? Cohort Effects Don’t (Fully) Explain Why Well-Being Is U-Shaped in Age

Andrew E. Clark

published in: Mariano Rojas (ed.), The Economics of Happiness: How the Easterlin Paradox Transformed our Understanding of Well-being and Progress, New York: Springer, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3169

The Focusing and Informational Effects of Norms on Pro-Social Behavior

Erin L. Krupka, Roberto A. Weber

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2009, 30 (3), 307-320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3168

Creating Jobs Through Public Subsidies: An Empirical Analysis

Sourafel Girma, Holger Görg, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(6), 1179-1199

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3164

Employment Protection, Firm Selection, and Growth

Markus Poschke

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2009, 56(8), 1074-1085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3163

Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity in Italy

Vito Peragine, Laura Serlenga

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3162

Principal Accountability at Private Secondary Schools

Sherrilyn M. Billger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3161

Labor Market Policies and Outcomes: Cross Country Evidence for the EU-27

Riccardo Rovelli, Randolph Luca Bruno

substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 3502

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3160

The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany

Thomas Cornelissen, Christian Pfeifer

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (1), 94-103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3159

Death, Happiness, and the Calculation of Compensatory Damages

Andrew J. Oswald, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2008, 37(S2), S217-S252

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3158

The Public-Private Sector Gender Wage Differential: Evidence from Matched Employee-Workplace Data

Monojit Chatterji, Karen A. Mumford, Peter N. Smith

published as 'The public-private sector gender wage differential in Britain: evidence from matched employee-workplace data ' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (26), 3819 - 3833

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3157

Safety Net Still in Transition: Labour Market Incentive Effects of Extending Social Support in Poland

Peter Haan, Michal Myck

revised version published as 'Safety net still in transition: labour market incentive effects of social support in Poland and Germany' in: Bank i Kredyt, 2010, 41 (3), 5-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3155

Ethnic Sorting in the Netherlands

Aslan Zorlu, Jan Latten

published in: Urban Studies, 2009, 46 (9), 1899-1923

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3154

Educational Self-Selection, Tasks Assignment and Rising Wage Inequality

Arnaud Dupuy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3153

Social Deprivation and Exclusion of Immigrants in Germany

John de New, Mathias Sinning

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2010, 56 (4), 715-733

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3152