IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 698

Product Market Integration, Comparative Advantages and Labour Market Performance

published as "Labour Demand, Wage Mark-ups and Product Market Integration" in: Journal of Economics, 2007, 92 (2), 103-135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 697

Differences in US-German Time-Allocation: Why Do Americans Work Longer Hours than Germans?

Ronald Schettkat

IZA Discussion Paper No. 696

Institutions in the Economic Fitness Landscape: What Impact Do Welfare State Institutions Have on Economic Performance?

Ronald Schettkat

CESifo Dice Report , 2003, 2, 27-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 694

What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? New Evidence from German Micro Data

Eswar Prasad

published in: Gabriel Fagan, Francesco Mongelli and Julian Morgan (eds.), Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe: Proceedings of the ECB's Annual Labor Market Workshop, London: Edward Elgar, 2004

IZA Discussion Paper No. 693

Spatial Mismatch: From the Hypothesis to the Theories

Laurent Gobillon, Harris Selod, Yves Zenou

published as 'The Mechanisms of Spatial Mismatch ' in: Urban Studies, 2007, 44 (12), 2401-2427

IZA Discussion Paper No. 691

Scale Effects in Markets with Search

Barbara Petrongolo, Christopher A. Pissarides

published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (508), 21-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 689

The Effects of Union Wage-Settings on Firms’ Production Factor Decisions

Almas Heshmati, Ilham Haouas

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 11 (7), 415-420

IZA Discussion Paper No. 687

Labour-Use Efficiency in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries

Ilham Haouas, Mahmoud Yagoubi, Almas Heshmati

published in: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2003, 1 (3), 195-214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 684

The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants

Patrick A. Puhani

published as 'Relative Demand Shocks and Relative Wage Rigidities During the Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment' in: Kyklos, 2003, 56 (4),541-562

IZA Discussion Paper No. 681

An Adverse Selection Model of Optimal Unemployment Insurance

Marcus Hagedorn, Ashok Kaul, Tim Mennel

published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010, 34 (3), 490-502

IZA Discussion Paper No. 680

Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland: Fakten, Ursachen und Bekämpfung

Marcus Hagedorn, Ashok Kaul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 673

Labour as a Buffer: Do Temporary Workers Suffer?

Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi, Jeff Frank

published in: Gabriel Fagan, Francesco Paolo Mongelli and Julian Morgan (eds.), Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe, Edward Elgar 2003

IZA Discussion Paper No. 669

Assessing Unemployment Traps in Belgium Using Panel Data Sample Selection Models

Anna Cristina D'Addio, Isabelle De Greef, Michael Rosholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 668

Solow and Heterogeneous Labor: A Neoclassical Explanation of Wage Inequality

Jürgen Meckl, Stefan Zink

published in: Economic Journal, 2004, 114 (498), 835-854

IZA Discussion Paper No. 659

Defining Unemployment in Developing Countries: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago

Eric Strobl, David Byrne

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 73 (1), 465-476

IZA Discussion Paper No. 657