IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5179

Gender Differentials in the Payoff to Schooling in China

Weiwei Ren, Paul W. Miller

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (1), 133-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5163

Within- and Cross-Firm Mobility and Earnings Growth

Anders Frederiksen, Timothy J. Halliday, Alexander K. Koch

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (2), 320-353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5075

The Effects of School Quality in the Origin on the Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published in: Gil Epstein and Ira Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 67-103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5028

The Long-Run Labor-Market Consequences of Civil War: Evidence from the Shining Path in Peru

Jose C. Galdo

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61 (4), 789-823

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4957

Crossing the Border: Self-Selection, Earnings and Individual Migration Decisions

Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Francesc Ortega

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101, 75-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4919

Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007

Xin Meng, Kailing Shen, Sen Xue

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41 (1), 227–244

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4892

Immigrants at New Destinations: How They Fare and Why

Anabela Carneiro, Natércia Fortuna, José Varejão

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (3), 1165-1185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4872

Explaining Rising Returns to Education in Urban China in the 1990s

Xuejun Liu, Albert Park, Yaohui Zhao

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4863

Earnings Progression, Human Capital and Incentives: Theory and Evidence

Anders Frederiksen

published as 'Incentives and Earnings Growth' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 85 (1), 97-107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4857

If Seebohm Rowntree Had Studied Sweden: How Poverty Changed in the City of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Birgitta Jansson

published in: Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2010, 58 (3), 239-260

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4775

No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men

Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth

published as 'Body Size, Skills, and Income: Evidence From 150,000 Teenage Siblings' in: Demography, 2014, 51, 1573-1596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4753

Returns to Education and Macroeconomic Shocks: Evidence from Argentina

Florencia López Bóo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4711

Is Informality Bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa

Olivier Bargain, Prudence Magejo

published as 'Earnings Structure, Informal Employment and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, S100-S122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4684

Work Out or Out of Work: The Labor Market Return to Physical Fitness and Leisure Sport Activities

Dan-Olof Rooth

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (3), 399-409

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4594

Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Characteristics in the Marriage Market

Pierre-André Chiappori, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published as 'Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Matching on the Marriage Market' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 120 (4), 659-695.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4590

The Economic Progress of American Jewry: From 18th Century Merchants to 21st Century Professionals

Barry R. Chiswick

published in: Aaron Levine (ed.), Judaism and Economics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 625-645

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4560

Low-Skilled Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 25-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4509

How Effective Are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit

Patrick Arni, Rafael Lalive, Jan C. van Ours

revised version (including technical online appendix) published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2013, 28 (7), 1153–1178