IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5895

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5889

China's Emergence in the World Economy and Business Cycles in Latin America

Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi, M. Hashem Pesaran, Alessandro Rebucci, TengTeng Xu

published in: Filippo di Mauro and Hashem Pesaran (eds.), The GVAR Handbook: Structure and Applications of a Macro Model of the Global Economy for Policy Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2013, 195–211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5888

Child Care, Maternal Employment and Persistence: A Natural Experiment from Spain

Natalia Nollenberger, Núria Rodríguez-Planas

substantially revised version published as 'Full-Time Universal Childcare in a Context of Low Maternal Employment: Modest but Persistent Effects' in: Labour Economics, 2015, 36, 124 - 136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5884

Lies and Biased Evaluation: A Real-Effort Experiment

Julie Rosaz, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 84 (2), 537-549.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5880

Evolution of the Industrial Wage Structure in China Since 1980

Ohyun Kwon, Belton M. Fleisher, Deng Quheng

substantially revised version published in: Pacific Economic Review, 2015, 20(1), 17–44 (co-authored by Simon Chang)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5878

The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets

Mihails Hazans, Kaia Philips

published in: Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds), EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration, Berlin - Heidelberg: Springer, 2009, 255-304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5876

Severance Pay Mandates: Firing Costs, Hiring Costs, and Firm Avoidance Behaviors

Donald O. Parsons

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5875

Let's Take Bargaining Models Seriously: The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009

Boris Hirsch, Claus Schnabel

substantially revised version published as 'What Can We Learn from Bargaining Models about Union Power? The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009' in: Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 347-362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5872

What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth

Mihails Hazans

published as: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5917, 2011/12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5871

Informal Workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 Countries

Mihails Hazans

extended version published as 'Informal workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 European countries', as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5912, 2011/12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5870

Parental Health and Child Schooling

Massimiliano Bratti, Mariapia Mendola

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 35, 94-108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5868

And I Will Try to Fix You: A Study of Heterogeneity in Job Satisfaction with Implications for Flexible Employment Contracts

Aekapol Chongvilaivan, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published as 'Do Different Work Characteristics Have Different Distributional Impacts on Job Satisfaction? A Study of Slope Heterogeneity in Workers’ Well-Being' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2014, 52 (3), 426-444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5859

Simultaneous Search and Network Efficiency

Pieter A. Gautier, Christian Holzner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5855

The Economic Integration of Forced Migrants: Evidence for Post-War Germany

Thomas K. Bauer, Sebastian Till Braun, Michael Kvasnicka

published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (571), 998-1024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5846

Parental Job Loss and Children’s Health: Ten Years after the Massive Layoff of the SOEs’ Workers in China

Hong Liu, Zhong Zhao

revised version published in: China Economic Review, 2014, 31, 303-319

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5836