IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1159

The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market

revised version published as 'The effects of multiple minimum wages throughout the labor market: The case of Costa Rica ' in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 485-511

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1158

Self-Selection and Earnings During Volatile Transition

Ralitza Dimova, Ira N. Gang

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2007, 35 (3), 612-629

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1156

Earnings and Community College Field of Study Choice in Canada

Brahim Boudarbat

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (1), 79-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1155

Who Among White Collar Workers Has an Opportunity for Phased Retirement? Establishment Characteristics

Robert M. Hutchens, Karen Grace-Martin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1147

Labour Market Flexibility and Employment Protection Regulation in the Baltic States

Raul Eamets, Jaan Masso

revised version published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2005, 11 (1), 71-90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1134

What a Difference a Y Makes: Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany

Joachim Wagner

published in: Small Business Economics, 2007, 28 (1), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1130

Self-Employed Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden: A Way to Economic Self-Reliance?

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1128

Wages and Employment Growth: Disaggregated Evidence for West Germany

Jens Suedekum, Uwe Blien

published as 'Stimulating employment growth with higher wages? A new approach to address an old controversy' in: Kyklos, 2007, 60 (3), 441-467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1126

Real Options Effects on Employment: Does Exchange Rate Uncertainty Matter for Aggregation?

Ansgar H. Belke, Matthias Göcke

published in: German Economic Review, 2005, 6 (2), 185-203

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1124

Explaining the Growth of Part-Time Employment: Factors of Supply and Demand

Rob Euwals, Maurice Hogerbrugge

published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (3), 533-557

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1122

The Effect of Extra Funding for Disadvantaged Pupils on Achievement

Edwin Leuven, Mikael Lindahl, Hessel Oosterbeek, Dinand Webbink

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89 (4), 721-736

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1118

International Comparisons of Work Disability

James Banks, Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest

published in: David Cutler and David Wise (eds.), Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly, University of Chicago Press, 2008, 251-294

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1117

The Effects of Vocational Training Programmes on the Duration of Unemployment in Eastern Germany

Reinhard Hujer, Stephan L. Thomsen, Christopher Zeiss

published in: Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv / Journal of the German Statistical Society, 2006, 90 (2), 299-321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1114

The Supply of Child Labour

Alessandro Cigno

edited version published as Chapter 2 of: A. Cigno and F. C. Rosati (eds.), The Economics of Child Labour, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1111

New Mothers' Labour Force Participation in Italy: The Role of Job Characteristics

Massimiliano Bratti, Emilia Del Bono, Daniela Vuri

revised version published in: Labour, 2005, 19 (s1), 79–121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1110

Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States: 1968-1993

Gueorgui Kambourov, Iourii Manovskii

revised version published as 'Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States, 1968 - 97' in: International Economic Review, 2008, 49 (1), 41-79

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1106

Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes: Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?

Holger Bonin

published in: R. Zwengel (ed.), Gesellschaftliche Perspektiven: Jahrbuch der Hessischen Gesellschaft für Demokratie und Ökologie, 2004, 5, 55-71

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1105

Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments

Thomas K. Bauer, Stefan Bender, Holger Bonin

published in: Economica, 2007, 74 (296), 804-821

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1102

How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed

Solomon Polachek

published in: F. Blau, M. Brinton, and D. Grusky, (eds.) The Declining Significance of Gender?, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006