IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4976

The Self-Employment of Immigrants and Natives in Sweden

Henrik Ohlsson, Per Broomé, Pieter Bevelander

published in: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2012, 24 (5-6), 405-423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4975

The GED

James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Nicholas S. Mader

published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin and S. Woessman (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011, Chapter 9, 423-483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4973

Looking Beyond the Bridge: How Temporary Agency Employment Affects Labor Market Outcomes

Elke J. Jahn, Michael Rosholm

published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 65 (1) 108-125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4972

Did Employer Sanctions Lose Their Bite? Labor Market Effects of Immigrant Legalization

Magnus Lofstrom, Laura E. Hill, Joseph Hayes

revised version published as 'Wage and Mobility Effects of Legalization: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey' in: Journal of Regional Science, 2013, 53 (1), 171–197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4971

What Linear Estimators Miss: Re-Examining the Effects of Family Income on Child Outcomes

Katrine Vellesen Loken, Magne Mogstad, Matthew Wiswall

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (2), 1–35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4968

Mentoring, Educational Services, and Economic Incentives: Longer-Term Evidence on Risky Behaviors from a Randomized Trial

Núria Rodríguez-Planas

substantially revised version published as 'Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Learning Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the United States' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (4), 121 - 139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4967

The Firing Cost Implications of Alternative Severance Pay Designs

Donald O. Parsons

published in: Robert Holzmann and Milan Vodopivec, eds., Reforming Severance Pay: An International Perspective, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012, 159-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4966

Immigrant Selection and Short-Term Labour Market Outcomes by Visa Category

Abdurrahman B. Aydemir

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (2), 451-475

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4965

Labor Market Entry Conditions, Wages and Job Mobility

Ronald Bachmann, Thomas K. Bauer, Peggy David

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4964

Productivity Premia for German Manufacturing Firms Exporting to the Euro-Area and Beyond: First Evidence from Robust Fixed Effects Estimations

Vincenzo Verardi, Joachim Wagner

published in: The World Economy, 2012, 35 (6), 694-712

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4963

Priming Cooperation in Social Dilemma Games

Michalis Drouvelis, Robert Metcalfe, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published in: Theory and Decision, 2015, 79, 479-492

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4961

Sexual Orientation and Household Savings: Do Homosexual Couples Save More?

Brighita Negrusa, Sonia Oreffice

published as 'Sexual orientation and household financial decisions: evidence from couples in the United States' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (4), 445-463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4959

Female Labor Supply and Divorce: New Evidence from Ireland

Olivier B. Bargain, Libertad González, Claire Keane, Berkay Özcan

published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56 (8), 1675–1691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4958

Estimating Incentive and Welfare Effects of Non-Stationary Unemployment Benefits

Andrey Launov, Klaus Wälde

revised version published in: International Economic Review, 2013, 54 (4), 1159-1198

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. 4955

Gender, Competition and the Efficiency of Policy Interventions

Loukas Balafoutas, Matthias Sutter

shortened version published as 'Affirmative action policies promote women and do not harm efficiency in the lab' in: Science, 2012, 335 (6068), 579-582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4954

Mother or Motherland: Can a Government Have an Impact on Educational Attainment of the Population? Preliminary Evidence from India

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty

published as 'Educational Attainment in India: What Drives Transition' in: ICRA's Bulletin: Money & Finance, February 2013, 95 -112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4952

Identification of the Covariance Structure of Earnings Using the GMM Estimator

Aedin Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2013, 11 (3), 343-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4951

Quotas and Quality: The Effect of H-1B Visa Restrictions on the Pool of Prospective Undergraduate Students from Abroad

Takao Kato, Chad Sparber

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (1), 109-126