IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1449

Comparing Apples with Oranges: Revisiting the Gender Wage Gap in an International Perspective

Robert Plasman, Salimata Sissoko

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1446

Sorting, Selection, and Transformation of the Return to College Education in China

Belton M. Fleisher, Haizheng Li, Shi Li, Xiaojun Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1445

In-Work Policies in Europe: Killing Two Birds with One Stone?

Olivier B. Bargain, Kristian Orsini

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (6), 667-693

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1444

Skill Policies for Scotland

James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov

published in: D. Coyle, W. Alexander and B. Ashcroft, eds., New Wealth for Old Nations: Scotland's Economic Prospects, Princeton University Press: 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1443

Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany

Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (4), 742-784

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1442

Co-Determination, Efficiency, and Productivity

Felix FitzRoy, Kornelius Kraft

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2005, 43 (2), 233-248

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1441

Normative Evaluation of Tax Policies: From Households to Individuals

Olivier B. Bargain

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (2), 339-371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1440

The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Small Business Economics, 2006, 26 (3), 279-300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1438

The (Unexpected) Structure of "Rents" on the French and British Labour Markets

Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik

published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 180-196

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1436

Wage Dynamics and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Time Preference or Learning Ability?

Lalith Munasinghe, Nachum Sicherman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1435

Training and Union Wages

Christian Dustmann, Uta Schönberg

revised version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 363-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1434

Do Migrants Get Good Jobs? New Migrant Settlement in Australia

Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar, Stephane Mahuteau

published in: Economic Record, 2005, 81 (s1), S34-S46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1433

Unilingual Versus Bilingual Education System: A Political Economy Analysis

Javier Ortega, Thomas P. Tangerås

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6(5), 1078-1108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1432

Are There Gender and Country of Origin Differences in Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes across European Destinations?

Alicia Adsera, Barry R. Chiswick

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 495-526

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1430

Riches to Rags Every Month? The Fall in Consumption Expenditures Between Paydays

David B. Huffman, Matias Barenstein

revised version: "A Monthly Struggle for Self-Control? Hyperbolic Discounting, Mental Accounting, and the Fall in Consumption Between Paydays"

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1429

On the Returns to Training in Portugal

Santiago Budría, Pedro T. Pereira

published as "The wage effects of training in Portugal: differences across skill groups, genders, sectors and training types" in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (6), 787-807

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1428

Minimum Wage Effects in the Longer Run

David Neumark, Olena Y. Nizalova

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42 (2), 435-452

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1427

Technology Adoption and Workforce Skill in U.S. Manufacturing Plants

Timothy Dunne, Kenneth Troske

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 52 (3), 387-405

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1425

Gender Differences Across the Earnings Distribution: Evidence from NLS:86 & HSB:92

Spyros Konstantopoulos, Amelie F. Constant

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1424