IZA Discussion Papers

substantially revised version published as 'Labour Migration from Eastern Europe and the EU’s Quest for Talents' in: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2014, 52 (2), 183-199

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4141

Search and Offshoring in the Presence of "Animal Spirits"

Devashish Mitra, Priya Ranjan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4140

Critical Periods During Childhood and Adolescence: A Study of Adult Height Among Immigrant Siblings

Gerard J. van den Berg, Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (6), 1521-1557.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4139

Household Decision Making and the Influence of Spouses' Income, Education, and Communist Party Membership: A Field Experiment in Rural China

Fredrik Carlsson, Peter Martinsson, Ping Qin, Matthias Sutter

revised version published as 'The Influence of Spouses on Household Decision Making Under Risk: An Experiment in Rural China' in: Experimental Economics, 2013, 16(3), 383-403

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4138

Differences in Decline: Quantile Regression Analysis of Union Wage Differentials in the United Kingdom, 1991-2003

Alejandra A. Manquilef-Bächler, Wiji Arulampalam, Jennifer C. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4137

Performance Pay and Within-Firm Wage Inequality

Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjørn Haegeland, Oddbjørn Raaum

published as 'Performance Pay, Union Bargaining and Within-Firm Wage Inequality' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74 (3), 327 - 362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4136

Offshoring and Unemployment: The Role of Search Frictions and Labor Mobility

Devashish Mitra, Priya Ranjan

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2010, 81 (2), 219-229

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4135

Financing Social Security: Simulating Different Welfare State Systems for Germany

Caroline Dieckhoener, Andreas Peichl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4134

Assessing the Impact of a Wage Subsidy for Single Parents on Social Assistance in Canada

Guy Lacroix

published - as joint work with Dany Brouillette - in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2011, 44 (4), 1195–1221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4132

Access to Banking Services and Poverty Reduction: A State-wise Assessment in India

Amit Kumar Bhandari

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4129

Technological Capabilities and Patterns of Cooperation of UK Firms: A Regional Investigation

Simona Iammarino, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli, Nick Von Tunzelmann

published as 'Technological Capabilities and Patterns of Innovative Cooperation of Firms in the UK Regions' in: Regional Studies, 2012, 46 (10), 1283-1301

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4128

Gender Interactions within Hierarchies: Evidence from the Political Arena

Stefano Gagliarducci, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (3), 1021-1052

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4123

Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?

Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published in: Grzegorz Kolodko and Jacek Tomkiewicz (eds.), 20 Years of Transformation: Achievements, Problems and Perspectives, New York: Nova, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4122

Delinquent Networks

Coralio Ballester, Antoni Calvó-Armengol, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8 (1), 34-61