IZA Discussion Papers

new version entitled "Brain drain and human capital formation in developing countries: winners and losers" published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (528), 515-843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 818

The Surprising Retreat of Union Britain

John H. Pencavel

published in: David Card, Richard Blundell, and Richard B. Freeman (eds.), Seeking a Premier Economy: The Economic Effects of British Economic Reforms, 1980-2000, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2004, 181-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 816

The Early Retirement Burden: Assessing the Costs of the Continued Prevalence of Early Retirement in OECD Countries

Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson, Mike Orszag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 814

Measuring Labor Market Frictions: A Cross-Country Comparison

Geert Ridder, Gerard J. van den Berg

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1 (1), 224-244

IZA Discussion Paper No. 813

Firm-Specific Human Capital: A Skill-Weights Approach

Edward Lazear

Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117 (5), 914 - 940

IZA Discussion Paper No. 812

German Works Councils in the Production Process

John T. Addison, Thorsten Schank, Claus Schnabel, Joachim Wagner

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften/Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2006, 126 (2), 251-283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 811

Firms, Industries, and Unemployment Insurance: An Analysis Using Employer-Employee Data

Miles Corak, Wen-Hao Chen

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 299-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 809

The Brain Drain: Curse or Boon?

Simon Commander, Mari Kangasniemi, L. Alan Winters

published in: R. Baldwin and L. A. Winters (eds.), Challenges to Globalisation. NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2004

IZA Discussion Paper No. 808

Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model

Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport

new version published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8 (2), 187-200