IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2603

Territorial Differences in Italian Students’ Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003

Massimiliano Bratti, Daniele Checchi, Antonio Filippin

revised version published as "Geographical Differences in Italian Students' Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003" in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2007, 66(3), 299-333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2602

Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21(2), 27-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2601

Are Shirking and Leisure Substitutable? An Empirical Test of Efficiency Wages Based on Urban Economic Theory

Stephen L. Ross, Yves Zenou

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2008, 38, 498-517

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2600

Inflation Persistence and the Phillips Curve Revisited

Marika Karanassou, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2599

The Impact of Income Taxation on the Ratio between Reservation and Market Wages and the Incentives for Labour Supply

Marco Caliendo, Ludovica Gambaro, Peter Haan

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (9), 877-883

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2598

A New Continuous Distribution and Two New Families of Distributions Based on the Exponential

Guillermina Jasso, Samuel Kotz

published in: Statistica Neerlandica, 2007, 61(3), 305-328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2595

A Persistence Model of the National Minimum Wage

Melanie K. Jones, Richard J. Jones, Philip D. Murphy, Peter J. Sloane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2592

Studying Justice: Measurement, Estimation, and Analysis of the Actual Reward and the Just Reward

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Kjell Törnblom and Riel Vermunt (eds.), Distributive and Procedural Justice: Research and Social Applications. London, UK: Ashgate, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2591

The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries: How Large Is It for Men?

Síle O'Dorchai, Robert Plasman, François Rycx

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (7), 571-603

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2589

Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours: An Analysis of Alcohol Abuse and Truancy among Adolescents

Rosa Duarte, José-Julián Escario, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours in Adolescence' in: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2011, 29 (55), 125-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2588

Use IT or Lose IT? The Impact of Computers on Earnings

Peter Dolton, Gerry Makepeace, Helen Robinson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2587

Matching Language Proficiency to Occupation: The Effect on Immigrants’ Earnings

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published as 'The impact of surplus skills on earnings: Extending the over-education model to language proficiency' in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 36, 263-275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2586

Intra-household Gender Disparities in Children’s Medical Care before Death in India

Abay Asfaw, Stephan Klasen, Francesca Lamanna

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2585

An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2584

Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence

Richard A. Easterlin, Onnicha Sawangfa

published in: A.K. Dutt and B. Radcliff (eds.), Happiness, Economics, and Politics: Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, 2009, Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2583

Identity, Dignity and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets

Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2582

The Changing Nature of the School-to-Work Transition Process in OECD Countries

Glenda Quintini, John P. Martin, Sébastien Martin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2579

The Effect of the Theo van Gogh Murder on House Prices in Amsterdam

Pieter A. Gautier, Arjen Siegmann, Aico van Vuuren

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2009, 65(2), 113-126.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2578

The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective