IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 864

A Couples-Based Approach to the Problem of Workless Families

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Chris Ryan, Robert Breunig

published in: Economic Record, 2006, 82 (259), 428-444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 854

Income Satisfaction Inequality and its Causes

Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Bernard M. S. van Praag

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2003, 1 (2), 107-127

IZA Discussion Paper No. 850

Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Coordination

Stephen P. Jenkins, Lars Osberg

published in: D. Hamermesh and G. Pfann (eds), The Economics of Time Use, Contributions to Economic Analysis, No. 271, Chapter 5, 113–145, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 827

An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA

Hielke Buddelmeyer, Emmanuel Skoufias

IZA Discussion Paper No. 779

Who Are the Chronic Poor? Evidence on the Extent and the Composition of Chronic Poverty in Germany

Martin Biewen

published in: Research on Economic Inequality, 2006, 13 (1), 31-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 762

The Impact of In-Work Benefits on Poverty and Household Labour Supply: A Simulation Study for Switzerland

Michael Gerfin, Robert E. Leu

revised version published as ''Evaluationg the Cost-Effectiveness of In-Work Benefits: A Simulation Study for Switzerland' in: German Economic Review, 2007, 8 (4), 447 - 467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 758

Equilibrium Policy Experiments and the Evaluation of Social Programs

Jeremy Lise, Shannon Seitz, Jeffrey A. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 742

Building a Better Theory of Well-Being

Richard A. Easterlin

published in: Luigino Bruni and Pierluigi Porta (eds.), Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 736

The Employment Effects of Active Social Policy

Iben Bolvig, Peter Jensen, Michael Rosholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 735

Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium

Raphaël Desmet, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau

published in: J. Gruber and D. Wise, (eds.), “Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Fiscal Implications of Reform”, 2007, University of Chicago Press and NBER

IZA Discussion Paper No. 643

Parental Separation and Children's Educational Attainment: A Siblings Approach

Anders Björklund, Marianne Sundström

published as 'Parental Separation and Children's Educational Attainment: A Siblings Analysis on Swedish Register Data' in: Economica, 2006, 73 (292), 605-624

IZA Discussion Paper No. 639

Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?

Gilles Saint-Paul

published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (1), 129-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 638

The Dynamics of Food Deprivation and Overall Health: Evidence from the Canadian National Population Health Survey

Logan McLeod, Michael R. Veall

IZA Discussion Paper No. 629

Caste, Ethnicity and Poverty in Rural India

Ira N. Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun

revised version published as 'Poverty in Rural India: Caste and Tribe' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, 54 (1), 50-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 628