IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6267

How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets

Marco Stampini, Ron Leung, Setou M. Diarra, Lauréline Pla

revised version published in: South African Journal of Economics, 2013, 81 (1), 140-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6264

Do Europe's Minimum Income Schemes Provide Adequate Shelter against the Economic Crisis and How, If at All, Have Governments Responded?

Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx, Natascha Van Mechelen

revised version published as 'The great wake-up call? Social citizenship and minimum income provisions in Europe in times of crisis' in: Journal of Social Policy, 2014, 43 (2), 247-267

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6160

A Challenge for the G20: Globally Stipulated Debt Brakes and Transnational Independent Fiscal Supervisory Councils

Mathias Dolls, Andreas Peichl, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Intereconomics, 2012, 47 (1), 31-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6053

Diversity and Public Goods: A Natural Experiment with Exogenous Residential Allocation

Yann Algan, Camille Hémet, David D. Laitin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5856

Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Graziella Bertocchi

revised version published in: Olivier de la Grandville (ed.), Economic Growth and Development, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 11, Bingley, 2011, 25 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5647

Decentralization, Happiness and the Perception of Institutions

Luis Diaz-Serrano, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

published as 'Decentralization, Subjective Well-Being and the Perception of Institutions' in: Kyklos, 2012, 65 (2), 179-193

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5555

Democratization and Civil Liberties: The Role of Violence During the Transition

Matteo Cervellati, Piergiuseppe Fortunato, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 66, 226-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5520

The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament

Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 156(3-4), 653-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5445

Efficient and Inefficient Welfare States

Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, Marc Sangnier

revised version published as 'Trust and the Welfare State: the Twin Peaks Curve' in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (593), 861 - 883

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5440

Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US: Between Equity and Efficiency

Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version pubished in 2 parts - as 'Comparing inequality aversion across countries when labor supply responses differ' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2014, 21, 845 - 873 (also available as IZA DP 7215) and as 'Tax-Benefit Revealed Social Preferences in Europe and the US' in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 113/114, 257 -28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5434

Turning 18: What a Difference Application of Adult Criminal Law Makes

Horst Entorf

published as 'Expected Recidivism among Young Offenders: Comparing Specific Deterrence under Juvenile and Adult Criminal Law' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28 (4), 414-429

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5349

Cronyism

Pedro S. Martins

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5332

Tacit Lobbying Agreements: An Experimental Study

Jens Großer, Ernesto Reuben, Agnieszka Tymula

published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2013, 57 (3), 582-597

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5270

Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rodrigo R. Soares, Igor Viveiros

published in: Economía: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2017, 17 (2), 29-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5221