IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3231

Joining Panel Data with Cross-Sections for Efficiency Gains: An Application to a Consumption Equation for Nicaragua

published in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2009, 68 (2), 149-173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3142

Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?

Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl, Thilo Schaefer

revised version published as "Is a flat tax reform feasible in a grown-up democracy of Western Europe? A simulation study for Germany" in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2008, 15 (5), 620-636

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3079

When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell

published in: Klaus Liebscher, Josef Christl, Peter Mooslechner (eds.), Foreign Direct Investment in Europe: A Changing Landscape, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2998

Turning a Blind Eye: Costly Enforcement, Credible Commitment and Minimum Wage Laws

Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Ravi Kanbur

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (543), 244 - 269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2861

How Tax Progression Affects Effort and Employment

Erkki Koskela, Ronnie Schöb

published as 'Is Tax Progression Good for Employment? Efficiency Wages and the Role of the Prereform Tax Structure' in: FinanzArchiv, 2009, 65 (1), 51 - 72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2824

Labour Market Policy and the Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off

Trine Filges, John Kennes, Birthe Larsen, Torben Tranæs

publiched in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2011, 33 (4), 738-753

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2739

High Relocation Costs in Search-Matching Models: Theory and Application to Spatial Mismatch

Yves Zenou

published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (5), 534-546

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2713

Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?

Erzo F.P. Luttmer

published in: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7(1), Article 49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2689

An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator

Carlos Pestana Barros, Antonio Menezes, José António Cabral Vieira, Nicolas Peypoch, Bernardin Solonandrasana

published in: Health Care Management Science, 2008, 11 (4), 373-381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2660

Turning Unemployment into Self-Employment: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Start-Up Programmes

Hans J. Baumgartner, Marco Caliendo

revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 70(3), 347-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2643

Does Secondary School Tracking Affect Performance? Evidence from IALS

Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello

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. 2520

Relative Efficiency, Scale Effect, and Scope Effect of Public Hospitals: Evidence from Australia

Jian Wang, Zhong Zhao, Amir Mahmood

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2507

Selection Wages: An Example

Ekkehart Schlicht

substantially enlarged version published as 'Wage Dispersion, Over-Qualification, and Reder Competition' in: Economics e-Journal, 2007, 2007-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2477

Decentralization and the Productive Efficiency of Government: Evidence from Swiss Cantons

Iwan Barankay, Ben Lockwood

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (5-6), 1197-1218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2448

Reported Progress under the Student Right-to-Know Act: How Reliable Is It?

Leslie S. Stratton, James N. Wetzel

published in: IR Applications, 2009, 19, 1 - 10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2296

Competition, Hidden Information and Efficiency: An Experiment

Antonio Cabrales, Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published as 'Hidden information, bargaining power, and efficiency: an experiment' in: Experimental Economics, 2011, 14, (2), 133-159.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2268

Back-to-front Down-under? Part-time/Full-time Wage Differentials in Australia

Alison L. Booth, Margi Wood

published in: Industrial Relations, 2008, 47 (1), 114-135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2254

Relational Goods, Monitoring and Non-Pecuniary Compensations in the Nonprofit Sector: The Case of the Italian Social Services

Michele Mosca, Marco Musella, Francesco Pastore

published in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2007, 78 (1), 57-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2232

Earnings-Related Severance Pay

Laszlo Goerke

published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (4), 651-672