IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6422

Explaining the Dynamics in Perceptions of Job Insecurity in Russia

Michael Lokshin, Vladimir Gimpelson, Aleksey Oshchepkov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6411

Mara Ewers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6408

Health Behavior and Accident Risk: Obesity Is Associated with the Future Risk of Heavy Truck Crashes among Newly Recruited Commercial Drivers

Jon E. Anderson, Manjari Govada, Tricia K. Steffen, Chris P. Thorne, Vasileia Varvarigou, Stefanos N. Kales, Stephen V. Burks

revised version published as 'Obesity is associated with the future risk of heavy truck crashes among newly recruited commercial drivers,' in: Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2012, 49, 378-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6404

Public and Private Sector Jobs, Unreported Income and Consumption Gap in India: Evidence from Micro-Data

Saibal Kar, Poulomi Roy, Sarani Saha

published in: North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2014, 29, 285-300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6375

What Are Over-the-Road Truckers Paid For? Evidence from an Exogenous Regulatory Change on the Role of Social Comparisons and Work Organization in Wage Determination

Stephen V. Burks, Frederick Guy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6364

Misspecification Testing in a Class of Conditional Distributional Models

Christoph Rothe, Dominik Wied

published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2013, 108 (501), 314-324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6364

Misspecification Testing in a Class of Conditional Distributional Models

Christoph Rothe, Dominik Wied

published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2013, 108 (501), 314-324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6358

The Short-Term Effectiveness of a Remedial Mathematics Course: Evidence from a UK University

Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published in: The Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 363-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6356

The Labor Market Return to an Attractive Face: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Florencia López Bóo, Martín A. Rossi, Sergio Urzua

published in: Economic Letters, 2013, 118 (1), 170–172.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6331

Social Isolation, Loneliness and Return Migration: Evidence from Older Irish Adults

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca

published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2013, 39 (10), 1659-1677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6327

Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits

Oded Galor, Stelios Michalopoulos

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2012, 147(2), 759-780

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6325

Announcing an Increase in the State Pension Age and the Recession: Which Mattered More for Expected Retirement Ages?

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca

published as 'Increasing the State Pension Age, the Recession and Expected Retirement Ages' in: Economic and Social Review 2013, 44 (4), 447-472

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6320

Unhappiness and Job Finding

Anne C. Gielen, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Economica, 2014, 81, 544–565

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6315

Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start

Pedro Carneiro, Rita Ginja

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (4), 135-173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6311

Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence on Self-Help Groups and Peer Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device

Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier, Dina Pomeranz

revised version published as 'Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 133, 275-294.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6308

Unemployment Benefits or Taxes: How Should Policy Makers Redistribute Income over the Business Cycle?

Susanne Ek Spector

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6302

Envy, Guilt, and the Phillips Curve

Steffen Ahrens, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 99, 69-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6290

Laws and Norms

Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6285

Unequal Access to Higher Education in the Czech Republic: The Role of Spatial Distribution of Universities