IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6217

The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms

Helmut Fryges, Karsten Kohn, Katrin Ullrich

published in: Journal of Small Business Management, 2015, 53 (S1), 251-277

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6195

Impacts of Rural Electrification in Rwanda

Gunther Bensch, Jochen Kluve, Jörg Peters

revised version published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2011, 3 (4), 567-588

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6186

Reforming an Insider-Outsider Labor Market: The Spanish Experience

Samuel Bentolila, Juan J. Dolado, Juan F. Jimeno

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6183

Long-term Employment and Job Security over the Last Twenty-Five Years: A Comparative Study of Japan and the U.S.

Ryo Kambayashi, Takao Kato

revised version published as 'Long-Term Employment and Job Security over the Past 25 Years: A Comparative Study of Japan and the United States' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70 (2), 359 -394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6175

The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness

Claudia Senik

published as 'Why are the French so Unhappy? The Cultural Dimension of Happiness' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 106, 379-401.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6173

How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?

Le Wang

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 75 (3), 435-454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6140

Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being

Beata Nowok, Maarten van Ham, Allan M. Findlay, Vernon Gayle

published in: Environment and Planning A, 2013, 45 (4), 986-1002

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6124

The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession

John Cawley, Asako S. Moriya, Kosali Simon

published in: Health Economics, 2015, 24 (2), 206 - 223

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6110

Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life

Gerard J. van den Berg, Pia Pinger, Johannes Schoch

published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (3), 465–506

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6103

Transitions to Entrepreneurship and Industry-Specific Barriers

Magnus Lofstrom, Timothy Bates, Simon C. Parker

published as 'Why Are Some People More Likely to Become Small-Businesses Owners than Others: Entrepreneurship Entry and Industry-specific Barriers' in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2014, 29(2), 232–251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6095

How Do Informal Agreements and Renegotiation Shape Contractual Reference Points?

Ernst Fehr, Oliver Hart, Christian Zehnder

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13 (1), 1-28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6093

Funding Self-Employment: The Role of Consumer Credit

Christoph Kneiding, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (13), 1741-1749

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6085

Building in an Evaluation Component for Active Labor Market Programs: A Practitioner's Guide

David Card, Pablo Ibarrarán, Juan Miguel Villa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6080