IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5182

Child Health and the Income Gradient: Evidence from China

Yi Chen, Xiaoyan Lei, Li-An Zhou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5097

Outsourcing Cost and Tax Progression under Nash Wage Bargaining with Flexible Outsourcing

Erkki Koskela

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5070

The Effects of Aging on Migration in a Transition Economy: The Case of China

Örn B. Bodvarsson, Jack W. Hou

substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 8351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5002

Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

Anders Björklund, Kjell G. Salvanes

revised version published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook in Economics of Education, Vol. 3, North Holland: 2010, pp. 201-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4882

Wage Effects of Non-Wage Labour Costs

María Cervini-Plá, Xavier Ramos, José I. Silva

substantially revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 113-137. Winner of the 2015 Spanish Association for Labour Economics Best Paper Award.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4792

The Design of Unemployment Transfers: Evidence from a Dynamic Structural Life-Cycle Model

Peter Haan, Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4781

Alternative Basic Income Mechanisms: An Evaluation Exercise with a Microeconometric Model

Ugo Colombino, Marilena Locatelli, Edlira Narazani, Cathal O'Donoghue

published in: Basic Income Studies, 2010, 5 (1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4719

Valuing School Quality via a School Choice Reform

Stephen Machin, Kjell G. Salvanes

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118, 3-24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4659

Welfare Usage in the U.S.: Does Immigrant Birthplace and Immigration Status Matter?

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Maharouf Oyolola

revised version published as 'Do Immigrant Groups Differ in Welfare Usage? Evidence from the U.S.A' in: Atlantic Economic Journal, 2011, 39 (3), 231-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4591

Have Labour Market Reforms at the Turn of the Millennium Changed Job Durations of the New Entrants? A Comparative Study for Germany and Italy

Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Ursula Jaenichen, Claudia Villosio

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2012, 33, 143 - 172

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4553

Delaying the Bell: The Effects of Longer School Days on Adolescent Motherhood in Chile

Diana Kruger, Matias Berthelon

published as "Risky behavior among youth: Incapacitation effects of school on adolescent motherhood and crime in Chile" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (1-2), 41-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4511

Pro-Poor Tax Reforms, with an Application to Mexico

Jean-Yves Duclos, Paul Makdissi, Abdelkrim Araar

published as 'Pro-Poor Indirect Tax Reforms, with an Application to Mexico' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2014, 21(1), 87-118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4493

The Regulation of Migration in a Transition Economy: China’s Hukou System

Shuming Bao, Örn B. Bodvarsson, Jack W. Hou, Yaohui Zhao

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2011, 29 (4), 564 - 579

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4489

Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State

Magne Mogstad, Chiara D. Pronzato

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (4), 1129–1159