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513 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5245
Empirical Strategies to Eliminate Life-Cycle Bias in the Intergenerational Elasticity of Earnings Literature
Jan Stuhler
substantially revised version appeared as IZA DP No. 5697
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5179
Gender Differentials in the Payoff to Schooling in China
Weiwei Ren, Paul W. Miller
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (1), 133-150
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5163
Within- and Cross-Firm Mobility and Earnings Growth
Anders Frederiksen, Timothy J. Halliday, Alexander K. Koch
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (2), 320-353
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5075
The Effects of School Quality in the Origin on the Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Gil Epstein and Ira Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 67-103
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5028
The Long-Run Labor-Market Consequences of Civil War: Evidence from the Shining Path in Peru
Jose C. Galdo
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61 (4), 789-823
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4957
Crossing the Border: Self-Selection, Earnings and Individual Migration Decisions
Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Francesc Ortega
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101, 75-91
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4919
Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007
Xin Meng, Kailing Shen, Sen Xue
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41 (1), 227–244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4892
Immigrants at New Destinations: How They Fare and Why
Anabela Carneiro, Natércia Fortuna, José Varejão
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (3), 1165-1185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4872
Explaining Rising Returns to Education in Urban China in the 1990s
Xuejun Liu, Albert Park, Yaohui Zhao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4863
Earnings Progression, Human Capital and Incentives: Theory and Evidence
Anders Frederiksen
published as 'Incentives and Earnings Growth' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 85 (1), 97-107
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4857
If Seebohm Rowntree Had Studied Sweden: How Poverty Changed in the City of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Birgitta Jansson
published in: Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2010, 58 (3), 239-260
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4775
No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men
Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth
published as 'Body Size, Skills, and Income: Evidence From 150,000 Teenage Siblings' in: Demography, 2014, 51, 1573-1596
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4753
Returns to Education and Macroeconomic Shocks: Evidence from Argentina
Florencia López Bóo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4711
Is Informality Bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
Olivier B. Bargain, Prudence Magejo
published as 'Earnings Structure, Informal Employment and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, S100-S122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4684
Work Out or Out of Work: The Labor Market Return to Physical Fitness and Leisure Sport Activities
Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (3), 399-409
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4594
Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Characteristics in the Marriage Market
Pierre-André Chiappori, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque
revised version published as 'Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Matching on the Marriage Market' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 120 (4), 659-695.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4590
The Economic Progress of American Jewry: From 18th Century Merchants to 21st Century Professionals
Barry R. Chiswick
published in: Aaron Levine (ed.), Judaism and Economics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 625-645
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4560
Low-Skilled Immigrant Entrepreneurship
Magnus Lofstrom
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 25-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4509
How Effective Are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit
Patrick Arni, Rafael Lalive, Jan C. van Ours
revised version (including technical online appendix) published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2013, 28 (7), 1153–1178
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
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