IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5872

What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth

Mihails Hazans

published as: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5917, 2011/12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5871

Informal Workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 Countries

Mihails Hazans

extended version published as 'Informal workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 European countries', as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5912, 2011/12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5868

And I Will Try to Fix You: A Study of Heterogeneity in Job Satisfaction with Implications for Flexible Employment Contracts

Aekapol Chongvilaivan, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published as 'Do Different Work Characteristics Have Different Distributional Impacts on Job Satisfaction? A Study of Slope Heterogeneity in Workers’ Well-Being' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2014, 52 (3), 426-444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5866

Retirement Choice Simulation in Household Settings with Heterogeneous Pension Plans

Jinjing Li, Cathal O'Donoghue

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5864

Intellectual Property Rights, Migration, and Diaspora

Alireza Naghavi, Chiara Strozzi

revised and updated version published as 'Intellectual Property Rights, Diasporas, and Domestic Innovation' in: Journal of International Economics, 2015, 96(1), 150–161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5863

Does Raising the Retirement Age Increase Employment of Older Workers?

Stefan Staubli, Josef Zweimüller

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 108, 17-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5861

Socio-Spatial Mobility in British Society

William A.V. Clark, Maarten van Ham, Rory Coulter

published as 'Spatial mobility and social outcomes' in: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2014, 29 (4), 699-727

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5860

Explaining Differences in Job Search Outcomes Between Employed and Unemployed Job Seekers

Simonetta Longhi, Mark P. Taylor

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5859

Simultaneous Search and Network Efficiency

Pieter A. Gautier, Christian Holzner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5858

Longevity, Life-Cycle Behavior and Pension Reform

Peter Haan, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2014, 178 (3), 582-601

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5855

The Economic Integration of Forced Migrants: Evidence for Post-War Germany

Thomas K. Bauer, Sebastian Till Braun, Michael Kvasnicka

published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (571), 998-1024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5853

Immigration, Unemployment and Growth in the Host Country: Bootstrap Panel Granger Causality Analysis on OECD Countries

Ekrame Boubtane, Dramane Coulibaly, Christophe Rault

published in: Economic Modelling, 2013, 33, 261-269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5852

Exporting Poor Health: The Irish in England

Liam Delaney, Alan Fernihough, James P. Smith

published in: Demography, 2013, 50 (6), 2013-2035

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5851

The Portability of New Immigrants' Human Capital: Language, Education and Occupational Matching

Gustave Goldmann, Arthur Sweetman, Casey Warman

published as: 'The Portability of New Immigrants’ Human Capital: Language, Education, and Occupational Skills' in: Canadian Public Policy , 2015, 41 (S1), 64-79.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5846

Parental Job Loss and Children’s Health: Ten Years after the Massive Layoff of the SOEs’ Workers in China

Hong Liu, Zhong Zhao

revised version published in: China Economic Review, 2014, 31, 303-319

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5845

Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality

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

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 1534 - 1573

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5843

The Effect of an Acute Health Shock on Work Behavior: Evidence from Different Health Care Regimes

Nabanita Datta Gupta, Kristin J. Kleinjans, Mona Larsen

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2015, 136-137,44-51