IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1503

The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1446

Sorting, Selection, and Transformation of the Return to College Education in China

Belton M. Fleisher, Haizheng Li, Shi Li, Xiaojun Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1444

Skill Policies for Scotland

James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov

published in: D. Coyle, W. Alexander and B. Ashcroft, eds., New Wealth for Old Nations: Scotland's Economic Prospects, Princeton University Press: 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1435

Training and Union Wages

Christian Dustmann, Uta Schönberg

revised version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 363-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1429

On the Returns to Training in Portugal

Santiago Budría, Pedro T. Pereira

published as "The wage effects of training in Portugal: differences across skill groups, genders, sectors and training types" in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (6), 787-807

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1424

Employment Regulations through the Eyes of Employers: Do They Matter and How Do Firms Respond to Them?

Gaëlle Pierre, Stefano Scarpetta

revised version published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2013, 2:15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1422

Must Skilled Migration Be a Brain Drain? Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Simon Commander, Rupa Chanda, Mari Kangasniemi, L. Alan Winters

published in: World Economy, 2008, 31 (2), 187-211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1411

Crossing the Tracks? More on Trends in the Training of Male and Female Workers in Great Britain

Melanie K. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2008, 46 (2), 268-282.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1377

Evidence on Training and Career Paths: Human Capital, Information and Incentives

Eduardo Melero Martín

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1349

Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Ukrainian Transition

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2006, 48 (2), 229-251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1335

Effective Active Labor Market Policies

Jan Boone, Jan C. van Ours

published as 'Bringing Unemployed Back to Work: Effective Active Labor Market Policies' in: De Economist, 2007, 157 (3), 293-313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1325

Returns to Schooling in Russia and Ukraine: A Semiparametric Approach to Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Klara Sabirianova Peter

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (2), 324-350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1310

The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States

Gilles Saint-Paul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1264

Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey

John T. Addison, Clive R. Belfield

published as 'Unions, Training, and Firm Performance' in: Journal of Labor Market Research/Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 2007, 40 (4), 361-381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1264

Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey

John T. Addison, Clive R. Belfield

published as 'Unions, Training, and Firm Performance' in: Journal of Labor Market Research/Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 2007, 40 (4), 361-381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1225

Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience: The Case of Female Immigrants

Sarit Cohen Goldner, Zvi Eckstein

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156 (1), 86-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1208

On the Negative Relationship between Labor Income Uncertainty and Homeownership: Risk Aversion vs. Credit Constraints

Luis Diaz-Serrano

published in: Journal of Housing Economics, 2005, 14 (2), 109-126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1197

Employee Training and Wage Compression in Britain

Filipe Almeida-Santos, Karen A. Mumford

revised version published in: Manchester School, 2005, 73 (3), 321-342