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83 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6819
The Returns to Education for Opportunity Entrepreneurs, Necessity Entrepreneurs, and Paid Employees
Frank M. Fossen, Tobias J. M. Büttner
revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 37, 66-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6677
How Immigration May Affect U.S. Native Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Building Blocks and Preliminary Results
Harriet Duleep, David A. Jaeger, Mark Regets
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6672
Empirical Approaches to Inequality of Opportunity: Principles, Measures, and Evidence
Xavier Ramos, Dirk Van de gaer
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 30(5), 855-883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6166
It's the Opportunity Cost, Stupid! How Self-Employment Responds to Financial Incentives of Return, Risk and Skew
Peter Berkhout, Joop Hartog, Mirjam C. van Praag
published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 40 (2), 249-268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6161
The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Jérémie Gignoux
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28(2), 210-246
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5854
Time to Vote?
John Gibson, Bonggeun Kim, Steven Stillman, Geua Boe-Gibson
published in: Public Choice, 2013, 156(3), 517-536
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5834
Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2014, 43 (1), 73-99
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5593
The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers in Canada and Denmark
Paul Bingley, Miles Corak, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
published in: John Ermisch, Markus Jantti, and Timothy Smeeding (editors). From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage. Russell Sage Foundation, 2012.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5466
Equality of Opportunity and the Distribution of Long-Run Income in Sweden
Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, John E. Roemer
revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 39, 675-696
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5433
Time-Bound Opportunity Costs of Informal Care: Consequences for Access to Professional Care, Caregiver Support, and Labour Supply Estimates
Wolter Hassink, Bernard van den Berg
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2011, 73 (10), 1508-1516
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5375
Equality of Opportunity and Redistribution in Europe
Lina Dunnzlaff, Dirk Neumann, Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and Measurement (Research on Economic Inequality, 19), Bingley, 2011, 99-129
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5146
Inequality of Educational Opportunity in India: Changes over Time and across States
Niaz Asadullah, Gaston Yalonetzky
published in: World Development, 2012, 40 (6), 1151–1163
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5046
GDP and the Value of Family Caretaking: How Much Does Europe Care?
Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Lucia Mangiavacchi, Luca Piccoli
published in: Applied Economics, 2012, 44 (16), 2111 - 2131
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5025
Fair and Unfair Income Inequalities in Europe
Daniele Checchi, Vito Peragine, Laura Serlenga
revised version published as “Inequality of Opportunity in Europe: is there a role for institutions ?” in Inequality: Causes and Consequences - Research in Labor Economics, Volume 43/2015, pp.1-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4714
Measuring Long-Term Inequality of Opportunity
Rolf Aaberge, Magne Mogstad, Vito Peragine
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (3-4), 193-204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4598
Accounting for Family Background when Designing Optimal Income Taxes: A Microeconometric Simulation Analysis
Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (2), 741-761
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3163
Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity in Italy
Vito Peragine, Laura Serlenga
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2430
Labour Market Regulation in the EU-15: Causes and Consequences – A Survey
W. Stanley Siebert
published in: R. Vaubel and P. Bernholz (eds.), Political Competition and Economic Regulation, London: Routledge 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1906
Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity
Gabriela Schütz, Heinrich W. Ursprung, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61 (2), 279-308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1874
Regional Disparities and Inequality of Opportunity: The Case of Italy
Daniele Checchi, Vito Peragine
published as 'Inequality of opportunity in Italy' in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8 (4), 429-450
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