IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6312

Random or Referral Hiring: When Social Connections Matter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6309

Vocational High School or Vocational College? Comparing the Transitions from School to Work

revised version published as 'The Transition from Vocational Education to Work: Evidence from Spain' in: Revista de Economia Aplicada, 2015, 67(23), 93-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6307

Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes

Robert Scholte, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, 17–30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6305

Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa

Todd Pugatch

published in: Labour, 2018, 32(2): 205-242.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6299

Exploring the Causes of Frictional Wage Dispersion

Volker Tjaden, Felix Wellschmied

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2014, 6 (1), 134-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6285

Unequal Access to Higher Education in the Czech Republic: The Role of Spatial Distribution of Universities

Michal Franta, Martin Guzi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6278

Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

revised version published as 'Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training: The Role of Job Tasks and Firm Effects' in: Education Economics, 2016, 24(3), 261-279

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6271

Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data

Aysit Tansel, Elif Öznur Acar

published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2017, 44 (4), 617-635.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6268

Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China

Jason Gagnon, Theodora Xenogiani, Chunbing Xing

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6263

Development and Sources of Labor Productivity in Chinese Provinces

Biwei Su, Almas Heshmati

published in: China Economic Policy Review, 2014, 2 (2), 1-30.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6253

Chasing Graduate Jobs?

Irene Mosca, Robert E. Wright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6238

Immigration Policy and Entrepreneurship

Stephane Mahuteau, Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Matias Vaira-Lucero

published in: International Migration, 2014, 52(2), 53 - 65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6233

Pulls of International Student Mobility

Martin Kahanec, Renáta Králiková

shortened version published as 'Higher Education Policy and Migration: The Role of International Student Mobility' in: CESifo DICE Report, 2012, 9(4), 20-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6219

Competition, Group Identity, and Social Networks in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm

Takao Kato, Pian Shu

revised version published as 'Social Networks and Economic Transformation: Evidence from a Resettled Village in Brazil' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131 (Part A), 37–50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6210

Height and Cognitive Function among Older Europeans: Do People from "Tall" Countries Have Superior Cognitive Abilities?

Cahit Guven, Wang-Sheng Lee

revised version published as 'Height, Ageing and Cognitive Abilities across Europe' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2015, 16, 16-29.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6204

Impact of the 2008-2009 Food, Fuel, and Financial Crisis on the Philippine Labor Market

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Nidhiya Menon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6200

Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Chihmao Hsieh, Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6177

Is Graduate Under-employment Persistent? Evidence from the United Kingdom