IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14024

Job Placement via Private vs. Public Employment Agencies: Investigating Selection Effects and Job Match Quality in Germany

Adam Ayaita, Christian Grund, Lisa Pütz

published in: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, 2022, 74 (2), 137-162

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12401

Outsourcing Public Services: Contractibility, Cost, and Quality

Fredrik W. Andersson, Henrik Jordahl, Jens Josephson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10571

Nonprofit Wages: Theory and Evidence

Barry Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, Anne E. Preston

published in: Bruce Seaman and Dennis Young (eds.), Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management, 2nd ed., Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2018, pp. 146-179

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9365

Are Public or Private Providers of Employment Services More Effective? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Kai Rehwald, Michael Rosholm, Michael Svarer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9261

Is Privatization Working in Ukraine? New Estimates from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Data, 1989-2013

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Solomiya Shpak, Volodymyr Vakhitov

published as 'Is Privatization Working in Ukraine?' in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2019, 61 (1), 1 - 35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7821

Asset Stripping, Rule of Law and Firm Survival: The Hoff-Stiglitz Model and Mass Privatization in Montenegro

Matjaž Koman, Milan Lakičević, Janez Prašnikar, Jan Svejnar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7264

Mixed Oligopoly in Education

Helmuth Cremer, Dario Maldonado

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6859

Media Slant Against Foreign Owners: Downsizing

Guido Friebel, Matthias Heinz

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 120 , 97-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6632

Political Preferences and Public Sector Outsourcing

Mikael Elinder, Henrik Jordahl

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 30, 43-57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5024

School Competition and Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions: International Evidence Using Historical Catholic Roots of Private Schooling

Oliver Falck, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (2), 459-478

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3958

Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Scott Gehlbach

published in: American Political Science Review, 2009, 103(2), 264-283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3953

The Financial and Operating Performance of Privatized Firms in Sweden

Motasam Tatahi, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3818

"Every Catholic Child in a Catholic School": Historical Resistance to State Schooling, Contemporary Private Competition, and Student Achievement across Countries

Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(546), F229-F255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3760

Privatization and Changes in the Wage Structure: Evidence from Firm Personnel Records

Blaise Melly, Patrick A. Puhani

published under revised title in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (4), 918-944

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3688

Employment and Wage Effects of Privatization: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(545), 683-708

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3422

Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods: The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector

Michele Mosca, Francesco Pastore

published in: Sergio Destefanis and Marco Musella (eds.), Paid and Unpaid Labour in Social Utility Services, Heidelberg: Physica Verlag, 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3125

Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials Using LEED from Hungary, 1986–2003

John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy

published in: Analysis of Firms and Employees - Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (F. Andersson, S. Bender, J. Lane, K. Shaw, and T. von Wachter, eds.), NBER and University of Chicago, 2008.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2880

Fundamental Determinants of School Efficiency and Equity: German States as a Microcosm for OECD Countries

Ludger Woessmann

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik , 2010, 230 (2), 234-270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1741

The Different Extent of Privatisation Proceeds in EU Countries: A Preliminary Explanation Using a Public Choice Approach

Ansgar H. Belke, Frank Baumgärtner, Friedrich Schneider, Ralph Setzer

published in: Finanzarchiv, 2007, 63 (2), 211-243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1587

Privatization Discontent and Its Determinants: Evidence from Latin America

Daniele Checchi, Massimo Florio, Jorge Carrera

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45(3), 333-350