IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 839

Is Training More Frequent When Wage Compression is Higher? Evidence from the European Community Household Panel

revised version published as 'Is training more frequent when the wage premium is smaller? Evidence from the European Community Household Panel' in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(2), 272-290

IZA Discussion Paper No. 823

Discrimination and Workers' Expectations

Antonio Filippin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 820

The Effects of Merit-Based Financial Aid on Course Enrollment, Withdrawal and Completion in College

Christopher Cornwell, Kyung Hee Lee, David B. Mustard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 819

Brain Drain and LDCs' Growth: Winners and Losers

Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport

new version entitled "Brain drain and human capital formation in developing countries: winners and losers" published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (528), 515-843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 813

Firm-Specific Human Capital: A Skill-Weights Approach

Edward Lazear

Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117 (5), 914 - 940

IZA Discussion Paper No. 799

General Human Capital and Employment Adjustment in the Great Depression: Apprentices and Journeymen in UK Engineering

Robert A. Hart

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2005, 57 (1), 169-189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 798

The Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Evidence from a Prototypical Job Training Program

James J. Heckman, Jeffrey A. Smith

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22 (2), 243-298

IZA Discussion Paper No. 790

Hidden Information Problems in the Design of Family Allowances

Alessandro Cigno, Annalisa Luporini, Anna Pettini

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (4), 645-655

IZA Discussion Paper No. 780

Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort

Axel Engellandt, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Labour Economics, 2005, 12 (3), 281-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 752

Skill-Biased Technological Change in Denmark: A Disaggregate Perspective

Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jan Rose Skaksen

published as 'Changes in Demand for Skilled Labour in Denmark - A Disaggregate Perspective' in: Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift / Danish Journal of Economics, 2004, 142 (1), 67 - 80

IZA Discussion Paper No. 749

The Educational Attainment of the Children of the Danish ‘Guest Worker’ Immigrants

Vibeke Jakobsen, Nina Smith

published in: Danish Economic Journal, 2006, 144 (2), 18-42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 737

Unions, Work-Related Training, and Wages: Evidence for British Men

Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi, Gylfi Zoega

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003, 57 (1), 68-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 733

Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland

Stefan C. Wolter, Stefan Denzler

published in: Brussels Economic Review / Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, 2004, 47 (3), 387-408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 731

Educational Attainment: Analysis by Immigrant Generation

Barry R. Chiswick, Noyna DebBurman

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2004, 23 (4), 361-379

IZA Discussion Paper No. 715

A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys

Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher, Bernhard von Rosenbladt, Jürgen Schupp, Gert G. Wagner

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2002, 122 (4), 519-542

IZA Discussion Paper No. 710

On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000

Zvi Eckstein, Yoram Weiss

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2 (4), 665-695

IZA Discussion Paper No. 705

School Quality and Family Background in Italy

Giorgio Brunello, Daniele Checchi

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24 (5), 563-577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 700

Flexible Workplace Practices and Labor Productivity

Thomas K. Bauer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 682