New Discussion Papers from the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Social-Family Network and Self-Employment: Evidence from Temporary Rural-Urban Migrants in China
Junfu Zhang, Zhong Zhao
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Gender-Specific Occupational Segregation, Glass Ceiling Effects, and Earnings in Managerial Positions: Results of a Fixed Effects Model
Anne Busch, Elke Holst
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Using Pseudo-Panels to Measure Income Mobility in Latin America
(forthcoming in: Review of Income and Wealth)
Jose Cuesta, Hugo Nopo, Georgina Pizzolitto
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Job Search and Job Finding in a Period of Mass Unemployment: Evidence from High-Frequency Longitudinal Data
Alan B. Krueger, Andreas Mueller
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The Role of Marriage in the Causal Pathway from Economic Conditions Early in Life to Mortality
Gerard J. van den Berg, Sumedha Gupta
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An Essay on Real Wage Index Numbers
John Pencavel
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Public Housing and Residential Segregation of Immigrants in France, 1968-1999
Gregory Verdugo
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Pill Power: The Prequel
Lena Edlund, Cecilia Machado
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Population Growth and Multiple Equilibria: Inferences from a Modified Ramsey Model
Ulla Lehmijoki
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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Elke Holst, Andrea Schäfer, Mechthild Schrooten
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The Consequences of Being Different: Statistical Discrimination and the School-to-Work Transition
Barbara Mueller, Stefan Wolter
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Did We Overestimate the Role of Social Preferences? The Case of Self-Selected Student Samples
Armin Falk, Stephan Meier, Christian Zehnder
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Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels
Hashem Pesaran, Alexander Chudik
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Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Occupational Status and Health Transitions
G. Brant Morefield, David C. Ribar, Christopher J. Ruhm
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A Labor Market Approach to the Crisis of Health Care Professionals in Africa
Mabel Andalón, Gary Fields
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