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

Cream-Skimming, Parking and Other Intended and Unintended Effects of Performance-Based Contracting in Social Welfare Services
Pierre Koning, Carolyn J. Heinrich
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Can We Measure Individual Risk Attitudes in a Survey?
Xiaohao Ding, Joop Hartog, Yuze Sun
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The Evolution of the Returns to Human Capital in Canada, 1980-2005
Brahim Boudarbat, Thomas Lemieux, Craig Riddell
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Intergenerational Income Mobility in Urban China
Cathy Honge Gong, Andrew Leigh, Xin Meng
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Economic Mobility, Family Background, and the Well-Being of Children in the United States and Canada
Miles Corak, Lori Curtis, Shelley Phipps
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Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Graziella Bertocchi, Andrea Guerzoni
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers
Miles Corak, Patrizio Piraino
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A New Model for Equitable and Efficient Resource Allocation to Schools: The Israeli Case
Iris BenDavid-Hadar, Adrian Ziderman
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Wages and Immigrant Occupational Composition in Sweden
Jörgen Hansen, Roger Wahlberg, Sharif Faisal
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