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June 27, 2016

Now over 10,000 papers in the IZA DP series!

Established in 1998, starting with 100 papers in the first two years, the IZA Discussion Paper series now includes more […]

  • labor economics
  • publications
  • research
  • Daniel S. Hamermesh
  • Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
  • Hilmar Schneider
  • James J. Heckman
  • Jan C. van Ours
  • Marco Vivarelli
  • Rasmus Landerso
  • Stephen Machin
Research

December 8, 2015

Labor supply effects of winning a lottery

Economic theory provides ambiguous predictions about the effect of wage increases on the allocation of time between leisure and work. […]

  • labor productivity
  • labor supply
  • lottery
  • wage setting
  • wage shocks
  • Jan C. van Ours
  • Matteo Picchio
  • Sigrid Suetens
Research

June 23, 2014

Encouraging single mothers to work – evidence from the Netherlands

Welfare benefits are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the poor need them to survive, on the other hand […]

  • benefit
  • child
  • labor market entry
  • labor market policy
  • mother
  • natural experiment
  • Netherlands
  • welfare
  • Jan C. van Ours
  • Marike Knoef
Research

May 31, 2013

Seek and ye shall find: how search requirements affect job finding rates of older workers

Older workers often have difficulties to find a new job after becoming unemployment. While this problem is often attributed to […]

  • elderly
  • job finding
  • job search
  • Netherlands
  • older workers
  • unemployment
  • unemployment insurance
  • Jan C. van Ours
  • Patrick Hullegie
Research

April 8, 2013

Older people are less productive: Evidence from professional chess players

Do people become less productive when they grow old? According to a new IZA Discussion Paper by Marco Bertoni, Giorgio […]

  • ability
  • ageing
  • chess
  • experience
  • productivity
  • Giorgio Brunello
  • Jan C. van Ours
  • Lorenzo Rocco
  • Marco Bertoni

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