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March 2007 ABSTRACT Obesity Unhappiness and The Challenge of Affluence Theory and Evidence Is affluence a good thing The book The Challenge of Affluence by Avner Offer 2006 argues that econ. 5539 February 2011 Szilvia H57569mori J57569nos K57590ll brPage 2br Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later Evidence from Hungary Szilvia Hmori IE Hungarian Academy of Sciences Jnos Kll IE Hungarian Academy of Sciences and IZA Discussion Pape Earth Syst Sci Discuss 12 6792 2015 wwwhydrolearthsystscidiscussnet12672015 doi105194hessd12672015 57513 Authors 2015 CC Attribution 30 License This discussion paper ishas been under review for the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences HESS Pl 9 1703717052 2012 wwwbiogeosciencesdiscussnet9170372012 doi105194bgd9170372012 57513 Authors 2012 CC Attribution 30 License Biogeosciences Discussions This discussion paper ishas been under review for the journal Biogeosciences BG Please refer to th February 2009 ABSTRACT Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility * If human beings care about their relative weight, a form of imitative obesity can emerge (in which people subconsciously keep up with June 2012 ABSTRACT Who Marries Differently-Aged Spouses? Earnings, Ability and Appearance* In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marria
  
  
          
        October 2007 ABSTRACT Dismissals for Cause: The Difference That Just Eight Paragraphs Can Make * This paper provides evidence about the effects of dismissals-for-cause requirements, a specific comp January 2004 Email: iza@iza.org This Discussion Paper is issued within the framework of IZA’s research area General Labor IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circula May 2012 ABSTRACT Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative? Using several microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, and the examples of June 2009 ABSTRACT Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment * Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations reliable empirical data on induced sabotage January 2012 ABSTRACT Whom to Choose as a Team Mate? A Lab Experiment about In-Group Favouritism The practical relevance of favouritism among students of the same study path is evident in or in hi June 2012 ABSTRACT Who Marries Differently-Aged Spouses? Earnings, Ability and Appearance* In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marria Unemployment Benefits and Immigration Evidence from the EU The paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on immigration A sample of 19 European countries observed over the period 1993-2008 is DISCUSSION PAPER SERIESzur Zukunft der ArbeitMarch 2005Limited Attention as the Scarce Resource in an Information-Rich Economy Josef Falkinger University of Zurich and IZA Bonn Discussion Paper No 153