IZA Discussion Paper Downloads
The following is a list of the Top 10 paper downloads since April 2002 (the first month for which data are available).
See also the other Top 10 lists for IZA papers at SSRN and RePEc .
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All-Time Top 10 Downloads
Rank
Downloads
No.
Author(s)
Title
1
78168
1925
Eddy Lee ,
Marco Vivarelli
The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries
(published in: International Labour Review, 2006, 145(3), 167-184)
2
65557
3216
James J. Heckman ,
Paul A. LaFontaine
The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92 (2), 244-262)
3
59764
4934
Sher Verick ,
Iyanatul Islam
The Great Recession of 2008-2009: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
(published in: Iyanatul Islam and Sher Verick (eds.), From the Great Recession to Labour Market Recovery: Issues, Evidence and Policy Options, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; ILO/Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
4
31726
3333
Lex Borghans ,
Angela Lee Duckworth ,
James J. Heckman ,
Bas ter Weel
The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43 (4), 972-1059)
5
31026
938
Daniela Del Boca ,
Alessandra Venturini
Italian Migration
(published in: K. F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration - What Do We Know?, Oxford University Press, 2005)
6
28621
1588
Marco Caliendo ,
Sabine Kopeinig
Some Practical Guidance for the Implementation of Propensity Score Matching
(published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008, 22(1), 31-72)
7
23476
3160
Thomas Cornelißen ,
Christian Pfeifer
The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (1), 94-103)
8
22836
6112
D. Mark Anderson ,
Daniel I. Rees
Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption
9
21205
1265
Thomas K. Bauer
High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe
(published in: RWI-Mitteilungen, 2003/2004, 54/55 (1), 57-85)
10
18585
2313
Nauro F Campos ,
Francesco Giovannoni
Lobbying, Corruption and Political Influence
(published in: Public Choice, 2007, 131 (1), 1-21)
These are the statistics for last month:
Top Downloads for May 2003
Rank
Downloads
No.
Author(s)
Title
1
109
760
Edward Lazear
Entrepreneurship
2
101
491
Ralph Rotte ,
Christoph M. Schmidt
On the Production of Victory: Empirical Determinants of Battlefield Success in Modern War
(published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2003, 14 (3), 175-192; see IZA Reprints 176/03 )
3
72
759
Edward Lazear
The Peter Principle: A Theory of Decline
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112 (S1), S141-S163)
4
68
775
James J. Heckman ,
Lance Lochner ,
Petra E. Todd
Fifty Years of Mincer Earnings Regressions
5
62
770
Axel Heitmueller
Coordination Failures in Network Migration
(published in: Manchester School, 2006, 74(6), 701-710)
6
59
768
James J. Heckman ,
Salvador Navarro
Using Matching, Instrumental Variables and Control Functions to Estimate Economic Choice Models
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86(1), 30-57)
7
58
742
Richard A. Easterlin
Building a Better Theory of Well-Being
(published in: Luigino Bruni and Pierluigi Porta (eds.), Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2006)
8
48
761
Edward Lazear
Output-Based Pay: Incentives, Retention or Sorting?
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2004, 23, 1-25)
9
47
764
Patrick A. Puhani
A Test of the 'Krugman Hypothesis' for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany
(published as 'Transatlantic Differences in Labour Markets: Changes in Wage and Non-Employment Structures in the 1980s and the 1990s' in: German Economic Review, 2008, 9 (3), 312-338)
10
46
774
Amelie F. Constant ,
Douglas S. Massey
Labor Market Segmentation and the Earnings of German Guestworkers
(published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2005, 24 (6), 5-30)
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