IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13188

When Goal-Setting Forges Ahead but Stops Short

Asadul Islam, Sungoh Kwon, Eema Masood, Nishith Prakash, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Deepak Saraswat

published as 'All pain and no gain: When goal setting leads to more effort but no gains in test score' in: Economics of Education Review, 2024, 103, 102594

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13071

Key Players in Economic Development

Ashani Amarasinghe, Roland Hodler, Paul A. Raschky, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 223, 40-56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13011

Household Behavioral Preferences and the Child Labor-Education Trade-off: Framed Field Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

Arnab K. Basu, Ralitza Dimova

published as 'Household Preferences and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia ' in: Journal of African Economis, 2024, 33 (1), 20 - 45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11941

Brilliant Technologies and Brave Entrepreneurs: A New Narrative for African Manufacturing

Wim Naudé

published in: Journal of International Affairs, 2019, 72 (1), 143 - 158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11438

Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria

James T. Bang, Aniruddha Mitra, Phanindra V. Wunnava

published in: Migration and Development, 2022, 11 (3), 543 - 559

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11388

Revisiting Cross-Country Poverty Convergence in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

Yusi Ouyang, Abebe Shimeles, Erik Thorbecke

published in: World Development, 2019, 117 (C), 13 - 28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11380

Job Satisfaction among Young Workers in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Comparative Analysis

Andy McKay, Andrew T. Newell, Cinzia Rienzo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11008

Spatial Differences in Stunting and Household Agricultural Production in South Africa: (Re-)Examining the Links Using National Panel Survey Data

Steffen Otterbach, Michael Rogan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10855

Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa

Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10387

Free Primary Education, Schooling, and Fertility: Evidence from Ethiopia

Luke Chicoine

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35 (2), 480-498

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10338

Do Leaders' Characteristics and Regime Transitions in Africa Matter for Citizens' Health Status?

Luis Diaz-Serrano, Frank Gyimah Sackey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10117

Service Sector Development and its Determinants in Rwanda

Eric Uwitonze, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10099

'Even' After Access to Financial Services? Ricocheting Gender Equations

Shoba Arun, Samuel Annim, Thankom Gopinath Arun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9916

Identifying National Level Education Reforms in Developing Settings: An Application to Ethiopia

Luke Chicoine

published as 'Schooling with Learning: The Effect of Free Primary Education and Mother Tongue Instruction Reforms in Ethiopia' in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 69, 94-107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9794

International Migration: Driver of Political and Social Change?

Michele Tuccio, Jackline Wahba, Bachir Hamdouch

published as 'International migration as a driver of political and social change: evidence from Morocco' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, 1171 - 120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9521

Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers

Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9099

Quality of Higher Education and the Labor Market in Developing Countries: Evidence from an Education Reform in Senegal

Dorothée Boccanfuso, Alexandre Larouche, Mircea Trandafir

published in: World Development, 2015, 74, 412-424

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8775

Training Funds and the Incidence of Training: The Case of Mauritius

Oluyemisi Kuku, Peter F. Orazem, Sawkut Rojid, Milan Vodopivec

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8774

Capital Account Policies, IMF Programs and Growth in Developing Regions