IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5747

Surfing Alone? The Internet and Social Capital: Evidence from an Unforeseeable Technological Mistake

Stefan Bauernschuster, Oliver Falck, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 117, 73-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5724

Religiosity and Migration: Travel into One's Self versus Travel across Cultures

published as 'The Determinants of Religiosity among Immigrants and the Native Born in Europe' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11 (4), 563-598; reprinted in: The Economics of Cultural Diversity, 2015, edited by Peter Nijkamp et al.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5716

Poisoning the Mind: Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water Wells and Children's Educational Achievement in Rural Bangladesh

Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (5), 873-888

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5584

The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy

Sascha O. Becker, Katrin Boeckh, Christa Hainz, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (590), 40-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5570

Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (3), 281-287

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5507

Spatial versus Social Mismatch: The Strength of Weak Ties

Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2013, 74,113-132.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5506

Social Networks and Interactions in Cities

Robert W. Helsley, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2014, 150, 426-466

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5445

Efficient and Inefficient Welfare States

Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, Marc Sangnier

revised version published as 'Trust and the Welfare State: the Twin Peaks Curve' in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (593), 861 - 883

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5356

Directed Generosity and Network Formation: Network Dimension Matters

Ben D'Exelle, Arno Riedl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5246

Trust and the Choice Between Housing and Financial Assets: Evidence from Spanish Households

Mayssun El-Attar, Markus Poschke

published in: Review of Finance, 2011, 15 (4), 727-756

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5215

Religion and Child Health

Barry R. Chiswick, Donka M. Mirtcheva

published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2013, 34 (1), 120-140

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5185

Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe

Mariya Aleksynska, Yann Algan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5184

Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel: Effects of Religiosity, Ethnicity, and War

Bernard M. S. van Praag, Dmitri Romanov, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (6), 1008-1020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5142

Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis

Randall K. Q. Akee, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Melanie Khamis

published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing: 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5122

Does Culture Matter?

Raquel Fernández

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5068

How Economics Helped Shape American Judaism

Carmel U. Chiswick

published in: Aaron Levine (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 646-662

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5024

School Competition and Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions: International Evidence Using Historical Catholic Roots of Private Schooling

Oliver Falck, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (2), 459-478

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4980