IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16106

Inflation Expectations and Misallocation of Resources: Evidence from Italy

Tiziano Ropele, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Olivier Coibion

published in: American Economic Review: Insights, 2024, 6 (2), 246–261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16047

(De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa

Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ömer Özak

published in: Economics Letters, 2024, 243, 111921

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16043

Africa's Industrialization Prospects: A Fresh Look

Wim Naudé, Fiona Tregenna

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15924

Extraterrestrial Artificial Intelligence: The Final Existential Risk?

Wim Naudé

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15853

Economic Growth and Pollutant Emissions: New Panel Evidence from the Union for the Mediterranean Countries

Mouna Ben Abdeljelil, Christophe Rault, Fateh Belaïd

published in: Economic Change and Restructuring, 2023, 56, 1537-1566

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15846

Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Parks in Ethiopia

Selamawit G. Kebede, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15760

Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor

Pavel Chakraborty, Rahul Singh, Vidhya Soundararajan

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2024, 38 (4), 741–771,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15722

How Do Immigrants Promote Exports? Networks, Knowledge, Diversity.

Gianluca Orefice, Hillel Rapoport, Gianluca Santoni

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 174, 103443

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15713

The Future Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Mythical Agents, a Singleton and the Dark Forest

Wim Naudé

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15669

A Measure of Well-Being Efficiency Based on the World Happiness Report

Francesco Sarracino, Kelsey J. O'Connor

published in: International Productivity Monitor, 2022, 43, 10-40.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15648

Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development

Sarah Gust, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 166, 103205

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15598

The Political U: New Evidence on Democracy and Income

Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Marco Frigerio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15575

Demographic Transitions across Time and Space

Matthew J. Delventhal, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Nezih Guner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15461

Regional Differences in Intersectoral Linkages and Diverse Patterns of Structural Transformation

Saumik Paul, Dhushyanth Raju

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15278

Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India

Chandan Jain, Shagun Kashyap, Rahul Lahoti, Soham Sahoo

published as 'The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51 (3), 1068-1093

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15265

Mother Africa's Exceptionalism? Income and Fertility Redux

Mark Gradstein, Phoebe W. Ishak

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15185

The Long-Run Effects of Immigration: Evidence across a Barrier to Refugee Settlement

Antonio Ciccone, Jan Sebastian Nimczik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15127

Demographic Changes, Labor Supplies, Labor Complementarities, Calendar Annual Wages of Age Groups, and Cohort Life Wage Incomes

Bjarne S. Jensen, Peder J. Pedersen, Ross Guest

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14974

Understanding Climate Damages: Consumption versus Investment

Gregory Casey, Stephie Fried, Matthew Gibson