IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6944

Parents Transmit Happiness along with Associated Values and Behaviors to Their Children: A Lifelong Happiness Dividend?

Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels, Gert G. Wagner

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2014, 116(3), 909–933

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6930

published in: A. Ben-Arieh, F. Casas, I. Frones, and J. Korbin (eds.), Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods, and Policies in Global Perspective, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6930

The Economics of Child Well-Being

Gabriella Conti, James J. Heckman

published in: A. Ben-Arieh, F. Casas, I. Frones, and J. Korbin (eds.), Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods, and Policies in Global Perspective, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6929

Son Preference and Children's Housework: The Case of India

Tin-chi Lin, Alicia Adsera

published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2013, 32 (4), 553-584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6878

Exploring the Early-life Causes and Later-life Consequences of Migration through a Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca

revised version published as 'Early-life Causes and Later-life Consequences of Migration: Evidence from Older Irish Adults' in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2013, 6 (1), 29-45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6868

Self Investments of Adolescents and their Cognitive Development

Daniela Del Boca, Chiara Monfardini, Cheti Nicoletti

published as 'Parental and child time and cognitive development of adolescents' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (2), 565-608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6864

Early Life Health Interventions and Academic Achievement

Prashant Bharadwaj, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Christopher A. Neilson

published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (5), 1862-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6853

Access to Public Schools and the Education of Migrant Children in China

Yuanyuan Chen, Shuaizhang Feng

published in: China Economic Review, 2013, 26, 75-88

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6823

Optimal Taxation, Child Care and Models of the Household

Patricia Apps, Ray Rees

published as 'Optimal family taxation and income inequality' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2018, 25, 1093–1128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6817

Young Immigrant Children and their Educational Attainment

Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 116, 288-290.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6807

The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children

John Cawley, David E. Frisvold, Chad D. Meyerhoefer

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (4), 743-755

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6804

Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies

Abel Brodeur, Marie Connolly

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 93, 1-16

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6763

Measuring the Relative Productivity of Multitasking to Sole-tasking in Household Production: New Experimental Evidence

Gigi Foster, Charlene M. Kalenkoski

published in: Applied Economics, 2015, 47 (18), 1847-1862

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6755

Explaining the Birth Order Effect: The Role of Prenatal and Early Childhood Investments

Jee-Yeon K. Lehmann, Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Marian Vidal-Fernandez

published as 'The Early Origins of Birth Order Differences in Children's Outcomes and Parental Behavior' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, 123 - 156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6689

A Theory of Child Adoption

Dirk Bethmann, Michael Kvasnicka

published in: Journal of Economic Development, 2022, 47 (2), 101-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6632

Political Preferences and Public Sector Outsourcing

Mikael Elinder, Henrik Jordahl

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 30, 43-57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6619

Does Breastfeeding Support at Work Help Mothers and Employers at the Same Time?

Emilia Del Bono, Chiara D. Pronzato

published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90 (1), 88-115.