IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11773

Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

published as 'Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14 (2), 126-157.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11772

Mergers and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Maternity Ward Closures

Daniel Avdic, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11771

Mental Health and Reporting Bias: Analysis of the GHQ-12

Sarah Brown, Mark N. Harris, Preety Srivastava, Karl Taylor

published as 'Mental health, reporting bias and economic transitions' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2022, 74 (2), 541-564

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11770

Is Good Health Contagious? The Impact of BMI Environment on Individual BMI

Caitlin McKennie, Laura M. Argys, Andrew I. Friedson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11755

Child Sleep and Maternal Labour Market Outcomes

Joan Costa-Font, Sarah Flèche

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 69, 1022589

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11751

Adverse Selection in Low-Income Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from a RCT in Pakistan

Torben Fischer, Markus Frölich, Andreas Landmann

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15 (3), 313–340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11742

Twin Birth and Maternal Condition

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (5), 853-864

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11729

The Effect of Early Life Health on Later Life Home Care Use: The Mediating Role of Household Composition

Govert Bijwaard, Rob Alessie, Viola Angelini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11727

Healthcare Utilization at Retirement: The Role of the Opportunity Cost of Time

Claudio Lucifora, Daria Vigani

published in: Health Economics, 2018, 27 (12), 2030-2050

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11718

Has the Growth in 'Fast Casual' Mexican Restaurants Impacted Weight Gain?

Osea Giuntella

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2018, 31, 115 - 124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11717

Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

Michael Geruso, Dean Spears

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11716

Fertility and Labor Market Responses to Reductions in Mortality

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Atheendar Venkataramani, Selma Walther

published as 'Women’s Fertility and Labor Market Responses to a Health Innovation' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21 (4), 1595–1646,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11715

New Evidence on the Impacts of Early Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Old-Age Mortality: A Research Note

Jason M. Fletcher

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11709

Disease Control and Inequality Reduction: Evidence from a Tuberculosis Testing and Vaccination Campaign

Aline Bütikofer, Kjell G. Salvanes

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (5), 2087–2125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11708

Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method

Yafei Si, Zhongliang Zhou, Min Su, Xiao Wang, Dan Li, Dan Wang, Shuyi He, Zihan Hong, Xi Chen

published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018, 15 (7), 1466

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11706