IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1746

Does Economic Uncertainty Affect the Decision to Bear Children? Evidence from East and West Germany

published as 'Real Options and Demographic Decisions: Evidence from East and West Germany' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (21), 2739 - 2749

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1677

The Determinants of the Prevalence of Single Mothers: A Cross-Country Analysis

Libertad González

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1673

Maternal Employment and Adolescent Development

Christopher J. Ruhm

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(5), 958-983

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1662

Family-Friendly Work Practices in Britain: Availability and Perceived Accessibility

John W. Budd, Karen A. Mumford

revised version published in: Human Resource Management , 2006, 45 (1), 23-42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1657

Increasing Returns to Education and the Skills Under-Investment Trap

Alison L. Booth, Melvyn Coles

published as 'A Microfoundation for Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation and the Under-Participation Trap' in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (7), 1661-1681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1652

Cross-National Surveys of Learning Achievement: How Robust are the Findings?

Giorgina Brown, John Micklewright, Sylke V. Schnepf, Robert Waldmann

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2007, 170 (3), 623-646

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1617

Parental Leave – A Policy Evaluation of the Swedish "Daddy-Month" Reform

John Ekberg, Rickard Eriksson, Guido Friebel

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97, 131-143

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1613

Does Parental Leave Affect Fertility and Return-to-Work? Evidence from a "True Natural Experiment"

Rafael Lalive, Josef Zweimüller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1584

Differences in Desired and Actual Fertility: An Economic Analysis of the Spanish Case

Alicia Adsera

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2006, 4 (1), 75-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1576

Where Are the Babies? Labor Market Conditions and Fertility in Europe

Alicia Adsera

published in: European Journal of Population, 2011, 27 (1), 1 - 32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1528

A Portrait of Child Poverty in Germany

Miles Corak, Michael Fertig, Marcus Tamm

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, 54 (4), 547-571

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1515

The Excess Demand for Subsidized Child Care in Germany

Katharina Wrohlich

revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2008, 40 (10), 1217-1228

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1507

The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment in Germany

Michael Fertig, Jochen Kluve

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1458

The Economics of Assisted Reproduction

Sherrie Kossoudji

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1416

Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

published as 'Staying in the Classroom and out of the maternity ward? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births' in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (530), 1025–1054

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1323

Sibling Size and Investment in Children's Education: An Asian Instrument

Jungmin Lee

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (4), 855 - 875

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1320

Pre-Marital Fertility and Labour Market Opportunities: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study

Emilia Del Bono

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1288

Women's Hours of Market Work in Germany: The Role of Parental Leave

Monika Merz

published in: R. Goméz-Salvador et al. (eds.), Labour Supply and Incentive to Work in Europe, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1266