IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7545

Does Violent Crime Deter Physical Activity?

Katharina Janke, Carol Propper, Michael A. Shields

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 47, 34-49.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7538

Health and Health Behaviors during the Worst of Times: Evidence from the Great Recession

Erdal Tekin, Chandler McClellan, Karen Jean Minyard

published as 'Health and health behaviors during the great recession: a note on drinking, smoking, obesity, and physical activity' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 16, 1017 - 1026

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7535

Community Effects on Elderly Health: Evidence from CHARLS National Baseline

James P. Smith, Meng Tian, Yaohui Zhao

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2013, 1-2, 50 - 59,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7532

Poverty and Transitions in Health

Maja Adena, Michal Myck

revised version published as 'Poverty and Transitions in Health in Later Life' in: Social Science and Medicine, 2014, 116, 202–210

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7522

Does Changing the Legal Drinking Age Influence Youth Behaviour?

Stefan Boes, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7512

The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index

Susan L. Averett, Sabrina Terrizzi, Yang Wang

published in: Health economics, 2017, 26(7), 875-891.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7480

Gender Differences in Preferences for Health-Related Absences from Work

Daniel Avdic, Per Johansson

published as 'Absenteeism, Gender and the Morbidity–Mortality Paradox' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2017, 32 (2), 440 - 462

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7473

Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Guilhem Cassan, Lakshmi Iyer

published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2014, 104, 4-17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7466

Migration and Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China

Ren Mu, Alan de Brauw

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28, 631-657

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7465

Food Prices and Body Fatness among Youths

Michael Grossman, Erdal Tekin, Roy Wada

revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2014, 12, 4-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7457

Partial Identification of the Long-Run Causal Effect of Food Security on Child Health

Daniel L. Millimet, Manan Roy

published in: Empirical Economics, 2015, 48, 83-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7453

Anthropometric Mobility During Childhood

Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis

published as 'Persistence in Body Mass Index in a Recent Cohort of US Children' in: Economics an Human Biology, 2015, 17, 157-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7451

Getting Stuck in the Blues: Persistence of Mental Health Problems in Australia

John Roy, Stefanie Schurer

published in: Health Economics, 2013, 22(9), 1139-1157.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7434

Sinners or Saints? Preachers' Kids and Risky Health Behaviors

Jason J. Delaney, John V. Winters

published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2014, 35 (4), 464-476

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7428

A Model of Worker Investment in Safety and Its Effects on Accidents and Wages

José R. Guardado, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

revised version published as 'Worker Investment in Safety, Workplace Accidents, and Compensating Wage Differentials' in: International Economic Review, 2019, 60 (1), 133-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7424

Stature and Life-Time Labor Market Outcomes: Accounting for Unobserved Differences

Petri Böckerman, Jari Vainiomäki

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24 (1), 86-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7410

Gender Differences in the Effects of Behavioral Problems on School Outcomes

Jannie H. G. Kristoffersen, Nina Smith

revised version published as 'Gender Differences in Behavioral Problems and School Outcomes' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 75–93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7409

Analyzing Regional Variation in Health Care Utilization Using (Rich) Household Microdata

Peter Eibich, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published in: Health Policy, 2014, 114 (1), 41-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7408

Gender Differences in the Effects of Vocational Training: Constraints on Women and Drop-Out Behavior

Yoon Y. Cho, Davie Kalomba, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Victor Orozco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7396

Aggregation and the Estimated Effects of Local Economic Conditions on Health

Jason M. Lindo

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 40, 83-96