IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6899

The Human Capital (Schooling) of Immigrants in America

James P. Smith

published in: Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller. (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of International Migration, Volume 1A, Chapter 4, pp. 167-195, 2014

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. 6355

Celebrating 150 Years of Analyzing Fertility Trends in Germany

Michael Jan Kendzia, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 233 (3), 406-422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6307

Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes

Robert Scholte, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, 17–30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6215

The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights

Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt, Alessandra Voena

published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, 339-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6045

Age, Life-Satisfaction, and Relative Income: Insights from the UK and Germany

Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan, Max F. Steinhardt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5939

Conflict and its Impact on Educational Accumulation and Enrollment in Colombia: What We Can Learn from Recent IDPs

Kate Wharton, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5901

Health and Economic Development: Evidence from the Introduction of Public Health Care

Anthony Strittmatter, Uwe Sunde

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1549-1584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5849

Health Impaired Employees' Job Satisfaction: New Evidence from Athens, Greece

Nick Drydakis

published in: Applied Economics Letters,2012, 19 (8), 789-793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5749

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills During Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Silke Anger

revised version published as 'Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills' in: John Ermisch, Markus Jäntti, and Timothy Smeeding (eds.), From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2012, 393 - 421

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5668

The Role of Race and Birth Place in Welfare Usage among Comparable Women: Evidence from the U.S.

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Maharouf Oyolola

published in: The Review of Black Political Economy, 2012, 39 (3), 285-297

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5664

Physical Attractiveness, Employment, and Earnings

Christian Pfeifer

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19 (6), 505-510

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5600

"Beauty Is the Promise of Happiness"?

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Jason Abrevaya

published in: European Economic Review, 2013, 64, 351-368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5465

Why Are Saving Rates So High in China?

Dennis T. Yang, Junsen Zhang, Shaojie Zhou

published in: Joseph Fan and Randall Morck (eds.), 2012, Capitalizing China. University of Chicago Press, 249-282

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5422

The Long-Run Effects of Mortality Decline in Developing Countries

Ulla Lehmijoki, Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5363

Poverty and Survival

Sonia R. Bhalotra

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (2), 145-167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5237

Immigrant Networks and U.S. Bilateral Trade: The Role of Immigrant Income

Kusum Mundra

published in: Gil Epstein and Ira Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 357-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5171

Using "Shares" vs. "Log of Shares" in Fixed-Effect Estimations

Christer Gerdes

published in: Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2011, 54 (1), 1–7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5071

Black-White Gap in Self-Employment in the U.S.: Do Cohort and Within Race Differences Exist?

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Willie Belton

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 41 (1), 25-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4775

No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men

Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth

published as 'Body Size, Skills, and Income: Evidence From 150,000 Teenage Siblings' in: Demography, 2014, 51, 1573-1596