IZA Discussion Papers

published in: B. Elsner and S. W. Polachek (eds.), Big Data Applications in Labor Economics, Part A (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 52 A), 2024, 1-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16348

Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Non-arranged Marriages among Refugees

Andrew Foster, Merve Betül Gökçe, Murat Güray Kirdar

published as 'Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Nonarranged Marriages Among Refugees' in: Demography, 2024, 61 (5), 1427 - 1454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16326

The Impact of the Transition and EU Membership on the Returns to Schooling in Europe

Harry Anthony Patrinos, Angelica Rivera-Olvera

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16136

Women's Transitions in the Labour Market as a Result of Childbearing: The Challenges of Formal Sector Employment in Indonesia

Lisa A. Cameron, Diana Contreras Suarez, Yi-Ping Tseng

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16118

The Impact of Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Clinics on Early 20th Century U.S. Fertility and Mortality

Stefan Bauernschuster, Michael Grimm, Cathy M. Hajo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15966

The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Structural Change

Nicolas Büttner, Michael Grimm, Isabel Günther, Kenneth Harttgen, Stephan Klasen

published in: Demography, 2024, 61 (5), 1585–1611.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15889

Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence

Mahesh Karra, Joshua Wilde

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15857

Women's Education and Fertility in China

Zheyuan Zhang, Zhong Zhao

published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 78, 101936

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15646

The Slow Demographic Transition in Regions Vulnerable to Climate Change

Thang Dao, Matthias Kalkuhl, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15581

Job Displacement Costs of Phasing Out Coal

Juan Pablo Rud, Michael Simmons, Gerhard Toews, Fernando Aragon

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 236, 105167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15575

Demographic Transitions across Time and Space

Matthew J. Delventhal, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Nezih Guner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15508

Childhood Vaccinations and Demographic Transition: Long-Term Evidence from India

Arindam Nandi, Amit Summan, D. Thoai Ngô, David E. Bloom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15404

The Great Canadian Recovery: The Impact of COVID-19 on Canada's Labour Market

Stephen R. G. Jones, Fabian Lange, W. Craig Riddell, Casey Warman

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2023, 56 (3), 791-838

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15233

The Child Quantity–Quality Trade-off

Rufei Guo, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15220

Physicians and the Production of Health: Returns to Health Care during the Mortality Transition

Helge Liebert, Beatrice Mäder

published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 22 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15215

Little Divergence in America — Market Access and Demographic Transition in the United States

Melanie Guldi, Ahmed S. Rahman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15176

Sometimes It Works! The Effect of a Reform of the Short Vocational Track on School-to-Work Transition

Simona Lorena Comi, Mara Grasseni, Federica Origo

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2022, 43 (7),1601 -1619

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15166

The Shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on Life Expectancy: A Double-Edged Sword

Raphaël Franck, Oded Galor, Omer Moav, Ömer Özak

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15102

Scarring Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Italian Labour Market

Davide Fiaschi, Cristina Tealdi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15091

The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Labor Supply Impact by Gender

Mariana Viollaz, Mauricio Salazar-Saenz, Luca Flabbi, Monserrat Bustelo, Mariano Bosch

published in: IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2023, 14 (1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15076

Wheels of Change: Transforming Girls' Lives with Bicycles

Nathan Fiala, Ana Garcia-Hernandez, Kritika Narula, Nishith Prakash

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15030

Employer-to-Employer Transitions and Time Aggregation Bias

Antoine Bertheau, Rune Majlund Vejlin

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14977

Does Relative Age Affect Speed and Quality of Transition from School to Work?

Luca Fumarco, Alessandro Vandromme, Levi Halewyck, Eline Moens, Stijn Baert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14975

Estimating the Effects of Milk Inspections on Infant and Child Mortality, 1880-1910

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

published in: American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 188-192.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14928

A Procedural Perspective on Academic Spin-off Creation: The Changing Relevance of Academic and Commercial Logics

Uwe Cantner, Philip Doerr, Maximilian Göthner, Matthias Huegel, Martin Kalthaus

published in: Small Business Economics, 2024, 62, 1555–1590

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14832

The Duration of the School-To-Work Transition in Italy and in Other European Countries: A Flexible Baseline Hazard Interpretation

Francesco Pastore, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2022, 43 (7), 1579-1600.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14832

The Duration of the School-To-Work Transition in Italy and in Other European Countries: A Flexible Baseline Hazard Interpretation

Francesco Pastore, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2022, 43 (7), 1579-1600.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14807

Many Rivers to Cross: Social Identity, Cognition and Labour Mobility in Rural India

Sébastien Michiels, Christophe Jalil Nordman, Suneha Seetahul

published in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2021, 697(1), 66 - 80

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14797

The COVID-19 Pandemic, Well-Being, and Transitions to Post-secondary Education

Malte Sandner, Alexander Patzina, Silke Anger, Sarah Bernhard, Hans Dietrich

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, 21, 461 - 483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14673

Labor Market Transitions of Members of Opposite-Sex Couples: Nonparticipation, Unemployed Search, and Employment

Hans Bloemen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14588

Canadian Labour Market Dynamics during COVID-19

Stephen R. G. Jones, Fabian Lange, W. Craig Riddell, Casey Warman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14548

Too Family Friendly? The Consequences of Parent Part-Time Working Rights

Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Núria Rodríguez-Planas

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 197, 104407

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14531

The Rise of China's Global Middle Class in International Perspective

Terry Sicular, Xiuna Yang, Björn Anders Gustafsson

published in: China & World Economy, 2022, 30 (1), 5 - 27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14479

Young People between Education and the Labour Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

Davide Fiaschi, Cristina Tealdi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14479

Young People between Education and the Labour Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

Davide Fiaschi, Cristina Tealdi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14464

The Welfare Costs of Job Loss and Decarbonization– Evidence from Germany's Coal Phase Out

Luke Haywood, Markus Janser, Nicolas Koch

published in: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2024, 11 (3), 577–611

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14458

Calling Baumol: What Telephones Can Tell Us about the Allocation of Entrepreneurial Talent in the Face of Radical Institutional Changes

Alina Sorgner, Michael Wyrwich

revised version published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2022, 37(5), 106246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14443

Bombing and the Two Vietnams

Vu Vuong, Simon Chang, Michael Palmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14254

A General Methodology to Measure Labour Market Dynamics

Davide Fiaschi, Cristina Tealdi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14244

Gender Preferences in Central and Eastern Europe as Reflected in Partnership and Fertility Outcomes

Michal Myck, Monika Oczkowska, Izabela Wowczko

revised version published as 'Parental gender preferences in Central and Eastern Europe and differential early life disadvantages' in: Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2024, 32 (1), 237–263

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14149

Temporary Overpessimism: Job Loss Expectations Following a Large Negative Employment Shock

Julian Emmler, Bernd Fitzenberger

published in: Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2022, 30 (3), 621 - 661

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14027

When Opportunity Knocks: Confronting Theory and Empirics about Dynamics of Gender Wage Inequality

Joanna Tyrowicz, Lucas van der Velde

published in:Social Indicators Research, 2021, 155, 837 - 864

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13923

The Easterlin Paradox

Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, first Online: 06 November 2022 (latest version)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13921

School to Work Transition and Macroeconomic Conditions in the Turkish Economy

Ömer Tuğsal Doruk, Francesco Pastore

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13918

The Duration of Compulsory Education and the Transition to Secondary Education: Panel Data Evidence from Low-Income Countries

Luis Diaz-Serrano

published in: International Journal of Educational Development, 2020, 75, 102189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13853

Investigating the Asymmetric Impact of Oil Prices on GCC Stock Markets

Nidhaleddine Ben Cheikh, Sami Ben Naceur, Oussama Kanaan, Christophe Rault

published in: Economic Modelling, 2021, 102, 105589

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13764

The Transition to Self-Employment and Perceived Skill-Mismatches: Panel Data Evidence from Eleven EU Countries

Judit Albiol Sanchez, Luis Diaz-Serrano, Mercedes Teruel

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2021, 153, 957-977

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13700

Flexible Jobs Make Parents Happier: Evidence from Australia

Shuye Yu, Agnieszka Postepska

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13614

The Emigration Life Cycle: How Development Shapes Emigration from Poor Countries

Michael A. Clemens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13472

Measuring Employer-to-Employer Reallocation

Shigeru Fujita, Giuseppe Moscarini, Fabien Postel-Vinay

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2024, 16 (3), 1–51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13462

Stuck at a Crossroads? The Duration of the Italian School-To-Work Transition

Francesco Pastore, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2021, 42 (3), 442-469

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13391

Welfare States, Labor Markets, Social Investment and the Digital Transformation

Werner Eichhorst, Anton Hemerijck, Gemma Scalise

published in: M. R. Busemeyer, A. Kemmerling, K. Van Kersbergen, P. Marx (eds.), Digitalization and the Welfare State, Oxford University Press, 2022, 64–82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13154

Apprenticeship and Youth Unemployment

Pierre Cahuc, Jeremy Hervelin

published as 'The effect of workplace vs school-based vocational education on youth unemployment: Evidence from France' in: European Economic Review, 2024, 162, 104637

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12925

Intelligence, Errors and Strategic Choices in the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma

Eugenio Proto, Aldo Rustichini, Andis Sofianos

published as 'Intelligence, Errors, and Cooperation in Repeated Interactions' in: Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89 (5), 2723 - 2767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12896

Not Much Bounce in the Springboard: On the Mobility of Low Pay Workers

Gail Pacheco, Alexander T. Plum, Peter J. Sloane

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12842

Medicaid Expansion and the Unemployed

Thomas C. Buchmueller, Helen Levy, Robert G. Valletta

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (S2), S575–S617

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12804

Rising Intergenerational Income Persistence in China

Yi Fan, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13 (1), 202 - 230

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12778

The Impact of Internship Experience during Secondary Education on Schooling and Labour Market Outcomes

Brecht Neyt, Dieter Verhaest, Stijn Baert

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2022, 68 (2), 127–154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12695

Trans People, Transitioning, Mental Health, Life and Job Satisfaction

Nick Drydakis

published in: K. F. Zimmermann (Ed.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, New York: Springer, First Online: 04 March 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12677

Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico

Osea Giuntella, Matthias Rieger, Lorenzo Rotunno

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2020, 122, 103277

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12658

Transition from Plan to Market, Height and Well-Being

Alicia Adsera, Francesca Dalla Pozza, Sergei Guriev, Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp, Elena Nikolova

published as 'Height and well-being during the transition from plan to market' in: Economic Policy, 2021, 36 (105), 77 - 120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12389

Voting Up? The Effects of Democracy and Franchise Extension on Human Stature

Alberto Batinti, Joan Costa-Font, Timothy J. Hatton

published in: Economica, 2022, 89, 161-190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12118

Selection and Educational Attainment: Why Some Children Are Left Behind? Evidence from a Middle-Income Country

Luciana Méndez-Errico, Xavier Ramos

published in: Education Economics, 2022, 30 (6), 624-643

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12101

Labor Market Discrimination and the Macroeconomy

Muhammad Asali, Rusudan Gurashvili

revised version published in: Economics of Transition & Institutional Change, 2020, 28 (3), 515-533.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12085

Partial Identification of Economic Mobility: With an Application to the United States

Daniel L. Millimet, Hao Li, Punarjit Roychowdhury

published in: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020, 38, 732-753

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12074

Assessing the Impact of Off- and On-The-Job Training on Employment Outcomes: A Counterfactual Evaluation of the PIPOL Program

Francesco Pastore, Marco Pompili

published in: Evaluation Review, 2020, 44 (2-3), 145-184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12011

The Impact of Dual Apprenticeship Programs on Early Labour Market Outcomes: A Dynamic Approach

Brecht Neyt, Dieter Verhaest, Stijn Baert

revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 78, 102022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11905

Is Quick Formal Access to the Labor Market Enough? Refugees' Labor Market Integration in Belgium

Dries Lens, Ive Marx, Suncica Vujic

revised version published as 'Double Jeopardy: How Refugees Fare in One European Labor Market' in: IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2019, 10 (1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11744

Social Norms and Fertility

Sunha Myong, JungJae Park, Junjian Yi

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, Published: 31 October 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11639

How (Not) to Make Women Work?

Joanna Tyrowicz, Lucas van der Velde, Karolina Goraus-Tanska

published in: Social Science Research, 2018, 75, 154-167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11628

Bismarck's Health Insurance and the Mortality Decline

Stefan Bauernschuster, Anastasia Driva, Erik Hornung

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (5), 2561-2607

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11472

Counteracting Unemployment in Crises: Non-Linear Effects of Short-Time Work Policy

Britta Gehrke, Brigitte Hochmuth

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2021, 123(1), 144-183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11384

Family Structure and the Turnout Gender Gap: Evidence from Italy

Giorgio Bellettini, Carlotta Berti Ceroni, Enrico Cantoni, Chiara Monfardini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11369

Reforms That Keep You at Home: The Effects of Economic Transition on Migration

Martin Guzi, Stepan Mikula

published in: Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2022, 30 (2), 289-310

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11342

Shocked by Therapy? Unemployment in the First Years of the Socio-Economic Transition in Poland and its Long-Term Consequences

Michal Myck, Monika Oczkowska

published in: Economics of Transition, 2018, 26 (4), 695-724

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11332

Return Migration and Self-Employment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

Tilman Brück, Clotilde Mahe, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11301

Job Market Outcomes of IDPs: The Case of Georgia

Karine Torosyan, Norberto Pignatti, Maksym Obrizan

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (3), 800-820

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11256

Informal Employment Relationships and the Labor Market: Is There Segmentation in Ukraine?

Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics 2018, 46 (3), 838-857

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11250

Wage Inequality and Structural Change

Joanna Tyrowicz, Magdalena Smyk

published in Social Indicators Research, 2019, 141(2), 503-538

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11249

Labor Reallocation and Demographics

Joanna Tyrowicz, Lucas Van der Velde

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (1), 381-412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11197

Why Do French Engineers Find Stable Jobs Faster than PhDs?

David N. Margolis, Luis Miotti

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11188

Micro-Foundations of Fragility: Concepts, Measurement and Application

Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück, Neil T.N. Ferguson, Sindu W. Kebede

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2022, 26, 639 - 660

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11146

Migration Aspirations among NEETs in Selected MENA Countries

Raul Ramos

published in: Journal of Geographical Systems, 2019, 21 (4), 487-507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11133

Adverse Welfare Shocks and Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Evidence from the Global Economic Crisis

Artjoms Ivlevs

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 293-311

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11127

Student Work, Educational Achievement, and Later Employment: A Dynamic Approach

Stijn Baert, Brecht Neyt, Eddy Omey, Dieter Verhaest

revised version published as 'Student work during secondary education, educational achievement, and later employment: a dynamic approach' in: Empirical Economics, 2022, 63, 1605 - 1635

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11086

Employment Transitions of Women in India: A Panel Analysis

Sudipa Sarkar, Soham Sahoo, Stephan Klasen

published in: World Development, 2019, 115, 291-309

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11063

Worker Churn and Employment Growth at the Establishment Level

Rüdiger Bachmann, Christian Bayer, Christian Merkl, Stefan Seth, Heiko Stüber, Felix Wellschmied

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2021, 117, 781-797

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10970

Excluded Generation: The Growing Challenges of Labor Market Insertion for Egyptian Youth

Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10769