IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Workers' Tenure and Firm Productivity: New Evidence from Matched Employer-employee Data' in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2023, 62 (1), 3-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14421

The Creativity Premium

David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published as 'The Creativity Premium: Exploring the Link between Childhood Creativity and Life Outcomes' in: Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2024, 2 (3), 495–526

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14049

The Causal Impact of Depression on Cognitive Functioning: Evidence from Europe

Vahé Nafilyan, Mauricio Avendano Pabon, Augustin de Coulon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14046

Teenage Mother's Health across Different Life Stages

Guyonne Kalb, Ha Vu

published in: Economic Record, 2022, 98 (321), 191-213.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12862

Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: First Evidence from Longitudinal Data

Simon Amez, Suncica Vujic, Lieven De Marez, Stijn Baert

revised version published in: New Media & Society, 2023, 25(3), 584-608.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12189

Transitioning from Solo Self-Employed to Microbusiness Employer: Local Economic Environment or Owner Characteristics?

Andrew Henley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11922

Is Envy Harmful to a Society's Psychological Health and Wellbeing? A Longitudinal Study of 18,000 Adults

Redzo Mujcic, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 198, 103 - 111

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11606

Use of Extra-School Time and Child Behaviours: Evidence from the UK

Elena Claudia Meroni, Daniela Piazzalunga, Chiara D. Pronzato

published as 'Allocation of time and child socio-emotional skills' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2022, 20, 1155–1192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11543

The Impact of Sickness Absenteeism on Productivity: New Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data

Elena Grinza, François Rycx

published in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2020, 59 (1), 150-194

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11178

Sorting out Neighbourhood Effects Using Sibling Data

Lina Hedman, David Manley, Maarten van Ham

published as 'Using sibling data to explore the impact of neighbourhood histories and childhood family context on income from work' in: PLoS One, 2019, 14 (5), e0217635

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11134

Severe Air Pollution and School Absences: Longitudinal Data on Expatriates in North China

Haoming Liu, Alberto Salvo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10999

Educational Attainment and Neighbourhood Outcomes: Differences between Highly-Educated Natives and Non-Western Ethnic Minorities in the Netherlands

Elise de Vuijst, Maarten van Ham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10887

A Joint Hazard-Longitudinal Model of the Timing of Migration, Immigrant Quality, and Labor Market Assimilation

Apoorva Jain, Klara Sabirianova Peter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10694

Incorporating Neighbourhood Choice in a Model of Neighbourhood Effects on Income

Maarten van Ham, Sanne Boschman, Matt Vogel

published in: Demography, 2018, 55, 1069 - 1090

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10680

How Do Unemployed Workers Behave Prior to Retirement? A Multi-State Multiple-Spell Approach

Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak, Marek Góra

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10670

The Structure of the Wage Gap for Temporary Workers: Evidence from Australian Panel Data

Inga Laß, Mark Wooden

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57(3), 453-478.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10270

Understanding Teenage Fertility, Cohabitation, and Marriage: The Case of Peru

Marta Favara, Pablo Lavado, Alan Sanchez

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24 (4), 1217-1236

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10216

Trajectories of Neighborhood Change: Spatial Patterns of Increasing Ethnic Diversity

Merle Zwiers, Maarten van Ham, David Manley

published in: Population, Space and Place, 2018, 24 (2), e2094

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10044

When the Going Gets Tough... Financial Incentives, Duration of Unemployment and Job-Match Quality

Yolanda Fatima Rebollo-Sanz, Núria Rodríguez-Planas

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (1), 119-163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9818

Working-Time Mismatch and Mental Health

Steffen Otterbach, Mark Wooden, Yin King Fok

revised version published as 'Working-time regulation, long hours working, overemployment and mental health' in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2021, 32 (22), 4659 - 4686

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9751

Chronic Material Deprivation and Long‐Term Poverty in Europe in the Pre‐Crisis Period

Fotis Papadopoulos, Panos Tsakloglou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9602

Types of Spatial Mobility and the Ethnic Context of Destination Neighbourhoods in Estonia

Kadi Mägi, Kadri Leetmaa, Tiit Tammaru, Maarten van Ham

published as: 'Types of spatial mobility and change in people's ethnic residential contexts' in: Demographic Research, 2016, 34, 1161-1192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9557

The Moderating Effect of Higher Education on Intergenerational Spatial Inequality

Elise de Vuijst, Maarten van Ham, Reinout Kleinhans

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9517

Homeownership of Immigrants in France: Selection Effects Related to International Migration Flows

Laurent Gobillon, Matthieu Solignac

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2020, 20(2), 355-396

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9495

Immigrant Employment and Earnings Growth in Canada and the U.S.: Evidence from Longitudinal Data

Neeraj Kaushal, Yao Lu, Nicole Denier, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, Stephen J. Trejo

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29 (4), 1249-1277.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9356

Intergenerational Correlations of Extreme Right-Wing Party Preferences and Attitudes toward Immigration

Alexandra Avdeenko, Thomas Siedler

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119 (3), 768-800

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9232

The Post Crisis Growth in the Self-Employed: Volunteers or Reluctant Recruits?

Andrew Henley

published in: Regional Studies, 2017, 51, 1312 - 1323

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9181

Employers Opting Out of Public Disability Insurance: Selection or Incentive Effects?

Wolter Hassink, Pierre Koning, Wim Zwinkels

published as 'Do Firms with Low Disability Risks Opt Out from Public to Private Insurance?' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018, 18 (1), 20170022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8932

Gender Differences in the Effect of Residential Segregation on Workplace Segregation among Newly Arrived Immigrants

Tiit Tammaru, Magnus Strömgren, Maarten van Ham, Alexander M. Danzer

published as 'Relations between residential and workplace segregation among newly arrived immigrant men and women' in: Cities, 2016, 59, 131-138

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8401

Changes in Labour Market Transitions in Ireland over the Great Recession

Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4 (9)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7942

Longitudinal Evidence for a Midlife Nadir in Human Well-being: Results from Four Data Sets

Terence Chai Cheng, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (599), 126 - 142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7815

Occupational Mobility and Living in Deprived Neighbourhoods: Housing Tenure Differences in 'Neighbourhood Effects'

Maarten van Ham, David Manley

published in: Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2015, 8, 309 - 324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7525

New Directions for Residential Mobility Research: Linking Lives through Time and Space

Rory Coulter, Maarten van Ham, Allan M. Findlay

published as 'Re-thinking residential mobility: Linking lives through time and space' in: Progress in Human Geography, 2016, 40 (3), 352-374

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6638

The Civil Rights Act and the Earnings of Lower Income Hispanic Men in the 1960's

Harriet Duleep, Mark Regets

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6394

A Longitudinal Study of Migration Propensities for Mixed Ethnic Unions in England and Wales

Zhiqiang Feng, Maarten van Ham, Paul Boyle, Gillian M. Raab

published as: 'A longitudinal study of migration propensities for mixed ethnic unions in England and Wales' in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2014, 40 (3), 384-403

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6146

Contextualised Mobility Histories of Moving Desires and Actual Moving Behaviour

Rory Coulter, Maarten van Ham

published as: 'Following People Through Time: An Analysis of Individual Residential Mobility Biographies' in: Housing Studies, 2013, 28(7), 1037-1055

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6140

Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being

Beata Nowok, Maarten van Ham, Allan M. Findlay, Vernon Gayle

published in: Environment and Planning A, 2013, 45 (4), 986-1002

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5915

Can Compulsory Military Service Raise Civilian Wages? Evidence from the Peacetime Draft in Portugal

David Card, Ana Rute Cardoso

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (4), 57-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5628

The Impact of Union Dissolution on Moving Distances and Destinations in the UK

Peteke Feijten, Maarten van Ham

published as 'The Consequences of Divorce and Splitting up for Spatial Mobility in the UK' in: Comparative Population Studies, 2013, 38 (2), 405-432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5622

Pre-Hire Factors and Workplace Ethnic Segregation

Magnus Strömgren, Tiit Tammaru, Maarten van Ham, Szymon Marcinczak, Olof Stjernström, Urban Lindgren

published as 'Factors Shaping Workplace Segregation Between Natives and Immigrants' in: Demography, 2014, 51(2), 645-671

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5277

A Longitudinal Analysis of Moving Desires, Expectations and Actual Moving Behaviour

Rory Coulter, Maarten van Ham, Peteke Feijten

published in: Environment and Planning A, 2011, 43 (11), 2742-2760

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5271

Neighbourhood Effects, Housing Tenure, and Individual Employment Outcomes

David Manley, Maarten van Ham

published in: Van Ham M., Manley D., Bailey N., Simpson L., Maclennan D. (eds.), Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives, Springer Dordrecht, 2012, 147-173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5115

Right to Buy… Time to Move? Investigating the Effect of the Right to Buy on Moving Behaviour in the UK

Maarten van Ham, Lee Williamson, Peteke Feijten, Paul Boyle

published in: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2013, 28 (1), 129-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4806

Anticipation, Free-Rider Problem, and Adaptation to Trade Union: Re-examining the Curious Case of Dissatisfied Union Members

Nattavudh Powdthavee

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (5), 1000-1019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4797

Social Mobility: Is There an Advantage in Being English in Scotland?

Maarten van Ham, Allan M. Findlay, David Manley, Peteke Feijten

published as 'Migration, Occupational Mobility, and Regional Escalators in Scotland' in: [Urban Studies Research], 2012 (2012), Article ID 827171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4149

Do the Obese Really Die Younger or Do Health Expenditures Buy Them Extra Years?

Paul Frijters, Juan D. Barón

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4094

The Effect of Neighbourhood Housing Tenure Mix on Labour Market Outcomes: A Longitudinal Perspective

Maarten van Ham, David Manley

published as 'The effect of neighbourhood housing tenure mix on labour market outcomes: a longitudinal investigation of neighbourhood effects' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2010, 10 (2), 257 - 282

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3915

Authentic Happiness Theory Supported by Impact of Religion on Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis with Data for Germany

Bruce Headey, Jürgen Schupp, Ingrid Tucci, Gert G. Wagner

published in: Journal of Positive Psychology, 2010, 5 (1), 73-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2345

Immigrant Selection Systems and Immigrant Health

Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 26 (4), 555 - 578

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1942

Self-Selection in Migration and Returns to Unobservable Skills

Benoit Dostie, Pierre Thomas Léger

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22(4), 1005-1024