IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Early exposure to foreign language training and students’ educational trajectories' in: Economics of Education Review, 2025, 108, 102684 (with Enzo Brox)

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. 14852

Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-Sided Noncompliance

Philipp Boeing, Bettina Peters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14486

Active Labour Market Policies for the Long-Term Unemployed: New Evidence from Causal Machine Learning

Daniel Goller, Tamara Harrer, Michael Lechner, Joachim Wolff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14376

Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School

Hannah Klauber, Felix Holub, Nicolas Koch, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter, Alexander Rohlf

revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (2), 220-248

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14359

Parents under Stress: Evaluating Emergency Childcare Policies during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany

Simone Schüller, Hannah S. Steinberg

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 78, 102217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14254

A General Methodology to Measure Labour Market Dynamics

Davide Fiaschi, Cristina Tealdi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13830

Does Test-Based Teacher Recruitment Work in the Developing World? Experimental Evidence from Ecuador

Maria Daniela Araujo, Guido Heineck, Yyannu Cruz Aguayo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13176

Loss Aversion and the Welfare Ranking of Policy Interventions

Sergio Firpo, Antonio F. Galvao, Martyna Kobus, Thomas Parker, Pedro Rosa-Dias

published online in: Journal of Econometrics, 21 December 2023, 104543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13101

Quantiles of the Gain Distribution of an Early Childhood Intervention

Erich Battistin, Carlos Lamarche, Enrico Rettore

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2024, 39 (6), 1045-1064

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13028

The Economic Impact of Organized Crime Infiltration in the Legal Economy: Evidence from the Judicial Administration of Organized Crime Firms

Francesca Calamunci, Francesco Drago

published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2020, 6, 275 - 297

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13002

Switching from an Inclining to a Zero-Level Unemployment Benefit Profile: Good for Work Incentives?

Bart Cockx, Koen Declercq, Muriel Dejemeppe, Leda Inga, Bruno Van der Linden

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 64, 101816

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12875

Priority to Unemployed Immigrants? A Causal Machine Learning Evaluation of Training in Belgium

Bart Cockx, Michael Lechner, Joost Bollens

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 80, 102306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11973

Evaluation of Language Training Programs in Luxembourg Using Principal Stratification

Michela Bia, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Andrea Mercatanti

published in: Observational Studies, 2022, 8 (1), 1- 44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11873

Fathers' Parental Leave-Taking, Childcare Involvement and Mothers' Labor Market Participation

Marcus Tamm

revised version published as 'Fathers' parental leave-taking, childcare involvement and labor market participation' in: Labour Economics, 2019, 59, 184 - 197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11870

Vocational Training for Unemployed Youth in Latvia: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Massimiliano Bratti, Corinna Ghirelli, Enkelejda Havari, Giulia Santangelo

revised version published as 'Vocational training for unemployed youth in Latvia' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, 677 - 717

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11863

Distributional Impact Analysis: Toolkit and Illustrations of Impacts beyond the Average Treatment Effect

Guadalupe Bedoya, Luca Bittarello, Jonathan Davis, Nikolas Mittag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11577

The Signal of Applying for a Job under a Vacancy Referral Scheme

Eva Van Belle, Ralf Caers, Marijke De Couck, Valentina Di Stasio, Stijn Baert

revised version published in: Industrial Relations, 2019, 58 (2), 251 - 274

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11514

The Effect of Quarantining Welfare on School Attendance in Indigenous Communities

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Nathan Kettlewell, Stefanie Schurer, Sven Silburn

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (6), 2072-2110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11300

Shortening the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Germany

Inna Petrunyk, Christian Pfeifer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11102

Subjective Well-Being and Public Policy

Reto Odermatt, Alois Stutzer

published in: Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi and Louis Tay (eds.), Handbook of Well-Being. Noba Scholar Handbook Series: Subjective Well-being. Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers, 2018.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10840

Pension Rules and Labour Market Mobility

Marloes Lammers, Hans Bloemen, Stefan Hochguertel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10712

Fathers, Parental Leave and Gender Norms

Ulrike Unterhofer, Katharina Wrohlich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10531

Comparing Econometric Methods to Empirically Evaluate Job-Search Assistance

Paul Muller, Bas van der Klaauw, Arjan Heyma

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2020, 35 (5), 526-547

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10476

Competition and Hospital Quality: Evidence from a French Natural Experiment

Laurent Gobillon, Carine Milcent

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10434

Unawareness and Selective Disclosure: The Effect of School Quality Information on Property Prices

John de New, Syed Hasan, Nikhil Jha, Mathias Sinning

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 145, 449-464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10429

Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua Angrist, Yusuke Narita, Parag A. Pathak

published in: Econometrica, 2017, 85 (5), 1373-1432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10322

Couples' Retirement under Individual Pension Design: A Regression Discontinuity Study for France

Elena G. F. Stancanelli

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 49, 14-26

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10221

Waiting Longer Before Claiming, and Activating Youth: No Point?

Bart Cockx, Eva Van Belle

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40 (4), 658-687

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10149

Career Breaks after Childbirth: The Impact of Family Leave Reforms in the Czech Republic

Alena Bicakova, Klara Kaliskova

revised version published as '(Un)intended effects of parental leave policies: Evidence from the Czech Republic' in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101747

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10055

Estimating More Precise Treatment Effects in Natural and Actual Experiments

Harriet Duleep, Xingfei Liu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9862

How Do Households Discount over Centuries? Evidence from Singapore's Private Housing Market

Eric Fesselmeyer, Haoming Liu, Alberto Salvo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9550

The Impact of Family Friendly Policies in Spain and their Use throughout the Business Cycle

Sara de la Rica, Lucía Gorjón

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9310

Employee Health and Employer Incentives

Patrick Hullegie, Pierre Koning

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9092

The Effect of Changes in the Statutory Minimum Working Age on Educational, Labor and Health Outcomes

Sergi Jimenez-Martin, Judit Vall Castello, Elena del Rey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8756

The Finite Sample Performance of Semi- and Nonparametric Estimators for Treatment Effects and Policy Evaluation

Markus Frölich, Martin Huber, Manuel Wiesenfarth

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8600

Reemployment and Substitution Effects from Increased Activation: Evidence from Times of Crisis

Pedro S. Martins, Sofia Pessoa e Costa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8550

College Choice Allocation Mechanisms: Structural Estimates and Counterfactuals

José-Raimundo Carvalho, Thierry Magnac, Qizhou Xiong

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2019, 10 (3), 1233 - 1277

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8450

Policy Discontinuity and Duration Outcomes

Gerard J. van den Berg, Antoine Bozio, Monica Costa Dias

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11 (3), 871- 916

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8449

Evaluating Workplace Mandates with Flows versus Stocks: An Application to California Paid Family Leave

Mark Curtis, Barry Hirsch, Mary C. Schroeder

revised version published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 83 (2), 501-526

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8318

Wage Subsidies and Hiring Chances for the Disabled: Some Causal Evidence

Stijn Baert

revised version published in: European Journal of Health Economics , 2016, 17, 71 - 86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8023

Unanticipated Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program

Tirthatanmoy Das, Solomon Polachek

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2015, 33 (4), 619-635.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7791

The Costs of Early School Leaving in Europe

Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7638

Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies

Sylvia Allegretto, Arindrajit Dube, Michael Reich, Ben Zipperer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7493

Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls

Laurent Gobillon, Thierry Magnac

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98 (3), 535-551

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7437

Should We Increase Instruction Time in Low Achieving Schools? Evidence from Southern Italy

Erich Battistin, Elena Claudia Meroni

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 55, 39-56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7086

Threat of Grade Retention, Remedial Education and Student Achievement: Evidence from Upper Secondary Schools in Italy

Erich Battistin, Antonio Schizzerotto

published in: Empirical Economics, 2019, 56 (2), 651-678

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6791

Spouses' Retirement and Hours Outcomes: Evidence from Twofold Regression Discontinuity with Differences-in-Differences

Elena G. F. Stancanelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6618

Counterfactual Analysis in Macroeconometrics: An Empirical Investigation into the Effects of Quantitative Easing

M. Hashem Pesaran, Ron P. Smith

published in: Research in Economics, 2016, 70 (2), 262-280

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6608

Employment Protection and Fertility: Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform

Ervin Prifti, Daniela Vuri

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 23, 77-88

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6482

Evaluating the Impact of a Reduction in the Generosity of Disability Benefits: The 2008 Spanish Reform

José I. Silva, Judit Vall Castello

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6282

Exogenous Treatment and Endogenous Factors: Vanishing of Omitted Variable Bias on the Interaction Term

Olena Y. Nizalova, Irina Murtazashvili

published in Journal of Econometric Methods, 2016, 5(1), 71-78

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6234

Concept and Unintended Consequences of Weather Index Insurance: The Case of Mexico

Alan Fuchs, Hendrik Wolff

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011, 93 (2), 505–511

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6085

Building in an Evaluation Component for Active Labor Market Programs: A Practitioner's Guide

David Card, Pablo Ibarrarán, Juan Miguel Villa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6050

Anatomy of Welfare Reform Evaluation: Announcement and Implementation Effects

Richard Blundell, Marco Francesconi, Wilbert van der Klaauw

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5994

The Effects of a Universal Child Benefit

Libertad González

published as 'The Effect of a Universal Child Benefit on Conceptions, Abortions, and Early Maternal Labor Supply' in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2013, 5 (3), 160-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5746

Beyond Additionality: Are Innovation Subsidies Counterproductive?

Alessandra Catozzella, Marco Vivarelli

short version published as ' The possible adverse impact of innovation subsidies: some evidence from a bivariate switching model' in: Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32 (1), 648-661

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5485

The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany

Annette Bergemann, Marco Caliendo, Gerard J. van den Berg, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 777-795

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5442

Job Search Requirements for Older Unemployed: Transitions to Employment, Early Retirement and Disability Benefits

Hans Bloemen, Stefan Hochguertel, Marloes Lammers

published in: European Economic Review, 2013, 58, 31-57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5335

Who Pays for It? The Heterogeneous Wage Effects of Employment Protection Legislation

Marco Leonardi, Giovanni Pica

published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123, 1236-1278.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5082

Assessing the Impact of Incomes Policy: The Italian Experience

Francesco Pastore

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31 (7), 793-817

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4725

Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide

Martin Schlotter, Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Education Economics, 2011, 19 (2), 109-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4476

Targeting Non-Cognitive Skills to Improve Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence from a Remedial Education Intervention

Helena Holmlund, Olmo Silva

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2014, 8 (2), 126-160

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4072

TIPping the Scales towards Greater Employment Chances? Evaluation of a Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for Newly-Arrived Immigrants Based on Random Program Assignment

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Lena Nekby

updated version published as 'Intensive Coaching of New Immigrants: An Evaluation Based on Random Program Assignment' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (2), 576-600

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3869

Unemployment Insurance Generosity: A Trans-Atlantic Comparison

Stéphane Pallage, Lyle Scruggs, Christian Zimmermann

published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2009, 95-96, 15-23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3868

Measuring Unemployment Insurance Generosity

Stéphane Pallage, Lyle Scruggs, Christian Zimmermann

published in: Political Analysis, 2013, 21(4), 524-549

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3825

The Effect of Active Labor Market Programs on Not-Yet Treated Unemployed Individuals

Gerard J. van den Berg, Annette Bergemann, Marco Caliendo

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 606-616

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3280

The Matching Method for Treatment Evaluation with Selective Participation and Ineligibles

Monica Costa Dias, Hidehiko Ichimura, Gerard J. van den Berg

revised version published as 'Treatment Evaluation With Selective Participation and Ineligibles' in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 108(502) 2013, 441-455

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2700

Policy Evaluation and Economic Policy Advice

Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: AStA: Advances in Statistical Analysis, 2007, 91 (4), 379-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2607

A Model with Endogenous Programme Participation: Evaluating the Tax Credit in France

Hans Bloemen, Elena G. F. Stancanelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2585

An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

Gerard J. van den Berg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2565

A New Framework for the Analysis of Inequality