IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10506

High School Track Choice and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Urban Mexico

Ciro Avitabile, Matteo Bobba, Marco Pariguana

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10377

Small-Scale Farming and Food Security: The Enabling Role of Cash Transfers in South Africa's Former Homelands

Dieter von Fintel, Louw Pienaar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10320

The Devil is in the Tails: Regression Discontinuity Design with Measurement Error in the Assignment Variable

Zhuan Pei, Yi Shen

published in: Regression Discontinuity Designs (Advances in Econometrics, 38), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, 2017, 455-502

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10309

Conditional Cash Transfers: Do They Change Time Preferences and Educational Aspirations?

Diana Contreras Suarez, Lisa A. Cameron

published as 'Conditional Cash Transfers: Do They Result in More Patient Choices and Increased Educational Aspirations?' in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 68 (3), 729 - 761

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. 10003

Returns to Office in National and Local Politics

Kaisa Kotakorpi, Panu Poutvaara, Marko Terviö

published in: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2017, 33 (3), 413–442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9994

Is Partisan Alignment Electorally Rewarding? Evidence from Village Council Elections in India

Subhasish Dey, Kunal Sen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9990

Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Discrete Running Variable

Michal Kolesár, Christoph Rothe

published in: American Economic Review, 2018, 108 (8), 2277 - 2304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9838

Sorting around the Discontinuity Threshold: The Case of a Neighbourhood Investment Programme

Sander Gerritsen, Dinand Webbink, Bas ter Weel

published in: De Economist, 2017, 165 (1), 101-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9799

The Returns to College Persistence for Marginal Students: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from University Dismissal Policies

Ben Ost, Weixiang Pan, Douglas A. Webber

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36 (3), 779-805

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9782

Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Methods for Dynamic Treatment Evaluation

Gerard J. van den Berg, Petyo Bonev, Enno Mammen

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (2), 355–367.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9773

If You Don't Snooze You Lose: Evidence on Health and Weight

Osea Giuntella, Fabrizio Mazzonna

published in: Journal of Health Economics,2019, 65: 210-226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9772

Cost-Sharing and Use of Health Services in Italy: Evidence from a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design

Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Economic Modelling, 2021, 103, 105599.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9757

Enriching Students Pays Off: Evidence from an Individualized Gifted and Talented Program in Secondary Education

Adam S. Booij, Ferry Haan, Erik Plug

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9622

Targeted Business Incentives and the Debt Behavior of Households

Wenhua Di, Daniel L. Millimet

published in: Empirical Economics, 2017, 52 (3), 1115-1142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9604

Identification and Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Manipulated Running Variable

Francois Gerard, Miikka Rokkanen, Christoph Rothe

published as 'Bounds on treatment effects in regression discontinuity designs with a manipulated running variable' in: Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11 (3), 839-870

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9553

Regression Discontinuity Designs Based on Population Thresholds: Pitfalls and Solutions

Andrew C. Eggers, Ronny Freier, Veronica Grembi, Tommaso Nannicini

published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2018, 62 (1), 210-229

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9458

Carrot and Stick? Impact of a Low-Stakes School Accountability Program on Student Achievement

Seokjin Woo, Soohyung Lee, Kyunghee Kim

published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 137 195 - 199

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9360

Labor Supply Responses to New Rural Social Pension Insurance in China: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Zeyuan Chen, Tommy Bengtsson, Jonas Helgertz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9323

Pacts for Employment and Competitiveness as a Role Model? Their Effects on Firm Performance

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann

revised version published as 'Contract Innovation in Germany: An Economic Evaluation of Pacts for Competitiveness' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 55(3), 500-526.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9265

Nonparametric Kernel Estimation of the Impact of Tax Policy on the Demand for Private Health Insurance in Australia

Xiaodong Gong, Jiti Gao

published in: Australia & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 2018, 60 (3), 374- 393

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9206

Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda

Yao Pan, Stephen C. Smith, Munshi Sulaiman

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100 (4), 1012–1031

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9160

Guns and Butter? Fighting Violence with the Promise of Development

Gaurav Khanna, Laura V Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9149

Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior

Arindrajit Dube, Laura Giuliano, Jonathan Leonard

published in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (2), 620 - 663

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8959

In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Mezzogiorno

Joshua Angrist, Erich Battistin, Daniela Vuri

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9 (4), 216-249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8826

A Question of Degree: The Effects of Degree Class on Labor Market Outcomes

Andy Feng, Georg Graetz

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 61, 140-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8765

Experts' Awards and Economic Success: Evidence from an Italian Literary Prize

Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Cultural Economics, 2015, 39, 341-367

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8757

Inference on Causal Effects in a Generalized Regression Kink Design

David Card, David S. Lee, Zhuan Pei, Andrea Weber

revised version published in: Econometrica, 2015, 83(6), 2453–2483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8635

The Impact of Health Insurance on Stockholding: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Dimitris Christelis, Dimitris Georgarakos, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano

revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 69, 102246.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8621

Teacher Pay and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance

Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder

published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018, 10(2): 249-276.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8490

When the Baby Cries at Night: Inelastic Buyers in Non-Competitive Markets

Giacomo Calzolari, Andrea Ichino, Francesco Manaresi, Viki Nellas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8452

Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India

Nishith Prakash, Marc Rockmore, Yogesh Uppal

published as 'Do criminally accused politicians affect economic outcomes? Evidence from India' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102370

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. 8386

Health Effects of Containing Moral Hazard: Evidence from Disability Insurance Reform

Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Anne C. Gielen

published in: Health Economics, 2018, 27 (3), 606-621.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8286

Screening for Honesty

Bradley Ruffle, Yossef Tobol

substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 9860

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8240

Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes

Aaron Sojourner, Brigham R. Frandsen, Robert J. Town, David C. Grabowski, Michelle M. Chen

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68 (4), 771 - 806

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8213

The Effects of Access to Health Insurance for Informally Employed Individuals in Peru

Noelia Bernal, Miguel A. Carpio, Tobias J. Klein

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 154, 122-136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8117

Divorcing Upon Retirement: A Regression Discontinuity Study

Elena G. F. Stancanelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8115

Social Norms and Mothers' Labor Market Attachment: The Medium-Run Effects of Parental Benefits

Jochen Kluve, Sebastian Schmitz

revised version published as 'Back to Work: parental benefits and mothers' labor market outcomes in the medium-run' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review 2018, 71 (1), 143 - 173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8102

Candidates' Quality and Electoral Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections

Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola

published as 'Candidates' Education and Turnout: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections' in: German Economic Review, 2017, 18 (1), 22 - 50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8019

Inside the Black Box of Class Size: Mechanisms, Behavioral Responses, and Social Background

Peter Fredriksson, Björn Öckert, Hessel Oosterbeek

published as 'Parental Responses to Public Investments in Children: Evidence from a Maximum Class Size Rule' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51(4), 832-868.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7939

Does Longer Compulsory Education Equalize Schooling by Gender and Rural/Urban Residence?

Murat Güray Kirdar, Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Ismet Koc

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30 (3), 549-579.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7905

Timing of College Enrollment and Family Formation Decisions

Maria Knoth Humlum, Jannie H. G. Kristoffersen, Rune Majlund Vejlin

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48: 215-230

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7897

The Long-Term Effects of Early Track Choice

Christian Dustmann, Patrick A. Puhani, Uta Schönberg

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (603), 1348–1380

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7801

Are Sunk Costs Irrelevant? Evidence from Playing Time in the National Basketball Association

Daniel Leeds, Michael A. Leeds, Akira Motomura

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7723

Incentives for Teacher Relocation: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance

Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41, 120-136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7719

Does Apprenticeship Improve Job Opportunities? A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Matteo Picchio, Stefano Staffolani

published in: Empirical Economics, 2019, 56 (1), 23-60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7709

Household Consumption at Retirement: A Regression Discontinuity Study on French Data

Nicolas Moreau, Elena G. F. Stancanelli

published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 117-118, 253-276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7561

Moderating Political Extremism: Single Round vs Runoff Elections under Plurality Rule

Massimo Bordignon, Tommaso Nannicini, Guido Tabellini

published in: American Economic Review, 2016, 106 (8), 2349-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7508

Putting Structure on the RD Design: Social Transfers and Youth Inactivity in France

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (4), 1032-1059.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7429

Wanna Get Away? RD Identification Away from the Cutoff

Joshua Angrist, Miikka Rokkanen

published as 'Wanna Get Away? Regression Discontinuity Estimation of Exam School Effects Away From the Cutoff' in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2015, 110 (512), 1331-1344

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6994

New Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life Using Air Bag Regulations as a Quasi-Experiment

Chris Rohlfs, Ryan Sullivan, Thomas J. Kniesner

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7(1), 331-354

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6864

Early Life Health Interventions and Academic Achievement

Prashant Bharadwaj, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Christopher A. Neilson

published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (5), 1862-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6858

Labor Market Impacts of a Large-Scale Public Works Program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme

Laura V Zimmermann

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. 6702

How Financial Incentives Induce Disability Insurance Recipients to Return to Work

Andreas Ravndal Kostøl, Magne Mogstad

published in: American Economic Review, 2014, 104 (2), 624-655

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6698

Joint Leisure Before and After Retirement: A Double Regression Discontinuity Approach

Elena G. F. Stancanelli, Arthur van Soest

published as 'Partners’ Leisure Time Truly Together Upon Retirement' in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, June 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6601

Does Promoting School Attendance Reduce Child Labour? Evidence from Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Project

Jacobus de Hoop, Furio C. Rosati

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 39, 78-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6358

The Short-Term Effectiveness of a Remedial Mathematics Course: Evidence from a UK University

Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published in: The Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 363-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6315

Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start

Pedro Carneiro, Rita Ginja

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (4), 135-173

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. 5879

Long-Term Effects of Class Size

Peter Fredriksson, Björn Öckert, Hessel Oosterbeek

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128 (1), 249-285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5744

Do Guns Displace Books? The Impact of Compulsory Military Service on Educational Attainment

Thomas K. Bauer, Stefan Bender, Alfredo R. Paloyo, Christoph M. Schmidt

published in: Economics Letters, 2014,124 (3), 513–515

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5718

Estimating Labor Supply Responses and Welfare Participation: Using a Natural Experiment to Validate a Structural Labor Supply Model

Jörgen Hansen, Xingfei Liu

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2015, 48 (5), 1831-54.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5698

Tying Your Enemy’s Hands in Close Races: The Politics of Federal Transfers in Brazil

Fernanda Brollo, Tommaso Nannicini

published in: American Political Science Review, 2012, 106 (4), 742-761

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5564

Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Britain: Evidence from a Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis

Siddhartha Chib, Liana Jacobi

revised version published as 'Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis and Returns to Compulsory Schooling' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31 (6), 1026 - 1047

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5563

Above and Beyond the Call: Long-Term Real Earnings Effects of British Male Military Conscription in the Post-War Years

Julien Grenet, Robert A. Hart, J. Elizabeth Roberts

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 194-204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5412

Social Support Substitution and the Earnings Rebound: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform

Lex Borghans, Anne C. Gielen, Erzo F.P. Luttmer

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (4), 34-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5106

Running and Jumping Variables in RD Designs: Evidence Based on Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Birth Weights

Alan I. Barreca, Melanie Guldi, Jason M. Lindo, Glen R. Waddell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5019

From Classroom to Wedding Aisle: The Effect of a Nationwide Change in the Compulsory Schooling Law on Age at First Marriage in the UK

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Kampon Adireksombat

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5004

The Effect of Private Health Insurance on Medical Care Utilization and Self-Assessed Health in Germany

Patrick Hullegie, Tobias J. Klein

published in: Health Economics, 2010, 19 (9), 1048-1062

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4993

Quantile Treatment Effects in the Regression Discontinuity Design: Process Results and Gini Coefficient

Markus Frölich, Blaise Melly

revised version published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2012, 168 (2), 382-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4847

Does Education Reduce the Risk of Hypertension? Estimating the Biomarker Effect of Compulsory Schooling in England

Nattavudh Powdthavee

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2010, 4 (2), 173-202

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4836

The Impact of Degree Class on the First Destinations of Graduates: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Giorgio Di Pietro

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4749

Rates of Return to University Education: The Regression Discontinuity Design

Elliott Fan, Xin Meng, Zhichao Wei, Guochang Zhao

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2018, 120 (4), 1011-1042.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4726

Retirement Responses to a Generous Pension Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Eastern Europe

Alexander M. Danzer

revised version published as 'Benefit Generosity and the Income Effect on Labour Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence' in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (571), 1059-1084

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4679

Class Size and the Regression Discontinuity Design: The Case of Public Schools

Danny Cohen-Zada, Mark Gradstein, Ehud Reuven

published as 'Allocation of students in public schools: Theory and new evidence' in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 34, 96-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4670

Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality: A Regression-Discontinuity Approach

Marco Caliendo, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Arne Uhlendorff

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2013, 28 (4), 604-627

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4658

Electoral Rules, Political Competition and Fiscal Expenditures: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities

Marcos Chamon, João M. P. de Mello, Sergio Firpo

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (1),19-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4400

Do Better Paid Politicians Perform Better? Disentangling Incentives from Selection

Stefano Gagliarducci, Tommaso Nannicini

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (2), 369-398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4291

Caught in the Trap? The Disincentive Effect of Social Assistance

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (9-10), 1096-1110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4257

Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform

Denvil Duncan, Klara Sabirianova Peter

revised version published as 'Does Labour Supply Respond to a Flat Tax?" in: Economics of Transition, 2010, 18 (2), 365 - 404

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4118

Above and Beyond the Call: Long-Term Real Earnings Effects of British Male Military Conscription during WWII and the Post-War Years

Robert A. Hart

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4006

Did British Women Achieve Long-Term Economic Benefits from Working in Essential WWII Industries?

Robert A. Hart

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3995

Optimal Bandwidth Choice for the Regression Discontinuity Estimator

Guido W. Imbens, Karthik Kalyanaraman

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (3), 933-959

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3658

The Impact of a Cash Transfer Program on Cognitive Achievement: The Bono de Desarrollo Humano of Ecuador

Juan Ponce, Arjun S. Bedi

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (1), 116-125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3638

Quantile Treatment Effects in the Regression Discontinuity Design

Markus Frölich, Blaise Melly

revised version published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2012, 168 (2), 382-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3633

The Effect of Extending the Duration of Eligibility in an Italian Labour Market Programme for Dismissed Workers

Enrico Rettore, Adriano Paggiaro, Ugo Trivellato

published as 'The Effect of Longer Eligibility to a Labour Market Programme for Dismissed Workers' in: Labour, 2009, 23 (1), 37 - 66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3348

Electoral Rules and Politicians’ Behavior: A Micro Test

Stefano Gagliarducci, Tommaso Nannicini, Paolo Naticchioni

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3 (3), 144-174

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. 3267

Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Klara Sabirianova Peter

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117(3), 504-554

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2965

Persistence of the School Entry Age Effect in a System of Flexible Tracking

Patrick A. Puhani, Andrea M. Weber

published under revised title in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (2), 407-438

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2963

Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence

Miguel Urquiola, Eric Verhoogen

revised version published as "Class-Size Caps, Sorting, and the Regression Discontinuity Design" in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (1), 179–215