IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15285

Homosexuality's Signalling Function in Job Candidate Screening: Why Gay Is (Mostly) OK

Philippe Sterkens, Axana Dalle, Joey Wuyts, Ines Pauwels, Hellen Durinck, Stijn Baert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15137

No Evidence That Siblings' Gender Affects Personality across Nine Countries

Thomas Dudek, Anne Ardila Brenøe, Jan Feld, Julia Rohrer

forthcoming in: Psychological Science

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14998

Reducing Sexual-Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Christopher S. Carpenter, Ralph De Haas, Mathias Dolls, Lisa Windsteiger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14845

The Economics of Being LGBT. A Review: 2015-2020

Nick Drydakis

forthcoming in Julie. A. Gedro and Tonette. S. Rocco (eds), The Routledge Companion to LGBTQ Identity in Global, Social, Political, and Work Contexts. London: Routledge. 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14740

Why Is Workplace Sexual Harassment Underreported? The Value of outside Options amid the Threat of Retaliation

Gordon B. Dahl, Matthew Knepper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14733

Social Rejection, Family Acceptance, Economic Recession and Physical and Mental Health of Sexual Minorities

Nick Drydakis

published in: Sexuality Research and Social Policy, Published: 12 November 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14709

Specialization in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples

Thomas Hofmarcher, Erik Plug

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14709

Specialization in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples

Thomas Hofmarcher, Erik Plug

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14704

Sex Workers' Self-Reported Physical and Mental Health in Greece: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study in 2009, 2013 and 2019

Nick Drydakis

published in: Culture Health and Sexuality, Published online: 10 Sep 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14671

Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Labor Market against Gay Men

Nick Drydakis

published in:Review of Economics of the Household, Published: 26 August 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14571

Sissy That Walk: Transportation to Work by Sexual Orientation

Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14571

Sissy That Walk: Transportation to Work by Sexual Orientation

Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14496

Sexual Orientation and Earnings. A Meta-Analysis 2012-2020

Nick Drydakis

published in: Journal of Population Economics, Published: 06 July 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13894

Big Five Personality Traits and Sex

Uwe Jirjahn, Martha Ottenbacher

revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13894

Big Five Personality Traits and Sex

Uwe Jirjahn, Martha Ottenbacher

revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13894

Big Five Personality Traits and Sex

Uwe Jirjahn, Martha Ottenbacher

revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13885

Consequences of War: Japan's Demographic Transition and the Marriage Market

Kota Ogasawara, Mizuki Komura

forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13784

Crimes against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

Lisa A. Cameron, Jennifer Seager, Manisha Shah

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13784

Crimes against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

Lisa A. Cameron, Jennifer Seager, Manisha Shah

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13694

Protecting Girls from Droughts with Social Safety Nets

Jagori Chatterjee, Joshua D. Merfeld

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13495

Convergence Over Time or Not? U.S. Wages by Sexual Orientation, 2001-2018

Christopher Jepsen, Lisa Jepsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13463

Gender Inequality in COVID-19 Times: Evidence from UK Prolific Participants

Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2021, 87 (2), 261-287. Open access: [Link to the published version]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13217

More Choice for Men? Marriage Patterns after World War II in Italy

Erich Battistin, Sascha O. Becker, Luca Nunziata

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13162

Too Many Men, Too Short Lives: The Effect of the Male-Biased Sex Ratio on Mortality

Simon Chang, Kamhon Kan, Xiaobo Zhang

forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13119

Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals in Same-Sex Couples

Christopher S. Carpenter, Gilbert Gonzales, Tara McKay, Dario Sansone

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13061

Same-Sex Couples and the Marital Surplus: The Importance of the Legal Environment

Scott M. Delhommer, Daniel S. Hamermesh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12977

Rethinking Specialisation and the Sexual Division of Labour in the 21st Century

Peter Siminski, Rhiannon Yetsenga

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12894

Linguistic Traits and Human Capital Formation

Oded Galor, Ömer Özak, Assaf Sarid

published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020. 110: 309-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12819

Marriage Equality Laws and Youth Mental Health

D. Mark Anderson, Kyutaro Matsuzawa, Joseph J. Sabia

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2021, 64 (1), 29-51.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12760

The Wife's Protector: A Quantitative Theory Linking Contraceptive Technology with the Decline in Marriage

Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Karen A. Kopecky

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12516

Symbolism Matters: The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability

Shuai Chen, Jan C. van Ours

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12328

The Effects of Conflict on Fertility: Evidence from the Genocide in Rwanda

Kati Kraehnert, Tilman Brück, Michele Di Maio, Roberto Nistico

published in: Demography, 2019, 56 (3), 935-968

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12265

Population Aging, Age Discrimination, and Age Discrimination Protections at the 50th Anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Patrick Button

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11988

The Effect of a Ban on Gender-Based Pricing on Risk Selection in the German Health Insurance Market

Shan Huang, Martin Salm

revised version published in: Health Economics, 2020, 29, 3-17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11949

Are Economic Preferences Shaped by the Family Context? The Impact of Birth Order and Siblings' Sex Composition on Economic Preferences

Lena Detlefsen, Andreas Friedl, Katharina Lima de Miranda, Ulrich Schmidt, Matthias Sutter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11937

Strategic Fertility Behaviour, Early Childhood Human Capital Investments and Gender Roles in Albania

Louise Grogan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11877

Marriage Market Signals and Homeownership for the Never Married

Kusum Mundra, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11846

The Betrayed Generation? Intra-Household Transfers and Retirement Behavior in South Korea

Kyeongkuk Kim, Sang-Hyop Lee, Timothy J. Halliday

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11836

Changing Sex-Ratios among Immigrant Communities in the U.S.

Adriana Hernández Catañeda, Todd A. Sorensen

published in: Journal of Economics, Race and Policy, 2019, 2 (1-2), 20 - 42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11743

Do Laws Shape Attitudes? Evidence from Same-Sex Relationship Recognition Policies in Europe

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Christopher S. Carpenter, Ralph De Haas, Kevin Tran

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11699

School-Age Bullying, Workplace Bullying and Job Satisfaction: Experiences of LGB People in Britain

Nick Drydakis

published in: Manchester School, 2019, 87 (4), 455-488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11574

Gay Glass Ceilings: Sexual Orientation and Workplace Authority in the UK

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Christopher S. Carpenter, Jeff Frank, Matt L. Huffman

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11531

Girls and Boys: Economic Crisis, Fertility, and Birth Outcomes

Soohyung Lee, Chiara Orsini

forthcoming in: Journal of Applied Econometrics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11464

Household Savings and Marriage Payments: Evidence from Dowry in India

S Anukriti, Sungoh Kwon, Nishith Prakash

forthcoming in: Journal of Development Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11463

Traditional Agricultural Practices and the Sex Ratio Today

Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano, Nathan Nunn

published in: PLoS ONE, January 2018, 13 (1), e0190510

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11390

Unsafe Sex in the City: Risk Pricing in the London Area

Alexander Muravyev, Oleksandr Talavera

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 65(5), 528-549

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11390

Unsafe Sex in the City: Risk Pricing in the London Area

Alexander Muravyev, Oleksandr Talavera

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 65(5), 528-549

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11292

Religion and Abortion: The Role of Politician Identity

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Lakshmi Iyer

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 53, 102746

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11276

Intertemporal Labor Supply: A Household Collective Approach

José Alberto Molina, J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Jorge Velilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11239

Women's Inheritance Rights Reform and the Preference for Sons in India

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Rachel Brulé, Sanchari Roy

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146 (C), 102275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11175

Searching on Campus? Marriage Market Effects of the Student Gender Composition

Nico Pestel

revised version published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19(4), 1175-1207

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11043

Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics: Are Same-Sex Relationships Different?

Shuai Chen, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Demography, 2018, 55 (6), 2299-2320.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11003

Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?

Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn, Peter Brummund, Jason B. Cook, Miriam Larson-Koester

published: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33 (3), 709-750

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11001

Sibling Gender Composition and Women's Wages

Angela Cools, Eleonora Patacchini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10860

Does Daughter Deficit Promote Parental Substance Use? Longitudinal Evidence on Smoking from Rural China

Xi Chen

PAPER 1 (results on smoking) published as 'Do skewed sex ratios among children promote parental smoking? Longitudinal evidence from rural China' in: Journal of Substance Abuse, 2018, 23 (4), 366-370; PAPER 2 (results on alcohol abuse) published as 'Does daughter deficit promote paternal substance use? Evidence from China' in: Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, 2018, 2:47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10686

War, Migration and the Origins of the Thai Sex Industry

Abel Brodeur, Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Yanos Zylberberg

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16 (5), 1540-1576

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10617

Did the Great Recession Affect Sex Ratios at Birth for Groups with a Son Preference?

Soohyung Lee, Chiara Orsini

forthcoming in: Economics Letters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10528

Household Portfolio Choice, Reference Dependence, and the Marriage Market

Wenchao Li, Changcheng Song, Shu Xu, Junjian Yi

Forthcoming at Journal of Human Resources

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10362

Family Economics Writ Large

Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Guillaume Vandenbroucke

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10345

Sexual Violence, Title IX and Women's College Enrollment

Dave E. Marcotte, Jane E. Palmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10315

Sex-Differences in Language and Socio-Emotional Skills: Evidence from Large Scale Studies of Very Young Children

Rosangela Bando, Florencia López Bóo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10312

Marriage and Marriage Markets

Shoshana Grossbard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10271

On the Quantity and Quality of Girls: New Evidence on Abortion, Fertility, and Parental Investments

S Anukriti, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Hiu Tam

forthcoming in: Economic Journal, revised paper published in: World Bank Policy Research WP series

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10271

On the Quantity and Quality of Girls: New Evidence on Abortion, Fertility, and Parental Investments

S Anukriti, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Hiu Tam

forthcoming in: Economic Journal, revised paper published in: World Bank Policy Research WP series

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10130

The Lasting Effect of Sex Ratio Imbalance on Marriage and Family: Evidence from World War II in Russia

Elizabeth Brainerd

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10052

Like Father, Like Daughter (Unless There Is a Son): Sibling Sex Composition and Women's STEM Major Choice in College

Umut Oguzoglu, Serkan Ozbeklik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9933

Commuting Time and Sex Ratios in the US

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9930

Property Rights and Gender Bias: Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Abhishek Chakravarty, Dilip Mookherjee, Francisco J. Pino

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (2), 295-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9928

How Does Parental Divorce Affect Children's Long-term Outcomes?

Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9747

China's Sex Ratio and Crime: Behavioral Change or Financial Necessity?

Lisa A. Cameron, Xin Meng, Dandan Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9746

China's Family Planning Policies and Their Labor Market Consequences

Fei Wang, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30(1), 31-68 [Details & Download]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9700

College Party Culture and Sexual Assault

Jason M. Lindo, Peter Siminski, Isaac D. Swensen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9536

Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion

Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'Hiring a Gay Man, Taking a Risk?: A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion' in: Journal of Homosexuality [Online Access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9382

Do Gays Shy Away from Competition? Do Lesbians Compete Too Much?

Thomas Buser, Lydia Geijtenbeek, Erik Plug

published as 'Sexual Orientation, Competitiveness and Income' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 151, 191 - 198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9287

What Will You Do If I Say 'I Do'?: The Effect of the Sex Ratio on Time Use within Taiwanese Married Couples

Simon Chang, Rachel Connelly, Ping Ma

published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2016, 35 (4), 471-500

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9214

The Competitive Earning Incentive for Sons: Evidence from Migration in China

Wenchao Li, Junjian Yi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9128

The Effect of a Sibling's Gender on Earnings, Education and Family Formation

Noemi Peter, Petter Lundborg, Dinand Webbink

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9102

The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa: The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, 90-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9077

Is There a Penalty for Becoming a Woman? Is There a Premium for Becoming a Man? Evidence from a Sample of Transsexual Workers

Lydia Geijtenbeek, Erik Plug

published as 'Is There a Penalty for Registered Women? Is There a Premium for Registered Men? Evidence from a Sample of Transsexual Workers' in: European Economic Review, 2018, 109, 334 -347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9044

Do Schools Discriminate Against Homosexual Parents? Evidence from an Internet Field Experiment

Luis Diaz-Serrano, Enric Meix-Llop

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 53, 133-142.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9023

Political Aspirations in India: Evidence from Fertility Limits on Local Leaders

S Anukriti, Abhishek Chakravarty

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54 (1), 79-121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8935

Sexual Identity, Earnings, and Labour Market Dynamics: New Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Australia

Joseph J. Sabia, Mark Wooden

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 83(4), 903-931. doi:10.1002/soej.12181

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8801

Criminalization of Homosexuality and Sex Ratios

Simon Chang

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 (2), 401-430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8801

Criminalization of Homosexuality and Sex Ratios

Simon Chang

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 (2), 401-430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8741

Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the United Kingdom's Labour Market: A Field Experiment

Nick Drydakis

published in: Human Relations, 2015, 68(11), 1769-1796

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8728

Sex Ratios, Polygyny, and the Value of Women in Marriage: A Beckerian Approach

Shoshana Grossbard

published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2015, 81(1), 13-25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8370

Same-Occupation Spouses: Preferences and Search Costs

Hani Mansour, Terra McKinnish

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (4), 1005-1033

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8293

Girls for Sale? Child Sex Ratio and Girls Trafficking in India

Nishith Prakash, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati

forthcoming in: Feminist Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8127

What Can Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us About Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities? A Structural Equation Model for Australia and the United Kingdom

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Mark Wooden

substantially revised version published as 'Life Satisfaction and Sexual Minorities: Evidence from Australia and the United Kingdom' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 107-126. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.012)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8127

What Can Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us About Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities? A Structural Equation Model for Australia and the United Kingdom

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Mark Wooden

substantially revised version published as 'Life Satisfaction and Sexual Minorities: Evidence from Australia and the United Kingdom' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 107-126. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.012)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8045

Effect of Sexual Orientation on Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Greece

Nick Drydakis

published in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2015, 54(1), 162-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8044

The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives

S Anukriti

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (2), 27-57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7969

Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India

S Anukriti, Todd J. Kumler

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019, 67 (3), 687-724