IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13502

Shoring up Economic Refugees: Venezuelan Migrants in the Ecuadorian Labor Market

Sergio Olivieri, Francesc Ortega, Ana Rivadeneira, Eliana Carranza

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13458

Reading Aloud to Children, Social Inequalities, and Vocabulary Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Carlo Barone, Denis Fougère, Karine Martel

published in: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024, 17 (4), 746–769

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13408

Working at Home in Greece: Unexplored Potential at Times of Social Distancing?

Konstantinos Pouliakas

published in: Monastiriotis, V. and Katsinas, P. (eds.) The Economic Impact of Covid-19 in Greece, Hellenic Observatory, LSE, 2020, 70 - 128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13384

The Global Distribution of Routine and Non-Routine Work

Piotr Lewandowski, Albert Park, Simone Schotte

published as 'The global divergence in the de-routinisation of jobs' in: Gradín C., Lewandowski P., Schotte S., Sen K. (eds.), Tasks, Skills, and Institutions - The Changing Nature of Work and Inequality, Oxford University Press, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13378

Inequality in Personality over the Life Cycle

Miriam Gensowski, Mette Gørtz, Stefanie Schurer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 184, 46-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13342

Are Personality Traits Really Fixed and Does It Matter?

Steven Stillman, Malathi Velamuri

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13338

The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills

Eva M. Berger, Ernst Fehr, Henning Hermes, Daniel Schunk, Kirsten Winkel

forthcoming in: Journal of Political Economy, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13338

The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills

Eva M. Berger, Ernst Fehr, Henning Hermes, Daniel Schunk, Kirsten Winkel

forthcoming in: Journal of Political Economy, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13325

Why Didn't the College Premium Rise Everywhere? Employment Protection and On-the-Job Investment in Skills

Matthias Doepke, Ruben Gaetani

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2024, 16 (3), 268–309

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13281

EU Jobs at Highest Risk of COVID-19 Social Distancing: Will the Pandemic Exacerbate Labour Market Divide?

Konstantinos Pouliakas, Jiri Branka

also available as Cedefop working paper No. 6201, 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13248

The Graduate Wage and Earnings Premia and the Role of Non-Cognitive Skills

Gerda Buchmueller, Ian Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13220

The Regional Anatomy of School Dropouts in Spain: The Role of the Industry Structure of Local Labour Markets

Luis Diaz-Serrano, William Nilsson

published as 'The regional anatomy of youths' educational attainment in Spain: The role of the employment structure in local labour markets' in: Papers in Regional Science, 2020, 99 (5), 1487-1508.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13206

Investigating the Genetic Architecture of Non-Cognitive Skills Using GWAS-By-Subtraction

Perline A. Demange, Margherita Malanchini, Travis T. Mallard, Pietro Biroli

published in: Nature Genetics, 2021, 53, 35 - 44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13194

The Importance of Cognitive Domains and the Returns to Schooling in South Africa: Evidence from Two Labor Surveys

Plamen Nikolov, Nusrat Abedin Jimi

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101849.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13170

Improving Job Search Skills: A Field Experiment on Online Employment Assistance

Guglielmo Briscese, Giulio Zanella, Veronica Quinn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13141