IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13097

Do Compulsory Schooling Laws Always Work? A Study of Youth Crime in Brazilian Municipalities

Marislei Nishijima, Sarmistha Pal

published as 'Compulsory Schooling Laws, Overcrowding and Youth Crime: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Brazilian Municipalities' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2023, 59 (10), 1589–1607

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13093

Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks: Source Country Characteristics and the Division of Non-market Work among US Immigrants

Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn, Matthew Comey, Amanda Eng, Pamela Meyerhofer, Alexander Willén

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18 (4), 907-958

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13081

Do Public Program Benefits Crowd Out Private Transfers in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence

Plamen Nikolov, Matthew Bonci

published in: World Development, 2020, 134, 104967

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13080

Isolating the 'Tech' from EdTech: Experimental Evidence on Computer Assisted Learning in China

Robert W. Fairlie, Prashant Loyalka, Scott Rozelle, Yue Ma

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2024, 72 (4), 1923–1962

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13060

Why Do We Procrastinate? Present Bias and Optimism

Zachary Breig, Matthew Gibson, Jeffrey G. Shrader

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13056

Maternal Investments in Children: The Role of Expected Effort and Returns

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Adeline Delavande, Paulino Font Gilabert, Joanna Maselko

published in: Economic Journal, 2025, 135 (667), 712–747

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13049

The Economic Impact of Migrants from Hurricane Maria

Giovanni Peri, Derek Rury, Justin C. Wiltshire

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (6), 1795-1829

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13048

Pensions and Fertility: Micro-Economic Evidence

Alexander M. Danzer, Lennard Zyska

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15 (2), 126-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13043

The Important Role of Equivalence Scales: Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in Russia

Kseniya Abanokova, Hai-Anh H Dang, Michael Lokshin

published as 'Do Adjustments for Equivalence Scales Affect Poverty Dynamics? Evidence from the Russian Federation during 1994-2017' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68 (S1), S167 - S192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13041

Short and Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Developing Country Exports: Evidence from Bangladesh

Raymond Robertson, Deeksha Kokas, Diego Cardozo Medeiros, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13031

What Does Someone's Gender Identity Signal to Employers?

Hannah Van Borm, Marlot Dhoop, Allien Van Acker, Stijn Baert

revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2020, 41 (6), 753 - 777

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13014

The Effect of Immigration on Business Dynamics and Employment

Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny, Alexander Abraham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13013

How Does Immigration Fit into the Future of the U.S. Labor Market?

Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny, Stephanie Gullo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13004

The Heterogeneous Employment Outcomes of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in Belgium

Céline Piton, François Rycx

published as 'A Broken Social Elevator? Employment Outcomes of First- and Second-generation Immigrants in Belgium' in: De Economist, 2021, 169 (3), 319-365

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12988

Childhood Determinants of Internal Youth Migration in Senegal

Catalina Herrera-Almanza, David E. Sahn

published in: Demographic Research, 2020, 43 (45), 1335 - 1366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12982

Dynamic Incentives in Retirement Earnings-Replacement Benefits

Andres Dean, Sebastian Fleitas, Mariana Zerpa

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (3), 762–777.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12975

Education-Occupation Mismatch and Social Networks for Hispanics in the US: Role of Citizenship

Kusum Mundra, Fernando Rios-Avila

published in: Education Economics, 2024, 32 (2), 185 - 209