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911 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17288
Fetal Pollution Exposure, Cognitive Ability, and Gender-Specific Parental Investment
Xin Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Xingyi Hu, Xi Chen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17265
Family Stress and the Intergenerational Correlation in Self-Control
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Haniene Tayeb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17248
The Effects of Utility Shutoff and Eviction Moratoria during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Use of Alternative Financial Services Loans
Jennifer Andre, Breno Braga, Kassandra Martinchek, Signe-Mary McKernan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17242
The Economics of Abduction Marriage: Evidence from Ethiopia
Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Lindsey Novak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17228
Free Schooling Reverses Sibling Rivalry
João R. Ferreira, Wayne Aaron Sandholtz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17227
Women's Suffrage and Men's Voting Patterns
Jeanne Lafortune, Francisco J. Pino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17214
Inter-Institutional Cooperation and Migrants' Financial Education: An Italian Case Study
Samuel Nocito, Alessandra Venturini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17210
Parental Leave: Economic Incentives and Cultural Change
James Albrecht, Per-Anders Edin, Raquel Fernández, Jiwon Lee, Peter Skogman Thoursie, Susan Vroman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17185
Evaluating and Pricing Health Insurance in Lower-Income Countries: A Field Experiment in India
Anup Malani, Cynthia Kinnan, Gabriella Conti, Kosuke Imai, Morgen Miller, Shailender Swaminathan, Alessandra Voena, Bartek Woda
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17151
Gender Gaps in Time Use: Pan-European Evidence from School Closures during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Benjamin Elsner, Manvi Jindal, Massimiliano Mascherini, Sanna Nivakoski
forthcoming in: Economic and Social Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17134
Separate Housework Spheres
Jonas Jessen, Sebastian Schweighofer-Kodritsch, Felix Weinhardt, Jan Berkes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17128
Commuting, Wages, and Household Behavior
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17076
Fathers Taking Leave: Evaluating the Impact of Shared Parental Leave in the UK
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Eleonora Fichera, Ezgi Kaya, Melanie K. Jones
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17057
Financial Incentives for Adoption and Kin Guardianship Improve Achievement for Foster Children
David Simon, Aaron Sojourner, Jon Pedersen, Heidi Ombisa Skallet
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17047
The Long-Run Effects of Individual Debt Relief
Gustaf Bruze, Alexander Kjær Hilsløv, Jonas Maibom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16969
Integrating Minorities in the Classroom: The Role of Students, Parents, and Teachers
Alexandra de Gendre, Krzysztof Karbownik, Nicolás Salamanca, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16952
Who Cares about Investing Responsibly? Attitudes and Financial Decisions
Alberto Montagnoli, Karl Taylor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16926
Financial Literacy and Financial Education: An Overview
Tim Kaiser, Annamaria Lusardi
forthcoming in: Oxford Handbook of Banking (eds. Berger et al.)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16910
Small Children, Big Problems: Childbirth and Crime
Diogo Britto, Roberto Hsu Rocha, Paolo Pinotti, Breno Sampaio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16871
Child Penalties and the Gender Gap in Home Production and the Labor Market
Pim Koopmans, Max van Lent, Jim Been
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16861
Evaluating and Pricing Health Insurance in Lower-Income Countries: A Field Experiment in India
Anup Malani, Cynthia Kinnan, Gabriella Conti, Kosuke Imai, Morgen Miller, Shailender Swaminathan, Alessandra Voena, Bartek Woda
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16860
Gender Disparities in Inflation during the Cost-of-Living Crisis in Europe: A Novel Decomposition
Denisa Maria Sologon, Karina Doorley, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16826
Intergenerational Mobility and Credit
John Carter Braxton, Nisha Chikhale, Kyle Herkenhoff, Gordon Phillips
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16821
Alternative Models of Preference Heterogeneity for Elicited Choice Probabilities
Nathan Kettlewell, Matthew J. Walker, Hong Il Yoo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16820
The Gendered Nature of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in Europe
Denisa Maria Sologon, Karina Doorley, Cathal O'Donoghue, Eugenio Peluso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16799
Unveiling Shadows: The Impact of Unemployment on Child Maltreatment
Dan Brown, Elisabetta De Cao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16769
Keeping Up with the Jansens: Causal Peer Effects on Household Spending, Beliefs and Happiness
Maarten van Rooij, Olivier Coibion, Dimitris Georgarakos, Bernardo Candia, Yuriy Gorodnichenko
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16762
The Cost of Following Traditional Gender Norms: Evidence from a Paid Leave for Seriously Ill Children
Valentina Paredes, Francisca Perez, Francisco J. Pino, Patricia Olmedo Cortés
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16760
Household Decisions and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction
Christian Bredemeier, Patrick Ndlovu, Suncica Vujic, Roland Winkler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16709
The Role of Friends in the Opioid Epidemic
Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Karen A. Kopecky
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16694
When Randomization Is Not Feasible: The Case of Parenting Skills Programs
Daniela Del Boca, Chiara D. Pronzato, Lucia Schiavon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16633
The Heritability of Economic Preferences
Nathan Kettlewell, Agnieszka Tymula, Hong Il Yoo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16628
Gender Gaps in Financial Literacy: A Multi-Arm RCT to Break the Response Bias in Surveys
Laura Hospido, Nagore Iriberri, Margarita Machelett
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16620
Unexpected Inheritances and Household Labor Supply: Does the Identity of the Recipient Matter?
Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16619
Modelling the Distributional Effects of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in Turkey and the South Caucasus: A Microsimulation Analysis
Zeynep Gizem Can, Cathal O'Donoghue, Denisa Maria Sologon, Darius Smith, Rosaleen Griffin, Una Murray
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16618
The Effects of Commuting and Working from Home Arrangements on Mental Health
Ferdi Botha, Jan Kabátek, Jordy Meekes, Roger Wilkins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16565
Understanding the Impacts of Paid Maternity Leave on Women's Labor Market Outcomes
Lillian Bates, Oliver Hall, Pamela Jakiela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16552
Air Pollution and Time Use: Evidence from India
Jafar Jafarov, Tejendra P. Singh, Soham Sahoo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16541
The Societal Costs of Inflation and Unemployment
Olga Popova, Sarah Grace See, Milena Nikolova, Vladimir Otrachshenko
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16470
Retirement Decision of Belgian Couples and the Impact of the Social Security System
Sefane Cetin, Alain Jousten
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16452
Government Shutdown and SNAP Disbursements: Effects on Household Expenditures
Mindy Marks, Silvia Prina, Roy Gernhardt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16451
Too Fast, Too Furious? Digital Credit Delivery Speed and Repayment Rates
Alfredo Burlando, Michael A. Kuhn, Silvia Prina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16441
Parenting with Patience: Parental Incentives and Child Development
Daniela Del Boca, Christopher Flinn, Ewout Verriest, Matthew Wiswall
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16440
Daughters, Savings and Household Finances
Massimiliano Tani, Xin Wen, Zhiming Cheng
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16436
The Evolution of Work from Home
José María Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16428
Immigration, Female Labour Supply and Local Cultural Norms
Jonas Jessen, Sophia Schmitz, Felix Weinhardt
published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (659), 1146–1172
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16399
Is Patience Malleable via Educational Intervention? Evidence on the Role of Age in Field Experiments
Tim Kaiser, Lukas Menkhoff, Luis Oberrauch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16393
The Evolution of the Wage Elasticity of Labor Supply over Time
Todd E. Elder, Steven J. Haider, Cody Orr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16372
Eggs When Young, Chicken When Old. Time Consistency and Addiction over the Life Cycle
Luca Piccoli, Silvia Tiezzi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16368
Optimal Weights for Marital Sorting Measures
Frederik Almar, Bastian Schulz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16367
When It Hurts the Most: Timing of Parental Job Loss and a Child's Education
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari, Marco Ovidi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16331
How Does Gender Quota Shape Gender Attitudes?
Yen-Chien Chen, Elliott Fan, Yu-Hsin Ho, Matthew Yi-Hsiu Lee, Jin-Tan Liu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16327
Effects of Lottery Wins on Household Labor Supply
Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16322
Air Pollution and Education Investment
Zhiming Cheng, Liwen Guo, Massimiliano Tani, Sarah Cook
published in: Energy Economics 2024, 132, 107496,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16303
The Interplay among Savings Accounts and Network-Based Financial Arrangements: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Margherita Comola, Silvia Prina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16250
Sibling Spillovers May Enhance the Efficacy of Targeted School Policies
David N. Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Umut Özek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16246
Proud to Not Own Stocks: How Identity Shapes Financial Decisions
Luca Henkel, Christian Zimpelmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16244
Where Are the Fathers? The Effects of Earmarking Parental Leave on Fathers in France
Hélène Périvier, Gregory Verdugo
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2024, 77 (1), 88-118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16212
Baby Bump? Birth Month, Family Income, and Early Childhood Development
Dave E. Marcotte, Katherine Engel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16193
Entitled to Property: How Breaking the Gender Barrier Improves Child Health in India
Md Shahadath Hossain, Plamen Nikolov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16182
Spouses as Home Health Workers and Cooks: Insights for Applied Research
Shoshana Grossbard
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16148
Husbands' Wages and Married Women's Labor Supply in Urban China
Mengbing Zhu, Yi Li, Chunbing Xing
published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 82, 102609.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16120
British Voting Intentions and the Far Reach of 11 September Terrorist Attacks in New York
Elena G. F. Stancanelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16118
The Impact of Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Clinics on Early 20th Century U.S. Fertility and Mortality
Stefan Bauernschuster, Michael Grimm, Cathy M. Hajo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16102
Financial Literacy, Experimental Preference Measures and Field Behavior – A Randomized Educational Intervention
Matthias Sutter, Michael Weyland, Anna Untertrifaller, Manuel Froitzheim, Sebastian O. Schneider
this paper presents an update of the former IZA Discussion Paper No. 13566
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16086
Parental and Student Time Use around the Academic Year
Benjamin Cowan, Todd R. Jones, Jeffrey Swigert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16073
Happiness in Old Age: The Daughter Connection
Pataporn Sukontamarn, Niaz Asadullah, Nopphawan Photphisutthiphong, Yen Thi Hai Nguyen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16045
What If She Earns More? Gender Norms, Income Inequality, and the Division of Housework
Iga Magda, Ewa Cukrowska-Torzewska, Marta Palczyńska
published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2024, 45, 1–20
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16032
Household Responses to Trade Shocks
Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique, Peter Levell, Matthias Parey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16013
Workers' Perceptions of Earnings Growth and Employment Risk
Gizem Koşar, Wilbert van der Klaauw
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15966
The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Structural Change
Nicolas Büttner, Michael Grimm, Isabel Günther, Kenneth Harttgen, Stephan Klasen
forthcoming in: Demography.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15925
Socioemotional Skills in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Maternal Psychosocial Intervention
Dilek Sevim, Victoria Baranov, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Joanna Maselko, Pietro Biroli
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (S), S365-S401
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15912
Marital Sorting and Inequality: How Educational Categorization Matters
Frederik Almar, Benjamin Friedrich, Ana Reynoso, Bastian Schulz, Rune Majlund Vejlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15868
Who Pays for Higher Carbon Prices? Illustration for Lithuania and a Research Agenda
Herwig Immervoll, Jules Linden, Cathal O'Donoghue, Denisa Maria Sologon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15859
Schools as Safety Nets: Break-Downs and Recovery in Reporting of Violence against Children
Damian Clarke, Pilar Larroulet, Daniel Pailañir, Daniela Quintana
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15792
Do Immigrants Ever Oppose Immigration?
Aflatun Kaeser, Massimiliano Tani
publishled in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 80, 102460
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15773
Gender Stereotypes in the Family
Cheti Nicoletti, Almudena Sevilla, Valentina Tonei
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15766
Internet Use and Fertility Behavior among Reproductive-Age Women in China
Peng Nie, Xu Peng, Tianyuan Luo
published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 77, 101903
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15758
Are Retirement Planning Tools Substitutes or Complements to Financial Capability?
Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff, Jiusi Xiao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15738
Welfare and Distributional Impact of Soaring Prices in Europe
Denisa Maria Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue, Jules Linden, Iryna Kyzyma, Jason Loughrey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15737
Commitment and the Dynamics of Household Labor Supply
Alexandros Theloudis, Jorge Velilla, Pierre-André Chiappori, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15712
The Distribution of Ambiguity Attitudes
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Axel Wogrolly, Christian Zimpelmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15681
Multitasking
Anzelika Zaiceva
published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, 2023, 1-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15674
Gains from Trade and the Food Engel Curve
Farid Farrokhi, David Carson Jinkins, Chong Xiang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15672
Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations
Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15644
Long Social Distancing
José María Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15643
Temporal Discounting in Later Life
Ellam Kulati, Michal Myck, Giacomo Pasini
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 213, 87-101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15630
The Timing of Parental Job Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
Pedro Carneiro, Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15609
Analysis of Twins
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke
published in: Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer Nature, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15574
The Downward Spiral
Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Karen A. Kopecky
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15571
Culture, Children and Couple Gender Inequality
Jonas Jessen
revised version published in: European Economic Review 2022, 150, 104310
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15501
Famous after Death: The Effect of a Writer's Death on Book Sales
Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 210, 210-225.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15475
Disparities in Labour Market and Income Trends during the First Year of the COVID-19 Crisis – Evidence from Germany
Carsten Braband, Valentina Sara Consiglio, Markus M. Grabka, Natascha Hainbach, Sebastian Königs
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15471
Long-Term Services and Supports and Disease Management among Older Chinese Adults in Different Stages of Cognitive Impairment
Zhuoer Lin, Xi Chen
published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2022, 23, 100405.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15470
Family Bargaining and the Gender Gap in Informal Care
Chiara Canta, Helmuth Cremer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15457
Does It Matter Who Cares for You? The Effect of Substituting Informal with Formal Personal Care on the Care Recipients' Health
Bruce Hollingsworth, Asako Ohinata, Matteo Picchio, Ian Walker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15446
Till Debt Do Us Part: Strategic Divorces and a Test of Moral Hazard
Yeorim Kim, Mauro Mastrogiacomo, Stefan Hochguertel, Hans Bloemen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15436
Time Use and the Geography of Economic Opportunity
Sulagna Mookerjee, John D. Pedersen, David Slichter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15431
Stigma in Welfare Programs
Pablo Celhay, Bruce D. Meyer, Nikolas Mittag
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15418
Genetic and Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps in Elementary School
Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Victor Ronda, Esben Agerbo, Preben Bo Mortensen, Michael Rosholm
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