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130 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17265
Family Stress and the Intergenerational Correlation in Self-Control
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Haniene Tayeb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17228
Free Schooling Reverses Sibling Rivalry
João R. Ferreira, Wayne Aaron Sandholtz
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. 16910
Small Children, Big Problems: Childbirth and Crime
Diogo Britto, Roberto Hsu Rocha, Paolo Pinotti, Breno Sampaio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16799
Unveiling Shadows: The Impact of Unemployment on Child Maltreatment
Dan Brown, Elisabetta De Cao
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. 16470
Retirement Decision of Belgian Couples and the Impact of the Social Security System
Sefane Cetin, Alain Jousten
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16440
Daughters, Savings and Household Finances
Massimiliano Tani, Xin Wen, Zhiming Cheng
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. 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. 16322
Air Pollution and Education Investment
Zhiming Cheng, Liwen Guo, Massimiliano Tani, Sarah Cook
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 15418
Genetic and Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps in Elementary School
Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Victor Ronda, Esben Agerbo, Preben Bo Mortensen, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15382
Digital Divide or Digital Provide? Technology, Time Use and Learning Loss during COVID-19
Niaz Asadullah, Anindita Bhattacharjee
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58 (10), 1934 - 1957
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15332
Commuting to Work and Gender-Conforming Social Norms: Evidence from Same-Sex Couples
Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15305
Housing Unaffordability and Adolescent Subjective Well-Being in China
Peng Nie, Qiaoge Li, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15233
The Child Quantity–Quality Trade-off
Rufei Guo, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15009
Public School Access or Stay-at-Home Partner: Factors Mitigating the Adverse Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Academic Parents
Tatyana Deryugina, Olga Shurchkov, Jenna Stearns
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14756
Gene-Environment Effects on Female Fertility
Nicola Barban, Elisabetta De Cao, Marco Francesconi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14673
Labor Market Transitions of Members of Opposite-Sex Couples: Nonparticipation, Unemployed Search, and Employment
Hans Bloemen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14663
Parental Responses to Children's Achievement Test Results
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Tiffany Ho, Nicolás Salamanca
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14571
Sissy That Walk: Transportation to Work by Sexual Orientation
Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone
revised version published as 'Transportation to work by sexual orientation' in: PLoS ONE , 2022, 17(2), e0263687
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14293
Revisiting Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households: A Cautionary Tale on the Potential Pitfalls of Density Estimators
Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner, Kerstin Ostermann
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2021, 36 (7), 1065-1073.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14275
Do Parents Expect Too Much or Is It All about Grades? The Discrepancy between Parents' Aspirations and Child's Academic Performance, and Parental Satisfaction with the School
Stefani Milovanska-Farrington
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14274
The Effect of Child Benefits on Financial Difficulties and Spending Habits: Evidence from Poland's Family 500+ Program
Stefani Milovanska-Farrington
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14018
Social Security and Endogenous Demographic Change: Child Support and Retirement Policies
Giam Pietro Cipriani, Tamara Fioroni
published in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2022, 21(3), 307-325.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13967
A Breath of Fresh Air: Raising Awareness for Clean Fuel Adoption
Farzana Afridi, Sisir Debnath, E. Somanathan
published in Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 151, 102675
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13917
Left Behind, but Not Alone: Changes in Living Arrangements and the Effects of Migration and Remittances in Mexico
Simone Bertoli, Elsa Gautrain, Elie Murard
revised version published as 'Left behind, but not immobile: Living arrangements of Mexican transnational households' in :Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 71(4), 1359-1395
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13894
Big Five Personality Traits and Sex
Uwe Jirjahn, Martha Ottenbacher
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, 549 - 580
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13780
The Nurture of Nature and the Nature of Nurture: How Genes and Investments Interact in the Formation of Skills
Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Victor Ronda, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13684
The Effect of Job Search Requirements on Welfare Receipt
Nicolas Herault, Ha Vu, Roger Wilkins
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. 13461
The Gender Gap in Time Allocation in Europe
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina
forthcoming in: IZA World of Labor, 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13448
Peer Effects and Fertility Preferences in China: Evidence from the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey
Peng Nie, Lu Wang, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
published online in: The Singapore Economic Review, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13306
Should We Cheer Together? Gender Differences in Instantaneous Well-Being during Joint and Solo Activities
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
published as 'Should we cheer together? Gender differences in instantaneous well-being: An application to COVID-19 lockdowns' in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2023, 24, 529 - 562
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13065
Parents' Responses to Teacher Qualifications
Simon Chang, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Nicolás Salamanca
publisehd in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 197, 419 - 446
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12792
Parental Inputs and Socio-Economic Gaps in Early Child Development
Lindsey Macmillan, Emma Tominey
published online in: Journal of Population Economics, 17 August 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12432
Child Socio-Emotional Skills: The Role of Parental Inputs
Gloria Moroni, Cheti Nicoletti, Emma Tominey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12284
Gender Identity and Wives' Labor Market Outcomes in West and East Germany between 1984 and 2016
Maximilian Sprengholz, Anna Wieber, Elke Holst
published in: Socio-Economic Review (SER), 2020, 18 (3), 1-23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12210
Marriage Market Equilibrium, Qualifications, and Ability
Dan Anderberg, Jesper Bagger, V. Bhaskar, Tanya Wilson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12185
The Economics of Hypergamy
Ingvild Almås, Andreas Kotsadam, Espen R. Moen, Knut Røed
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (1), 260-281
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12145
Parental Child Care Time, Income and Subjective Well-Being: A Multidimensional Polarization Approach for Germany
Joachim Merz, Normen Peters
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. 11915
Household Collective Models: Three Decades of Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Evidence
Olivier Donni, José Alberto Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11800
The Bilingual Gap in Children's Language and Emotional Development
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Colm P. Harmon, Anita Staneva
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 10 (1)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11757
Gender Identity, Co-Working Spouses and Relative Income within Households
Natalia Zinovyeva, Maryna Tverdostup
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11706
The Value of Health Insurance: A Household Job Search Approach
Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja, Renata Narita
R&R: Journal of Labor Economics.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11695
Efficient Labor Supply for Latin Families: Is the Intra-Household Bargaining Power Relevant?
Juan Carlos Campaña, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11693
Is There a Male Breadwinner Norm? The Hazards of Inferring Preferences from Marriage Market Outcomes
Ariel J. Binder, David Lam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11562
Structural Labour Supply Models and Microsimulation
Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino
revised version published in: International Journal of Microsimulation, 2018, 11 (1), 162 - 197
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. 10994
Cohort at Risk: Long-Term Consequences of Conflict for Child School Achievement
Hendrik Jürges, Luca Stella, Sameh Hallaq, Alexandra Schwarz
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, 1-43
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10954
'Rational Overeating' in a Feast-or-Famine World: Economic Insecurity and the Obesity Epidemic
Trenton G. Smith, Steven Stillman, Stuart Craig
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10936
Child Discipline in Times of Conflict
Michael Malcolm, Vidya Diwakar, George S Naufal
published in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2020, 64 (6), 1070–1094
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10684
Digital and Competing Information Sources: Impact on Environmental Concern and Prospects for Cooperation
Vladimir Udalov, Paul J. J. Welfens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10557
Household Bargaining, Spouses' Consumption Patterns and the Design of Commodity Taxes
Helmuth Cremer, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur, Kerstin Roeder
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2021, 73, 2021, 225--247.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10361
How Does Pension Eligibility Affect Labor Supply in Couples?
Rafael Lalive, Pierpaolo Parrotta
published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 46, 177-188
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10316
Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth
Uwe Jirjahn, Cornelia Chadi
revised version published in: Empirical Economics Letters, 2022, 21 (3), 7-13
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10233
Immigrant Birthcountry Networks and Unemployment Duration: Evidence around the Great Recession
Kusum Mundra, Fernando Rios-Avila
published in: Empirical Economics 61, 2021, 389 – 415
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10070
Young Adults Living with Their Parents and the Influence of Peers
Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Ezgi Kaya
published in: The Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (3), 689-713
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9935
Single and Investing: Homeownership Trends among the Never Married
Kusum Mundra, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: Housing Studies, 2019, 34:1, 162-187
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9568
The Caregiving Responsibilities of Retirees: What Are They and How Do They Affect Retirees' Well-being?
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Eakamon Oumtrakool
published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (13), 1298-1310
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9533
Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households: Evidence from Sweden
Karin Hederos Eriksson, Anders Stenberg
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2022, 124 (3), 744 - 772
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9471
Gender Identity and Women's Supply of Labor and Non-Market Work: Panel Data Evidence for Germany
Anna Wieber, Elke Holst
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8937
Evidence of Added Worker Effect from the 2008 Economic Crisis
Sinem H. Ayhan
revised version published as 'Married women's added worker effect during the 2008 economic crisis - The case of Turkey' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2018, 16 (3), 767 - 790
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8830
Household Bargaining and the Design of Couples' Income Taxation
Helmuth Cremer, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur, Dario Maldonado, Kerstin Roeder
published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 89, 454-470
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8614
Can Immigrants Help Women "Have it All"? Immigrant Labor and Women's Joint Fertility and Labor Supply Decisions
Delia Furtado
published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2015, 4 (19)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8607
Fertility Responses of High-Skilled Native Women to Immigrant Inflows
Delia Furtado
published in: Demography, 2016, 53 (1), 27-53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8042
Why Do Some Motorbike Riders Wear a Helmet and Others Don't? Evidence from Delhi, India
Michael Grimm, Carole Treibich
published in: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2016, 88, 318-336.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7926
Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe
Laura Hospido, Gema Zamarro
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 3:12, 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7452
Testing the Tunnel Effect: Comparison, Age and Happiness in UK and German Panels
Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan, Max F. Steinhardt, David Ulph
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3, 24.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7310
The Relation between Maternal Work Hours and Cognitive Outcomes of Young School-Aged Children
Annemarie Künn-Nelen, Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge
published in: De Economist, 2015, 163 (2), 203-232
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7259
Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt
Christine Binzel, Jean-Paul Carvalho
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (607), 2553 - 2580
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7238
Business, Bankruptcy, and Beliefs: The Financial Demise of NBA Stars
Ruby Henry
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7221
Quasi-Hyperbolic Time Preferences and their Intergenerational Transmission
Fabian Kosse, Friedhelm Pfeiffer
published in: Applied Economics Letters 2013, 20 (10), 983-986
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7119
Children, Spousal Love, and Happiness: An Economic Analysis
Shoshana Grossbard, Sankar Mukhopadhyay
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11 (3), 447-467
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7108
Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission
Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6911
Liberty and the Post-Utilitarian Society
Gilles Saint-Paul
published in: Economic Affairs, 2013, 33 (1), 119–126
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6824
Risk and Saving in Two-Person Households: More Scope for Precautionary Saving
Patricia Apps, Yuri Andrienko, Ray Rees
published as 'Risk and Precautionary Saving in Two-Person Households' in: American Economic Review, 2014, 104 (3), 1040-1046
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6637
Survey of Models on Demand, Customer Base-Line and Demand Response and Their Relationships in the Power Market
Almas Heshmati
published in: Journal of Economics Surveys, 2014, 28(5), 862-888.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6607
Sociability and the Timing of First Marriage
Odelia Heizler (Cohen), Nira Yacouel, Ayal Kimhi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6266
Aggregation without the Aggravation? Nonparametric Analysis of the Representative Consumer
Laurens Cherchye, Ian Crawford, Bram De Rock, Frederic Vermeulen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6050
Anatomy of Welfare Reform Evaluation: Announcement and Implementation Effects
Richard Blundell, Marco Francesconi, Wilbert van der Klaauw
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6045
Age, Life-Satisfaction, and Relative Income: Insights from the UK and Germany
Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan, Max F. Steinhardt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5887
The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey
Murat Güray Kirdar, Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Ismet Koc
published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2018, 12(4), 640-668.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5721
Are Nurses More Altruistic than Real Estate Brokers?
Karin Jacobsen, Kari H. Eika, Leif Helland, Jo Thori Lind, Karine Nyborg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5585
The Long Shadow of Income on Trustworthiness
John Ermisch, Diego Gambetta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5413
Smart and Dangerous: How Cognitive Skills Drive the Intergenerational Transmission of Retaliation
Ruby Henry
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5127
Household Decision Making in Rural China: Using Experiments to Estimate the Influences of Spouses
Fredrik Carlsson, Haoran He, Peter Martinsson, Ping Qin, Matthias Sutter
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 84 (2), 525-536
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5072
Cumulation of Cross-Section Surveys: Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for the Cumulated Continuous Household Budget Surveys (LWR) 1999 until 2003 Compared to the Sample Survey of Income and Expenditures (EVS) 2003
Joachim Merz, Henning Stolze
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