IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'All Eyes on the Price: An Assessment of the Willingness-to-Pay for Eyeglasses in Rural Burkina Faso' in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (7), 1347 - 1367

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11918

Time Will Tell: Recovering Preferences When Choices Are Noisy

Carlos Alós-Ferrer, Ernst Fehr, Nick Netzer

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129 (6), 1828–1877

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11897

Negotiating Cooperation under Uncertainty: Communication in Noisy, Indefinitely Repeated Interactions

Fabian Dvorak, Sebastian Fehrler

published in: American Economic Review, 2024, 16 (3), 232 - 258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11817

Diabetes, Employment and Behavioural Risk Factors in China: Marginal Structural Models versus Fixed Effects Models

Till Seuring, Pieter Serneels, Marc Suhrcke, Max Bachmann

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2020, 29, 100925

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11777

Migration, Political Institutions, and Social Networks

Catia Batista, Julia Seither, Pedro C. Vicente

published in: World Development, 2019, 117, 328-343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11730

Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 188, 104226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11665

Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning

Roland Benabou, Armin Falk, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11538

Less Is Not More: Information Presentation Complexity and 401(k) Planning Choices

Eric Cardella, Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Michael Parent

published as 'Less is not more: 401(k) plan information and retirement planning choices' in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2023, 22 (3), 331-351.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11536

Information Frictions and Learning Dynamics: Evidence from Tax Avoidance in Ecuador

Albrecht Bohne, Jan Sebastian Nimczik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11491

News Media and Crime Perceptions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Nicola Mastrorocco, Luigi Minale

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 165, 230-255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11466

A New Estimator of Search Duration and Its Application to the Marriage Market

Pavel Jelnov

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (6) , 1089-1116

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11453

Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economica, 2021, 88(351), 624-670

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11436

Conformism, Social Norms and the Dynamics of Assimilation

Gonzalo Olcina, Fabrizio Panebianco, Yves Zenou

published as 'Conformism, social pressure, and the dynamics of integration' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 2020, 279 - 304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11350

Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia

Michael Coelli, Gigi Foster, Andrew Leigh

published in: Economic Record, 2018, 94 (S1), 73-101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11327

Confidence in Knowledge or Confidence in the Ability to Learn: An Experiment on the Causal Effects of Beliefs on Motivation

Mira Fischer, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 111, 122-142.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11177

Papa Does Preach: Daughters and Polarisation of Attitudes toward Abortion

Clémentine Van Effenterre

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 179, 188-201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11098

Overoptimistic Entrepreneurs: Predicting Wellbeing Consequences of Self-Employment

Reto Odermatt, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Alois Stutzer

revised version published as 'Are Newly Self-Employed Overly Optimistic About Their Future Well-Being?' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021, 95, 101779

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11015

Media and Occupational Choice

Alexander Konon, Alexander S. Kritikos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10932

Gender Stereotyping and Self-Stereotyping Attitudes: A Large Field Study of Managers

Tor Eriksson, Nina Smith, Valdemar Smith

published as 'Gender stereotyping and self-stereotyping among Danish managers' in: Gender in Management: An International Journal, 2021, 36 (5), 622-639

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10919

Positively Aware? Conflicting Expert Reviews and Demand for Medical Treatment

Jorge Balat, Nicholas W. Papageorge, Shaiza Qayyum

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10912

Employer Screening Costs, Recruiting Strategies, and Labor Market Outcomes: An Equilibrium Analysis of On-Campus Recruiting

Russell Weinstein

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 55, 282-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10911

University Selectivity, Initial Job Quality, and Longer-Run Salary

Russell Weinstein

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10784

Nudging Study Habits: A Field Experiment on Peer Tutoring in Higher Education

Nicholas Wilson, Todd Pugatch

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 62, 151 - 161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10760

Committee Search with Ex-ante Heterogeneous Agents: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Keigo Inukai, Keisuke Kawata, Masaru Sasaki

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10744

Nudging Households to Take Up Health Insurance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Burkina Faso

Fadima Bocoum, Michael Grimm, Renate Hartwig, Nathalie Zongo

published as 'Can information increase the understanding and uptake of insurance? Lessons from a randomized experiment in rural Burkina Faso' in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 220, 102-111.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10607

Whistle-Blower Protection: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Lydia Mechtenberg, Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 126, 103447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10545

True Overconfidence, Revealed through Actions: An Experiment

Stephen L. Cheung, Lachlan Johnstone

revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2025.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10467

Public-Sector Employment in an Equilibrium Search and Matching Model

James Albrecht, Monica Robayo-Abril, Susan Vroman

published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (617), 35-61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10372

The More You Know: Information Effects on Job Application Rates in a Large Field Experiment

Laura Katherine Gee

published in: Management Science, 2018, 65 (5), 2077 - 2094

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10360

Learning about Oneself: The Effects of Performance Feedback on School Choice

Matteo Bobba, Veronica Frisancho

Updated version available as DP 16168.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10357

How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 167, 138-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10264

Benefit Duration and Job Search Effort: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Andreas Lichter

substantially revised version published as 'Benefit duration, job search behavior and re-employment' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 193, 104326 (joint with Amelie Schiprowski)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10258

Who Runs? Honesty and Self-Selection into Politics

Sebastian Fehrler, Urs Fischbacher, Maik T. Schneider

published as 'Honesty and Self-Selection into Cheap Talk' in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130, 2468-2496

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10172

Beliefs and Utility: Experimental Evidence on Preferences for Information

Armin Falk, Florian Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10151

Anchoring in Financial Decision-Making: Evidence from the Field

Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 141: 164-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10123

The Impact of Diabetes on Labor Market Outcomes in Mexico: A Panel Data and Biomarker Analysis

Till Seuring, Pieter Serneels, Marc Suhrcke

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 233, 252-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10085

Learning and Behavioral Spillovers of Nutritional Information

Prakarsh Singh

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53 (6), 911 - 931

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10068

Providing Advice to Job Seekers at Low Cost: An Experimental Study on Online Advice

Michèle Belot, Philipp Kircher, Paul Muller

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86 (4), 1411-1447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9968

Information and Preferences for Public Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 167, 138-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9950

Search Frictions, Competing Mechanisms and Optimal Market Segmentation

Xiaoming Cai, Pieter A. Gautier, Ronald P. Wolthoff

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, 169, 453-473

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9925

Can Transparency of Information Reduce Embezzlement? Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

Salvatore Di Falco, Brice Magdalou, David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval, Marc Willinger

revised version published as 'Embezzlement: Does transparency of information matter?' in: Review of Behavioral Economics, 2020, 7 (2), 103-143

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9911

Information, Financial Aid and Training Participation: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 47, 138-148

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9856

Subjective Belief Distributions and the Characterization of Economic Literacy

Amalia Di Girolamo, Glenn Harrison, Morten Lau, J. Todd Swarthout

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9788

Migration, Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

Dany Bahar, Hillel Rapoport

published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (612), F273-305

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9584

Do They Find You on Facebook? Facebook Profile Picture and Hiring Chances

Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'Facebook profile picture appearance affects recruiterd first hiring decisions' in: New Media & Society, 2018, 20 (3), 1220 - 1239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9497

The Deterrent Effect of Voting Against Minarets: Identity Utility and Foreigners' Location Choice

Michaela Slotwinski, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (3), 1043–1095

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9445

Intended College Attendance: Evidence from an Experiment on College Returns and Cost

Zachary Bleemer, Basit Zafar

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 157, 184-211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9444

Personal Experiences and Expectations about Aggregate Outcomes

Theresa Kuchler, Basit Zafar

published in: Journal of Finance, 2019, 74 (5), 2491-2542

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9244

Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis: Religion and Female Employment over Time

Justina A.V. Fischer, Francesco Pastore

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9170

A Signal of Diligence? Student Work Experience and Later Employment Chances

Stijn Baert, Olivier Rotsaert, Dieter Verhaest, Eddy Omey

revised version published as 'Student Employment and Later Labour Market Success: No Evidence for Higher Employment Chances' in: Kyklos, 2016, 69 (3), 401 - 425

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9113

Trial and Error? Reelection Concerns and Policy Experimentation during the U.S. Welfare Reform

Andreas Bernecker, Pierre C. Boyer, Christina Gathmann

revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13 (2), 26-57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9100

Misperceiving Inequality

Vladimir Gimpelson, Daniel Treisman

published in: Economics and Politics, 2018, 30 (1), 27 - 54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9040

Learning about Job Search: A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany

Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, Simon Jäger, Florian Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 164, 33-49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9027

How Transparency Kills Information Aggregation: Theory and Experiment

Sebastian Fehrler, Niall Hughes

published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2018, 10, 181-209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9009

Overconfident People Are More Exposed to "Black Swan" Events: A Case Study of Avalanche Risk

Nicolao Bonini, Stefania Pighin, Enrico Rettore, Lucia Savadori, Federico Schena, Sara Tonini, Paolo Tosi

published in: Empirical Economics, 2019, 57 (4), 1443 - 1467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8975

Religion and Innovation

Roland Benabou, Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni

published in: American Economic Review, 2015, 105 (5), 346–351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8691

Candidate Ballot Information and Election Outcomes: The Czech Case

Štepán Jurajda, Daniel Münich

published in: PostSoviet Affairs, 2015, 31 (5), 448-469

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8643

Consumer Search Costs and Preferences on the Internet

Grégory Jolivet, Hélène Turon

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86 (3), 1258-1300.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8638

Dishonesty under Scrutiny

Jeroen van de Ven, Marie Claire Villeval

published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2015, 1, 86-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8534

The Effect of Communication Channels on Promise-Making and Promise-Keeping

Julian Conrads, Tommaso G. Reggiani

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2017, 12 (3), 595-611

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8490

When the Baby Cries at Night: Inelastic Buyers in Non-Competitive Markets

Giacomo Calzolari, Andrea Ichino, Francesco Manaresi, Viki Nellas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8442

Concern for Relative Standing and Deception

Spyros Galanis, Michael Vlassopoulos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8357

Meeting Technologies and Optimal Trading Mechanisms in Competitive Search Markets

Benjamin R. Lester, Ludo Visschers, Ronald P. Wolthoff

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2015, 155, 1-15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8237

Jacks-of-All-Trades? The Effect of Balanced Skills on Team Performance

Laura Rosendahl Huber, Randolph Sloof, Mirjam C. van Praag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8236

Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis

David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124 (6), 1619-1676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8058

Attention Discrimination: Theory and Field Experiments with Monitoring Information Acquisition

Vojtech Bartos, Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová, Filip Matejka

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2016, 106 (6), 1437-1475

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7961

Dynamic Contracts and Learning by Doing

Julien Prat

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7932

Ambiguity on Audits and Cooperation in a Public Goods Game

Zhixin Dai, Robin M. Hogarth, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2015, 74, 146-162

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7758

Subjective Evaluations: Discretionary Bonuses and Feedback Credibility

William Fuchs

published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2015, 7 (1), 99–108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7740

Structural Empirical Evaluation of Job Search Monitoring

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bas van der Klaauw

published in: International Economic Review, 2019, 60 (2), 879-903

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7610

Incentives and Information as Driving Forces of Default Effects

Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, Andreas Grunewald

substantially revised version forthcoming in: Review of Economics and Statistics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7372

Correlation Neglect in Belief Formation

Benjamin Enke, Florian Zimmermann

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86 (1), 313–33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7340

How Do Voters Respond to Information? Evidence from a Randomized Campaign

Chad Kendall, Tommaso Nannicini, Francesco Trebbi

published in: American Economic Review, 2015, 105 (1), 322-353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7322

Groupthink: Collective Delusions in Organizations and Markets

Roland Benabou

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (2), 429-462

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7311

Does Mental Productivity Decline with Age? Evidence from Chess Players

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Selection and the Age-Productivity Profile: Evidence from Chess Players' in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2015, 110, 45–58

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7247

The Effect of Deceptive Advertising on Consumption of the Advertised Good and its Substitutes: The Case of Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Products

John Cawley, Rosemary Avery, Matthew Eisenberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7163

Competing with Asking Prices

Benjamin R. Lester, Ludo Visschers, Ronald P. Wolthoff

published in: Theoretical Economics, 2017, 12 (2), 731-770

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7147

Asymmetric Information between Employers

Lisa B. Kahn

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (4), 165-205

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7044

Ability Dispersion and Team Performance: A Field Experiment

Sander M. Hoogendoorn, Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag

published online in: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 30 November 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7030

The Lure of Authority: Motivation and Incentive Effects of Power

Ernst Fehr, Holger Herz, Tom Wilkening

published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (4), 1325-59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6919

Truth-Telling: A Representative Assessment

Johannes Abeler, Anke Becker, Armin Falk

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 113, 96-104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6861

An Experimental Test of a Committee Search Model

Yoichi Hizen, Keisuke Kawata, Masaru Sasaki

published in: European Economic Review, 2013, 61, 59-76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6750

Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic and Health Behavior

Aldo Rustichini, Colin G. DeYoung, Jon E. Anderson, Stephen V. Burks

revised version published as 'Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic Behavior' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2016, 64, 122-137

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