IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 33 (2025)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16175

Temperature and Joint Time Use

Sam Cosaert, Adrián Nieto, Konstantinos Tatsiramos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16172

Does a Flexible Parental Leave System Stimulate Maternal Employment?

Lennart Ziegler, Omar Bamieh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16168

Perceived Ability and School Choices: Experimental Evidence and Scale-up Effects

Matteo Bobba, Veronica Frisancho, Marco Pariguana

this paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 10360 (2016).

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16167

Impact of Early Childhood School Intervention on Enrollment and Learning Outcomes: Evaluation of a Public Program in India

Nilanjan Bhattacharya, Debayan Pakrashi, Sarani Saha, Soham Sahoo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16165

Patient versus Provider Incentives in Long-Term Care

Martin B. Hackmann, Vincent Pohl, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (3), 178–218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16162

The Impact of COVID-19 on Access to Mental Healthcare Services

Benjamin Harrell, Luca Fumarco, Patrick Button, David J. Schwegman, Kyla Denwood

published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 420 - 422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16158

Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers, and Teenage Motherhood

Christian Dustmann, Mikkel Mertz, Anna Okatenko

published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (653), 1901–1936

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16155

Maternal Life Satisfaction and Child Development from Toddlerhood to Adolescence

Nabanita Datta Gupta, Jonas Jessen, C. Katharina Spieß

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16150

Improving Health and Safety in the Informal Sector: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Bangladesh

Asadul Islam, Wang-Sheng Lee, Margaret Triyana, Xing Xia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16149

Higher Education Opportunity and the Choice of Vocational vs. Academic High School

Chunbing Xing, Yan Sun, Chuliang Luo

published in: China Economic Quarterly International, 2023, 3, 119–131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16143

For Better or Worse? Subjective Expectations and Cost-Benefit Trade-Offs in Health Behavior

Gabriella Conti, Pamela Giustinelli

published in: Health Economics, 2025, 34, 992 - 1012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16142

Donations and Unpaid Activities

Olaf Hübler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16134

Cognitive Skills among Adults: An Impeding Factor for Gender Convergence?

Michele Battisti, Alexandra Fedorets, Lavinia Kinne

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16133

The Economic Approach to Personality, Character and Virtue

James J. Heckman, Bridget Galaty, Haihan Tian

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16130

On a Tendency in Health Economics to Dwell on Income Inequality and Underestimate Social Stress

Oded Stark

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2023, 49, 101232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16126

After You. Cognition and Health-Distribution Preferences

Martín Brun, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Xavier Ramos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16125

Using Genes to Explore the Relationship of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills with Education and Labor Market Outcomes

Thomas Buser, Rafael Ahlskog, Magnus Johannesson, Philipp Koellinger, Sven Oskarsson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16124

Long-Run Consequences of Informal Elderly Care and Implications of Public Long-Term Care Insurance

Thorben Korfhage, Björn Fischer

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 96, 102884

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16117

Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages

Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf Van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, Simon Wiederhold

this paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 14854 (2021).

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16115

Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net

Achyuta Adhvaryu, N. Meltem Daysal, Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson, Teresa Molina, Herdis Steingrimsdottir

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16113

Unpacking Neighborhood Effects: Experimental Evidence from a Large-Scale Housing Program in Brazil

Carlos Alberto Belchior, Gustavo Gonzaga, Gabriel Ulyssea

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16111

School Quality beyond Test Scores: The Role of Schools in Shaping Educational Outcomes

Annalisa Loviglio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16110

Temperature and Fertility: Evidence from Spanish Register Data

Risto Conte Keivabu, Marco Cozzani, Joshua Wilde

published in: Population Studies, 2024, 79 (2), 283–297.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16109

Swallow This: Childhood and Adolescent Exposure to Fast Food Restaurants, BMI, and Cognitive Ability

Sara Abrahamsson, Aline Bütikofer, Krzysztof Karbownik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16108

The Long-Term Causal Effects of Winning an ERC Grant

Corinna Ghirelli, Enkelejda Havari, Elena Claudia Meroni, Stefano Verzillo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16104

Imperfect Signals

Georg Graetz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16103

Intergenerational Scars: The Impact of Parental Unemployment on Individual Health Later in Life

Michele Ubaldi, Matteo Picchio

published in: German Economic Review, 2025, 26 (1), 35-70

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. 16100

Disability and Labor Market Performance

Matthias Collischon, Karolin Hiesinger, Laura Pohlan

revised version published online as 'Disability Onset and Labor Market Outcomes ' in: Socio-Economic Review, 10 April 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16099

Rich Grad, Poor Grad: Family Background and College Major Choice

Margaret Leighton, Jamin D. Speer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16097

Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type

Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Research in Labor Economics: Time Use in Economics, 2023, 51, 187-218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16093

Early Childhood Conditions and Adolescent Mental Health

Bilge Erten, Pinar Keskin, Rodrigo Pinto, Huihua Xie, Lianming Zhu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16092

Does Extreme Temperature Exposure Take a Toll on Mental Health? Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Yanran Chen, Ruochen Sun, Xi Chen, Xuezheng Qin

published in: Environment and Development Economics, 2023, 28 (5), 486-451

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16090

Time-Use and Subjective Well-Being: Is Diversity Really the Spice of Life?

Naomi Friedman-Sokuler, Claudia Senik

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2024, 51 (1), 1-34.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16089

Non-college Occupations, Workplace Routinization, and the Gender Gap in College Enrollment

Amanda Chuan, Weilong Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16088

Employing the Unemployed of Marienthal: Evaluation of a Guaranteed Job Program

Maximilian Kasy, Lukas Lehner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16087

Make Your Own Luck: The Wage Gains from Starting College in a Bad Economy

Alena Bicakova, Matias Cortes, Jacopo Mazza

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 84, 102411

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16086

Parental and Student Time Use around the Academic Year

Benjamin Cowan, Todd R. Jones, Jeffrey Swigert

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 224, 66-110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16084

Risk Aversion and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Anthony Lepinteur, Liyousew G. Borga, Andrew E. Clark, Claus Vögele, Conchita D'Ambrosio

published in: Health Economics, 2023, 32, 1659-1669

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16081

The Labor Market Returns to Very Short Postsecondary Certificates

Rajeev Darolia, Chuanyi Guo, Youngran Kim

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16080

Impact of Graduating with Honors on Entry Wages of Economics Majors

Salim Atay, Gunes A. Aşık, Semih Tumen

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 86 (3), 606-640

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16079

The Increasing Penalty to Occupation-Education Mismatch

Hugh Cassidy, Amanda Gaulke

revised version published in Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62 (2), 607–632.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16077

Refugee Benefit Cuts

Christian Dustmann, Rasmus Landersø, Lars Højsgaard Andersen

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (2), 406 - 441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16075

Permanent Instability of Preferences after COVID-19 Crisis: A Natural Experiment from Urban Burkina Faso

Delphine Boutin, Laurene Petifour, Haris Megzari

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16074

School Closures and Student Achievement: Evidence from a High Stakes Exam

Marc Riudavets-Barcons, Roope Uusitalo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16073

Happiness in Old Age: The Daughter Connection

Pataporn Sukontamarn, Niaz Asadullah, Nopphawan Photphisutthiphong, Yen Thi Hai Nguyen

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2023, 24, 1729–1757

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16069

The Women Empowering Effect of Higher Education

Ahmed Elsayed, Alina Shirshikova

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, 103101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16064

Should You Meet the Parents? The Impact of Information on Non-test Score Attributes on School Choice

Elisa Facchetti, Lorenzo Neri, Marco Ovidi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16060

Provider Responses to the Expansion of Public Subsidies in Healthcare: The Case of Oral Chemotherapy Treatment in Australia

Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Serena Yu, Philip Haywood

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2023, 330, 116041

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16058

What We Teach about Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children's Books

Anjali Adukia, Alex Eble, Emileigh Harrison, Hakizumwami Birali Runesha, Teodora Szasz

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138 (4), 2225 - 2285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16053

Risk Compensation after COVID-19 Vaccination

Jisoo Hwang, Seung-sik Hwang, Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Jungmin Lee, Junseok Lee

updated version published as 'Risk compensation after COVID-19 vaccination: Evidence from vaccine rollout by exact birth date in South Korea' in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (8), 1811 - 1830

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16051

Religious Barriers to Birth Control Access

Olivier Marie, Esmée Zwiers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16050

Transitory Earnings Opportunities and Educational Scarring of Men

Jósef Sigurdsson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16049

On the Road to Equity: Examining Income-Related Inequalities in Ownership of Safer Vehicles

Vincenzo Carrieri, Apostolos Davillas, Victor Hugo de Oliveira

published as 'On the road to equity: examining income-related inequalities in ownership of safer cars' in: Oxford Open Economics, 2024, 3, odae002

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16048

Physicians Treating Physicians: Relational and Informational Advantages in Treatment and Survival