IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14899

Managing Dual Practice of Health Workers: Evidence from Indonesia

Paula Gonzalez, Gabriel V. Montes-Rojas, Sarmistha Pal

forthcoming as 'Impact of Private Practice of Public Health Workers on Public Health Provision: Evidence from A Natural Experiment' in: Social Science and Medicine

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14893

The Effects of an Increase in the Retirement Age on Health – Evidence from Administrative Data

Mara Barschkett, Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Anna Hammerschmid

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2022, 23, 100403

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14868

The Health Effects of Universal Early Childhood Interventions: Evidence from Sure Start

Sarah Cattan, Gabriella Conti, Christine Farquharson, Rita Ginja, Maud Pecher

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14816

Mobile DNA and Sleep Quality

Simon Amez, Floor Denecker, Koen Ponnet, Lieven De Marez, Stijn Baert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14789

Severe Prenatal Shocks and Adolescent Health: Evidence from the Dutch Hunger Winter

Gabriella Conti, Stavros Poupakis, Peter Ekamper, Govert Bijwaard, Lambert H. Lumey

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2024, 53, 101372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14786

Improving Women's Mental Health during a Pandemic

Michael Vlassopoulos, Abu Siddique, Tabassum Rahman, Debayan Pakrashi, Asadul Islam, Firoz Ahmed

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16(2), 422-55.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14782

The Long-Term Health Impact of Agent Orange: Evidence from the Vietnam War

Duong Trung Le, Thanh Minh Pham, Solomon Polachek

published in: World Development, 2022, 155, 105813

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14773

Remote Working and Mental Health during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic

Marco Bertoni, Danilo Cavapozzi, Giacomo Pasini, Caterina Pavese

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14748

The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity

Tatyana Deryugina, David Molitor

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35 (4), 147–170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14742

Gender Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Hypertension

Eric Bonsang, Eve Caroli, Clémentine Garrouste

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2021, 43, 10171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14722

Physical Pain, Gender, and the State of the Economy in 146 Nations

Lucía Macchia, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 287, 114332

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14704

Sex Workers' Self-Reported Physical and Mental Health in Greece: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study in 2009, 2013 and 2019

Nick Drydakis

published in: Culture Health and Sexuality, 2022, 24 (11), 1514 - 1530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14702

The Australian Twins Economic Preferences Survey

Nathan Kettlewell, Agnieszka Tymula

published in: Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2021, 24 (6), 365-370

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14695

The Implications of Self-Reported Body Weight and Height for Measurement Error in BMI

Apostolos Davillas, Andrew M. Jones

revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2021, 209, 110101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14665

Have Girls Been Left behind during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Gender Differences in Pandemic Effects on Children's Mental Wellbeing

Silvia Mendolia, Agne Suziedelyte, Anna Zhu

published in: Economics Letters, 2022, 214, 110458

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14644

Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Health in the Long Run

Andrew I. Friedson, Moyan Li, Katherine Meckel, Daniel I. Rees, Daniel W. Sacks

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 222, 104877

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14602

Retirement and Health Outcomes in a Meta-Analytical Framework

Mattia Filomena, Matteo Picchio

published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2023, 37 (4), 1120-1155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14574

Health, Retirement and Economic Shocks

Mario Martinez-Jimenez, Bruce Hollingsworth, Eugenio Zucchelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14573

Assaults during Lockdown in NSW and Victoria

Solmaz Moslehi, Jaai Parasnis, Massimiliano Tani, Josephina Vejayaratnam

published in: Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2021, 24, 199 - 212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14546

School Health Programs: Education, Health, and Welfare Dependency of Young Adults

Signe A. Abrahamsen, Rita Ginja, Julie Riise

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14541

An Examination of the Intracorrelation of Family Health Insurance

Marion Aouad

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14448

More Goals, Fewer Babies? On National Teams' Performance and Birth Rates

Luca Fumarco, Francesco Principe

revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2021, 208, 110086

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14429

Energy Poverty and Subjective Well-Being in China: New Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies

Peng Nie, Qiaoge Li, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

published in: Energy Economics, 2021, 103: 105548.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14419

The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results

published in: Covid Economics, 2021, 79, 152-217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14385

Dark Passage: Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen

published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 9 (4), 584-604.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14316

Mental Health and Abortions among Young Women: Time-Varying Unobserved Heterogeneity, Health Behaviors, and Risky Decisions

Lena Janys, Bettina M. Siflinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14271

The Effect of Parental and Grandparental Supervision Time Investment on Children's Early-Age Development

Stefani Milovanska-Farrington

published in: Research in Economics, 2021, 75 (3), 286 - 304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14266

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health: Disentangling Crucial Channels

Bettina M. Siflinger, Michaela Paffenholz, Sebastian Seitz, Moritz Mendel, Hans-Martin von Gaudecker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14119

Weather, Psychological Wellbeing and Mobility during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ashley Burdett, Apostolos Davillas, Ben Etheridge

revised version published as 'Weather, mental health, and mobility during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic' in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (9), 2296-2306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14106

Health Information and Lifestyle Behaviours: The Impact of a Diabetes Diagnosis

Alessio Gaggero, Joan Gil, Dolores Jiménez-Rubio, Eugenio Zucchelli

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2022, 314, 115420

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14070

The Influence of Dietary Patterns on Outcomes in a Bayesian Choice Task

David L. Dickinson, Caleb Garbuio

revised version published in: Health Science Reports, 2021, 4 (3), e369

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14049

The Causal Impact of Depression on Cognitive Functioning: Evidence from Europe

Vahé Nafilyan, Mauricio Avendano Pabon, Augustin de Coulon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14035

Illicit Drugs and the Decline of the Middle Class

Volker Grossmann, Holger Strulik

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 183, 718-743

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13943

The Health-Wealth Trade-off during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Communication Matters

Vincenzo Carrieri, Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia

published in: PLoS ONE, 2021,16 (9), e0256103.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13908

Immigration Enforcement and Infant Health

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Brandyn F. Churchill, Yang Song

published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 8 (3), 323–358

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13888

Social Disadvantage and Children's Nutritional Status in Rural-Urban Migrant Households

Carl Lin, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

published in: Journal of Contemporary China, 2019, 28 (120), 899-915

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13844

Static and Dynamic Inefficiencies in an Optimizing Model of Epidemics

Pietro Garibaldi, Espen R. Moen, Christopher A. Pissarides

published in: Economic Theory, 2024, 77, 9 - 48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13776

COVID-19 and the Future of US Fertility: What Can We Learn from Google?

Joshua Wilde, Wei Chen, Sophie Lohmann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13720

Who is Resilient in a Time of Crisis? The Importance of Financial and Non-Financial Resources

David W. Johnston, Claryn S. J. Kung, Michael A. Shields

published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (12), 3051 - 3073

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13695

Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? County-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Neeraj Kaushal, Ashley N. Muchow

published as 'Timing of social distancing policies and COVID-19 mortality: county-level evidence from the U.S.' in. Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 1445 - 1572

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13672

Industrial Robots, Workers' Safety, and Health

Rania Gihleb, Osea Giuntella, Luca Stella, Tianyi Wang

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 78, 102205

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13629

The Economic Effects of COVID-19 and Credit Constraints: Evidence from Italian Firms' Expectations and Plans

Pierluigi Balduzzi, Emanuele Brancati, Marco Brianti, Fabio Schiantarelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13599

A New Perspective from Time Use Research on the Effects of Lockdown on COVID-19 Behavioral Infection Risk

Jonathan I. Gershuny, Oriel Sullivan, Almudena Sevilla, Marga Vega-Rapun, Francesca Foliano, Juana Lamote de Grignon, Teresa Harms, Pierre Walthery

published as 'A new perspective from time use research on the effects of social restrictions on COVID-19 behavioral infection risk ' in: PLoS ONE, 2021, 16 (2), e0245551

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13569

Lifestyle and Mental Health Disruptions during COVID-19

Osea Giuntella, Kelly Hyde, Silvia Saccardo, Sally Sadoff

published in: PNAS, 2021, 118 (9), 2016632118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13492

Exploring the Relationship between Care Homes and Excess Deaths in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Italy

Caterina Alacevich, Nicolò Cavalli, Osea Giuntella, Raffaele Lagravinese, Francesco Moscone, Catia Nicodemo

published as 'The presence of care homes and excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Italy' in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (7), 1703-1710

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13469

Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza

David Slusky, Richard J. Zeckhauser

published in: Economics & Human Biology. 2021, 40, 100942

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13455

Immigration Policy and Immigrants' Sleep: Evidence from DACA

Osea Giuntella, Jakub Lonsky, Luca Stella, Fabrizio Mazzonna

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 182, 1-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13403

Retirement, Social Support and Mental Wellbeing: A Couple-level Analysis

Nathan Kettlewell, Jack Lam

published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 23, 511–535

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13394

Conflict, Rockets, and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Israel's Operation Protective Edge

Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot, Neta Benshalom-Tirosh, Eyal Sheiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13336

The Gender Dimension of Occupational Exposure to Contagion in Europe

Piotr Lewandowski, Katarzyna Lipowska, Iga Magda

published in: Feminist Economics, 2021, 27 (1-2), 48 - 65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13333

Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Self-Protecting Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nicholas W. Papageorge, Matthew V. Zahn, Michèle Belot, Eline van den Broek-Altenburg, Syngjoo Choi, Julian C. Jamison, Egon Tripodi

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34, 691–738

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13322

The Interaction Between Personality and Health Policy: Empirical Evidence from the UK Smoking Bans

Cecily Josten, Grace Lordan

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2020, 38, 100899

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13310

Social Capital and the Spread of COVID-19: Insights from European Countries

Alina Kristin Bartscher, Sebastian Seitz, Sebastian Siegloch, Michaela Slotwinski, Nils Wehrhöfer

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, 102531

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13265

An Economic Model of the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Importance of Testing and Age-Specific Policies

Luiz Brotherhood, Philipp Kircher, Cezar Santos, Michèle Tertilt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13252

Cigarette Taxes and Smoking in the Long Run

Andrew I. Friedson, Daniel I. Rees

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13231

Deregulation in a Time of Pandemic: Does Pollution Increase Coronavirus Cases or Deaths?

Claudia L. Persico, Kathryn R. Johnson

published as 'The effects of increased pollution on COVID-19 cases and deaths' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 107, 102432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13229

The COVID-19 Crisis and Telework: A Research Survey on Experiences, Expectations and Hopes

Stijn Baert, Louis Lippens, Eline Moens, Johannes Weytjens, Philippe Sterkens

revised version published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 23, 729 - 753

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13227

Occupational Exposure to Contagion and the Spread of COVID-19 in Europe

Piotr Lewandowski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13191

Dirty Density: Air Quality and the Density of American Cities

Felipe Carozzi, Sefi Roth

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 118, 102767.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13187

The Perceived Well-Being and Health Costs of Exiting Self-Employment

Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev, Olga Popova

published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57(4), 1819-1836

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13184

Does Early Access to Pension Wealth Improve Health?

Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

revised version published as 'Trade-induced skill polarization' in: Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (4), 1783-1794

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13115

Demographic Determinants of Testing Incidence and COVID-19 Infections in New York City Neighborhoods

George J. Borjas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13102

Cash Transfer Programs and Household Labor Supply

Daniela Del Boca, Chiara D. Pronzato, Giuseppe Sorrenti

published as 'Conditional cash transfer programs and household labor supply' in: European Economic Review, 2021, 136, 103755

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13064

Early Childhood Education and Life-cycle Health

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman

published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (S1), 119-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13063

Psychological Resilience to Major Socioeconomic Life Events

Fabrice Etilé, Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields

published as 'Measuring resilience to major life events' in: Elsevier Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 191, 598-619

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13055

The Impact of BMI on Mental Health: Further Evidence from Genetic Markers

Vikesh Amin, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2020, 38, 100895

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12908

Socioeconomic Decline and Death: Midlife Impacts of Graduating in a Recession

Hannes Schwandt, Till von Wachter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12899

Time Spent Exercising and Obesity: An Application of Lewbel's Instrumental Variables Method

Charles Courtemanche, Joshua C. Pinkston, Jay Stewart

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 41, 100940

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12856

Labour Market Outcomes for Cancer Survivors: A Review of the Reviews

Adelina Sharipova, Stijn Baert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12834

Social Media Extensive Use and Emotional and Behavioural Outcomes in Adolescence: Evidence from British Longitudinal Data

Paul McNamee, Silvia Mendolia, Oleg Yerokhin

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2021, 41, 100992

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12827

Expanding Health Insurance for the Elderly of the Philippines

Michael R.M. Abrigo, Timothy J. Halliday, Teresa Molina

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2022, 37(3), 500-520

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12823

Income Volatility, Health and Well-Being

Amelie Adeline, Ismael Choinière Crèvecoeur, Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12796

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Neonatal Outcomes

Rania Gihleb, Osea Giuntella, Ning Zhang

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, 81, 103497

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12779

The Impact of Medicaid on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants

Timothy J. Halliday, Randall K. Q. Akee, Tetine Sentell, Megan Inada, Jill Miyamura

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12774

Birth Order, Parental Health Investment, and Health in Childhood

Gerald J. Pruckner, Nicole Schneeweis, Thomas Schober, Martina Zweimüller

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76, 102426

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12764

Early Life Environments and Frailty in Old Age among Chinese Older Adults

Yaxi Li, Qian-Li Xue, Michelle C. Odden, Xi Chen, Chenkai Wu

published as 'Linking early life risk factors to frailty in old age: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study ' in: Age and Ageing, 2020, 49 (2), 208 - 217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12717

Does Access to Health Care Mitigate Environmental Damages?

Jamie Mullins, Corey White

published as 'Can access to health care mitigate the effects of temperature on mortality?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 191, 104259

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12695

Trans People, Transitioning, Mental Health, Life and Job Satisfaction

Nick Drydakis

published in: K. F. Zimmermann (Ed.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, New York: Springer, First Online: 04 March 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12677

Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico

Osea Giuntella, Matthias Rieger, Lorenzo Rotunno

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2020, 122, 103277

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12626

Time Delay and Investment Decisions: Evidence from an Experiment in Tanzania

Plamen Nikolov

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2018, 38 (2), 1124-1137.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12605

Residential Noise Exposure and Health: Evidence from Aviation Noise and Birth Outcomes

Laura M. Argys, Susan L. Averett, Muzhe Yang

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2020, 103, 102343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12603

Temperature and Mental Health: Evidence from the Spectrum of Mental Health Outcomes

Jamie Mullins, Corey White

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12570

Violent Conflict Exposure in Nigeria and Economic Welfare

John Chiwuzulum Odozi, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12568

Does Unemployment Worsen Babies' Health? A Tale of Siblings, Maternal Behaviour and Selection

Elisabetta De Cao, Barry McCormick, Catia Nicodemo

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 83, 102601.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12506

Parental Beliefs, Investments, and Child Development: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment

Pedro Carneiro, Emanuela Galasso, Italo Lopez Garcia, Paula Bedregal, Miguel Cordero

revised version published as 'Impacts of a Large-Scale Parenting Program: Experimental Evidence from Chile' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (4), 1113–1161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12493

Publication Bias and Editorial Statement on Negative Findings

Cristina Blanco-Perez, Abel Brodeur

published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (623), 1226-1247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12456

The Effects of Stepwise Minimum Legal Drinking Age Legislation on Mortality: Evidence from Germany

Raffael Kamalow, Thomas Siedler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12452

Mental Health, Schooling Attainment and Polygenic Scores: Are There Significant Gene-Environment Associations?

Vikesh Amin, Jere R. Behrman, Jason M. Fletcher, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Hans-Peter Kohler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12451

Pre- and Post-Birth Components of Intergenerational Persistence in Health and Longevity: Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees