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IZA Discussion Paper No. 17514
Is Subjective Well-Being Insured Against Income Shocks? Evidence from 20-Year Panel Data in South Korea
Seonghoon Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17501
Born at the Right Time: Examining the Effect of Relative Age on Mental Health in Adulthood
Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Jani Kuhakoski, Tiina Kuuppelomäki, Juuso Villanen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17500
The Fertility Impacts of Development Programs
Aletheia Donald, Markus Goldstein, Tricia Koroknay-Palicz, Mathilde Sage
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17477
How Reliable Are Social Safety Nets in Situations of Acute Economic Need? Extended Estimates for 14 OECD Countries
Raphaela Hyee, Herwig Immervoll, Rodrigo Fernandez, Jongmi Lee, Karl Handscomb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17470
Investigating the Impact of Integration Agreements on Labor Market Outcomes for Welfare Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Gerard J. van den Berg, Sarah Bernhard, Gesine Stephan, Arne Uhlendorff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17463
Crisis Resilience of European Welfare States: The Role of Multiple Layers of Protection
Werner Eichhorst, Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Mathias Dolls, Max Lay
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17456
Universal Child Benefit and Child Poverty: The Role of Fertility Adjustments
Jan Gromadzki
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17445
Did Program Support for the Poorest Areas Work? Evidence from Rural Vietnam
Hai-Anh H Dang, Klaus Deininger, Cuong Viet Nguyen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17427
On the Limits of Chronological Age
Rainer Kotschy, David E. Bloom, Andrew Scott
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17418
Stress in the Air: A Conjecture
Oded Stark
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2024, 55, 101430
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17411
The Different Sources of Intergenerational Income Mobility in High and Low Income Families
Anders Hjorth-Trolle, Rasmus Landersø
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17365
Missing the Target: Does Increased Capacity of the Local Government Improve Beneficiary Selection?
Viola Asri, Kumar Biswas, Sebastian Fehrler, Urs Fischbacher, Katharina Michaelowa, Atonu Rabbani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17359
Affordable Housing and Individual Labor Market Outcomes
Wolfgang Dauth, Andreas Mense, Matthias Wrede
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17355
Return-to-Office Mandates, Health and Well-Being: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Chiara Costi, Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Anthony Lepinteur, Giorgia Menta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17349
Race, Ethnicity, and Measurement Error
Bruce D. Meyer, Nikolas Mittag, Derek Wu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17321
Business Disruptions Due to Social Vulnerability and Criminal Activities in Urban Areas
Nick Drydakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17274
Evidence on the Robustness of the Links between Social Relationships and Mortality
Rosanne Freak-Poli, Stephen P. Jenkins, Michael A. Shields, Trong-Anh Trinh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17244
Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents
Christian Dustmann, Rasmus Landersø, Lars Højsgaard Andersen
revised version forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17242
The Economics of Abduction Marriage: Evidence from Ethiopia
Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Lindsey Novak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17232
Effects of Health Shocks on Adult Children's Labor Market Outcomes and Well-Being
Eduardo Ramirez Lizardi, Elisabeth Fevang, Knut Røed, Henning Øien
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17230
Land Access and Poverty among Agricultural Households in Nigeria
John Chiwuzulum Odozi, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17223
Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Five European Countries
Anthony Lepinteur, Alessio Rebechi, Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Nicholas Rohde, Claus Vögele
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2024, 55, 101427
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17202
Inequality of Opportunity and Intergenerational Persistence in Latin America
Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Guido Neidhöfer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17193
Sustaining Poverty Gains: A Vulnerability Map to Guide Social Policy
Oscar Barriga Cabanillas, Thomas Bossuroy, Paul Andres Corral Rodas, Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Emmanuel Skoufias
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17192
Supply-Side Drug Policy, Polydrug Use, and the Economic Effects of Withdrawal Symptoms
Alexander Ahammer, Analisa Packham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17190
The Impact of Children's Access to Public Health Insurance on Their Cognitive Development and Behavior
Marie C. Hull, Ji Yan
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 98, 102935
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17182
Work Meaningfulness and Effort
Femke Cnossen, Milena Nikolova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17172
Natural Disasters and Acceptance of Intimate Partner Violence: The Global Evidence
Astghik Mavisakalyan, Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17170
The Long Run Gender Origins of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Australia's Convict History
Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Simon Chang, Russell Smyth, Trong-Anh Trinh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17145
Effects of Teaching Practices on Life Satisfaction and Test Scores: Evidence from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Kelsey J. O'Connor, Stefano Bartolini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17136
Imputing Poverty Indicators without Consumption Data: An Exploratory Analysis
Hai-Anh H Dang, Talip Kilic, Kseniya Abanokova, Calogero Carletto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17133
Improving Parental Investments in Children: Experimental Evidence from The Gambia
Moussa Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis Ortiz, Nathalie Lahire, Todd Pugatch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17105
ICT Skills and Labor Market Outcomes in India: Evidence from Cell Tower Expansion
Mehtabul Azam, M. Shahe Emran, Forhad Shilpi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17104
Timing the Transfer: Liquidity Constraints and the Transition to Clean Fuels
Farzana Afridi, Prabhat Barnwal, Shreya Sarkar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17101
The Importance of Sampling Frequency for Estimates of Well-Being Dynamics
Stephen Hoskins, David W. Johnston, Johannes S. Kunz, Michael A. Shields, Kevin E. Staub
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17085
Posh Spice or Scary Spice? Resource Booms, Wealth, and Human Capital across Ages
Christopher Boone, Heidi Kaila, David E. Sahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17068
I Can't Forget about U: Lifetime Unemployment and Retirement Well-Being
Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur
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. 17038
Unsettled: Job Insecurity Reduces Home-Ownership
Anthony Lepinteur, Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17036
Using Cross-Survey Imputation to Estimate Poverty for Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia
Ibrahima Sarr, Hai-Anh H Dang, Carlos Santiago Guzman Gutierrez, Theresa Beltramo, Paolo Verme
forthcoming in: Social Indicators Research, 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17022
Medical Cannabis Availability and Mental Health: Evidence from New York's Medical Cannabis Program
Coleman Drake, Dylan Nagy, David Slusky, Matthew Eisenberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17010
The Modification of Social Space as a Tool for Lowering Social Stress
Oded Stark
published in: Economics & Human Biology. 2024, 53, 101349
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17001
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Female Labor Force Participation in Iran
Hai-Anh H Dang, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Minh N.N. Do
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16988
On the Effects of Wildfires on Poverty in Bolivia
Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza, Alejandro Puerta-Cuartas, Andrey Ramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16967
Is Poverty Reduction in Europe Doomed? Conjectures, Facts and a Cautiously Optimistic Conclusion
Ive Marx, Henri Haapanala, Sarah Marchal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16949
Sick of Your Poor Neighborhood? Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Neighborhood Effects on Health
Linea Hasager, Mia Jørgensen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16937
Game Changer: Impact of a Reading Intervention on Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
Micole De Vera, Javier Garcia-Brazales, Luz Rello
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16907
Well-Being throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: Gendered Effects of Daycare and School Closures
Mathias Huebener, Sevrin Waights, C. Katharina Spieß
forthcoming in: K. Couch (ed.): Handbook of Inequality and COVID-19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16905
Gini Who? The Relationship between Inequality Perceptions and Life Satisfaction
Daniele Marchesi, Milena Nikolova, Viola Angelini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16902
Equitable Use of Subsidized Child Care in Georgia
Thomas Goldring, David C. Ribar
published in: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2025, 70 , 65-78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16900
Speeding Up on the Learning Curve: The Evaluation of Telework Following a Surge in Telework Experience
Eline Moens, Louis Lippens, Liam D'hert, Stijn Baert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16874
Declining Earnings Inequality, Rising Income Inequality: What Explains Discordant Inequality Trends in the United States?
Lukas Lehner, Zachary Parolin, Nathan Wilmers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16873
An Optimal Allocation of Asylum Seekers
Oded Stark, Grzegorz Kosiorowski
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024, 220, 1 - 11
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. 16856
A Note on Sen's Representation of the Gini Coefficient: Revision and Repercussions
Oded Stark
published online in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 09 February 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16842
How China's "Later, Longer, Fewer" Campaign Extends Life Expectancy: A Study of Intergenerational Support for Elderly Parents
Cynthia Bansak, Eva Dziadula, Sophie Xuefei Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16839
Talking Therapy: Impacts of a Nationwide Mental Health Service in England
Ekaterina Oparina, Christian Krekel, Sorawoot Srisuma
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16829
Does Increasing Public Spending in Health Improve Health? Lessons from a Constitutional Reform in Brazil
Michel Szklo, Damian Clarke, Rudi Rocha
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. 16819
Behavioural Responses to Disability Insurance Generosity in a Work-Compatibility Setting
Francesca Zantomio, Michele Belloni, Vincenzo Carrieri, Elena Farina, Irene Simonetti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16816
Persistent Effects of Social Program Participation on the Third Generation
Gordon B. Dahl, Anne C. Gielen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16808
The Impact of a Multifaceted Program on Fragile Individuals. Evidence from an RCT in Italy
Daniela Del Boca, Chiara D. Pronzato
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16795
Fiscal Incidence on the Island: Grenada's Fiscal System and Its Incidence
Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza, Guillermo Gómez Aliaga, Chevanne Britton, Fernando Rios-Avila, Wilson Jimenez Pozo, Silvia Granados Ibarra, Ran Li
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16794
Efficiency in Poverty Reduction: A State-Level Analysis for Bolivia
Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza, Alejandro Puerta-Cuartas, Javier Beverinotti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16792
Using Survey-to-Survey Imputation to Fill Poverty Data Gaps at a Low Cost: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Hai-Anh H Dang, Talip Kilic, Vladimir Hlasny, Kseniya Abanokova, Calogero Carletto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16784
The Impact of the Level and Timing of Parental Resources on Child Development and Intergenerational Mobility
Sadegh S. M. Eshaghnia, James J. Heckman, Rasmus Landersø
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16757
Basic Income Advocates, Sober Up.
Ive Marx
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16738
Tackling the Last Hurdles of Poverty Entrenchment: An Investigation of Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17
Hai-Anh H Dang, Dhushyanth Raju, Tomomi Tanaka, Kseniya Abanokova
published as 'Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17: An Investigation Using Synthetic Panels' in: Scientific African, 2024, 25, e02282
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16737
The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times
Teresa Molina, Yoon Y. Cho
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16735
Social Security and Inequality in Belgium
Giulia Klinges, Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16719
Convergence of Inequality Dimensions in China: Income, Consumption, and Wealth from 1988 to 2018
Haiyuan Wan, Björn Anders Gustafsson, Yingfei Wang
published online in: Review of Income and Wealth, 07 January 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16718
Using Life Satisfaction and Happiness Data for Environmental Valuation: An Experienced Preference Approach
Susana Ferreira, Mirko Moro, Heinz Welsch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16715
Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change: Economic Impacts and Adaptation Policies
Susana Ferreira
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16680
Healthcare Workers and Life Satisfaction during the Pandemic
Chiara Costi, Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur, Conchita D'Ambrosio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16677
Health Inequalities among People Experiencing Food Insecurity. An Intersectional Approach
Nick Drydakis
published in: Sociology of Health and Illness, 2024, 46 (5), 867-886
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16667
Civil Rights Protests and Election Outcomes: Exploring the Effects of the Poor People's Campaign
D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Krzysztof Karbownik, Daniel I. Rees, Camila Steffens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16666
Measuring Income Inequality in Social Networks
Oded Stark, Jakub Bielawski, Fryderyk Falniowski
published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2024, 22 (2), 333–356
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16665
Accessing the Safety Net: How Medicaid Affects Health and Recidivism
Analisa Packham, David Slusky
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16660
Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Benefit Receipt: Evidence from Germany
Jennifer Feichtmayer, Regina T. Riphahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16656
Robots, Meaning, and Self-Determination
Milena Nikolova, Femke Cnossen, Boris Nikolaev
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16650
COVID-19, School Closures and (Cyber)Bullying in Germany
Helen Rahlff, Ulf Rinne, Hendrik Sonnabend
published online in: Education Economics, 15 November 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16641
Female Headship and Poverty in the Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on a New Typology
Shireen AlAzzawi, Hai-Anh H Dang, Vladimir Hlasny, Kseniya Abanokova, Jere R. Behrman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16636
Two Pandemic Years Greatly Reduced Young People's Life Satisfaction: Evidence from a Comparison with Pre-COVID-19 Panel Data
Martin Neugebauer, Alexander Patzina, Hans Dietrich, Malte Sandner
published online in: European Sociological Review, 01 December 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16629
Health Inequality and Health Insurance Coverage: The United States and China Compared
Joan Costa-Font, Frank A. Cowell, Xuezhu Shi
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2024, 52, 101346
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16627
Resilience-Thinking Training for College Students: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Alan Secor, Rafael De Balanzó Joue
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. 16610
Just Another Cog in the Machine? A Worker-Level View of Robotization and Tasks
Milena Nikolova, Anthony Lepinteur, Femke Cnossen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16599
Stigma and Take-up of Labor Market Assistance: Evidence from Two Field Experiments
Adam Osman, Jamin D. Speer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16587
Redistribution, Horizontal Inequity, and Reranking: Direct Taxation in the UK, 1977–2020
Nicolas Herault, Stephen P. Jenkins
published in: Journal of Income Distribution, 2023, 32 ((3-4),
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16579
You'll Never Walk Alone: Unemployment, Social Networks and Leisure Activities
Mattia Filomena, Matteo Picchio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16570
Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality? An Updated Review
Hai-Anh H Dang, Stephane Hallegatte, Trong-Anh Trinh
published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2024, 38 (5), 1873-1905
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16564
Sliding into Safety Net Participation: A Unified Analysis across Multiple Programs
Derek Wu, Jonathan Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16534
Are Senior Entrepreneurs Happier than Who? The Role of Income and Health
Michael Fritsch, Alina Sorgner, Michael Wyrwich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16523
Permanent School Closures and Crime: Evidence from Scotland
Daniel Borbely, Markus Gehrsitz, Stuart McIntyre, Gennaro Rossi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16516
The Effect of Reducing Welfare Access on Employment, Health, and Children's Long-Run Outcomes
Jeffrey Hicks, Gaëlle Simard-Duplain, David A. Green, William P. Warburton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16482
The Effects of Maria Migrants on the Financial Health of the Residents of Central Florida
Breno Braga, Diana Elliott
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16480
Temperature and the Timing of Work
Sam Cosaert, Adrian Nieto Castro, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16479
The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adults' Subjective Wellbeing
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
published as 'The adult consequences on wellbeing of abuse and neglect in childhood ' in: International Journal of Wellbeing, 2024, 14 (3), 3513, 1-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16454
More Education Does Make You Happier – Unless You Are Unemployed
Alexander Bertermann, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16452
Government Shutdown and SNAP Disbursements: Effects on Household Expenditures
Mindy Marks, Silvia Prina, Roy Gernhardt
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