IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Association between experiencing low healthcare quality and developing dementia' in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024, 72 (7), 2126-2132

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16793

Violence against Women and the Substitution of Help Services in Times of Lockdown: Triangulation of Three Data Sources in Germany

Cara Ebert, Janina Isabel Steinert

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, 232, 106879

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16759

Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?

Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 228, 106780, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16743

Baby Bumps in the Road: The Impact of Parenthood on Job Performance, Human Capital, and Career Advancement

Olivia Healy, Jennifer A. Heissel

published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 22 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16694

When Randomization Is Not Feasible: The Case of Parenting Skills Programs

Daniela Del Boca, Chiara D. Pronzato, Lucia Schiavon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16549

Modelling Australian Public Service Careers

Robert Breunig, David Hansell, Nu Nu Win

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16548

Intermarriage amid Immigration Status Uncertainty: Evidence from DACA

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Chunbei Wang

published online in: International Journal of Policy Analysis and Mangement, 04 September 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16527

Macroeconomic Impacts of Immigration in the Canadian Atlantic Region: An Empirical Analysis Using the Focus Model

Peter Dungan, Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Steve Murphy

published online in: Journal of Immigrants and Refugee Studies, 11 June 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16411

The Growing Gap of Unmet Need: Assessing the Demand for, and Supply of, Home-Based Support for Older Adults with Disabilities in 31 Countries

Yuting Qian, Shanquan Chen, Zhuoer Lin, Zexuan Yu, Mengxiao Wang, Xiaohui Hou, Xi Chen

also available as 'Silver Opportunity : Case Studies - The Growing Gap of Unmet Need : Assessing the Demand for, and Supply of, Home-Based Support for Older Adults with Disabilities in Thirty-One Countries', World Bank Report, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16341

Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform

Lídia Farré, Christina Felfe, Libertad González, Patrick Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16292

Tightening Access to Early Retirement: Who Can Adapt?

Bernhard Boockmann, Martin Kroczek, Natalie Laub

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16287

Later-Life Mortality and the Repeal of Federal Prohibition

David S. Jacks, Krishna Pendakur, Hitoshi Shigeoka, Anthony Wray

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 238, 105192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16244

Where Are the Fathers? The Effects of Earmarking Parental Leave on Fathers in France

Hélène Périvier, Gregory Verdugo

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2024, 77 (1), 88-118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16238

Maternity Benefits and Marital Stability after Birth: Evidence from the Soviet Baltic Republics

Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36 (4), 2309-2345

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16237

The Effects of an Unconditional Cash Transfer on Mental Health in the United States

Clemente Pignatti, Zachary Parolin

published in: Healthl Economics, 2024, 33 (10), 2253-2287

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16235

Disability Insurance Screening and Worker Outcomes

Alexander Ahammer, Analisa Packham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16193

Entitled to Property: How Breaking the Gender Barrier Improves Child Health in India

Md Shahadath Hossain, Plamen Nikolov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16190

Unintended Consequences of Family Planning Policies on the Breastfeeding Gap between Sons and Daughters

Minhee Chae, Yong Cai, Jun Hyung Kim, William Lavely

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16172

Does a Flexible Parental Leave System Stimulate Maternal Employment?

Lennart Ziegler, Omar Bamieh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16116

'Earned, Not Given'? The Effect of Lowering the Full Retirement Age on Retirement Decisions

Mathias Dolls, Carla Krolage

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics; 2023, 223, 104909

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16110

Temperature and Fertility: Evidence from Spanish Register Data

Risto Conte Keivabu, Marco Cozzani, Joshua Wilde

published online in: Population Studies, 21 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16095

Labour Market Reallocation Effects of COVID-19 Policies in Spain: A Tale of Two Recessions

Antonia Diaz, Juan J. Dolado, Álvaro Jáñez, Felix Wellschmied

published as 'Labor reallocation effects of furlough schemes: Evidence from two recessions in Spain' in: European Economic Review, 2025, 171, 104894

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16082

Discrimination on the Child Care Market: A Nationwide Field Experiment

Henning Hermes, Fabian Mierisch, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold, Philipp Lergetporer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16037

Wage Returns to Human Capital Resulting from an Extra Year of Primary School: Evidence from Egypt

Ragui Assaad, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Murat Güray Kirdar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16003

Sejong's Effects on People's Health: Consequences of a Long Commute

Seulgi Lim, Soohyung Lee

published in: Asian Economic Papers, 2023, 22 (2), 1-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15998

The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game

Eve Caroli, Catherine Pollak, Muriel Roger

published in: Economie et Statistique/Economics and Statistics, 2023, 538, 49-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15987

Health Care Centralization: The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the US

Stefanie Fischer, Heather Royer, Corey White

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (3), 113–141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15894

The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies

Sencer Karademir, Jean-William Laliberté, Stefan Staubli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15890

What Drives Paternity Leave: Financial Incentives or Flexibility?

Lennart Ziegler, Omar Bamieh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15889

Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence

Mahesh Karra, Joshua Wilde

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15814

Early Child Care and Labor Supply of Lower-SES Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Henning Hermes, Marina Krauß, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15780

Does Ethnic Diversity in Schools Affect Occupational Choices?

Damiano Pregaldini, Simone Balestra, Uschi Backes-Gellner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15736

The Impact of Immigration and Integration Policies On Immigrant-Native Labor Market Hierarchies

Martin Guzi, Martin Kahanec, Lucia Mýtna Kureková

published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023, 49 (16), 4169–4187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15672

Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman

published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2023, 15, 349 - 388

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15654

Marriage as Insurance: Job Protection and Job Insecurity in France

Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Anthony Lepinteur

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, 21 (4), 1157-1190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15640

Is Longer Maternal Care Always Beneficial? The Impact of a Four-Year Paid Parental Leave

Alena Bicakova, Klara Kaliskova

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2024, 37, 36

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15585

Expansions in Paid Parental Leave and Mothers' Economic Progress

Gozde Corekcioglu, Marco Francesconi, Astrid Kunze

published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 169, 104845

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15558

The Econometrics of Antidotal Variables

Tirthatanmoy Das, Solomon Polachek

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15508

Childhood Vaccinations and Demographic Transition: Long-Term Evidence from India

Arindam Nandi, Amit Summan, D. Thoai Ngô, David E. Bloom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15439

Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment

Bart Cockx, Koen Declercq, Muriel Dejemeppe

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 95, 102424

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15421

Effects of Extending Paid Parental Leave on Children's Socio-Emotional Skills and Well-Being in Adolescence

Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Cecilie Marie Løchte Jørgensen, Ida Lykke Kristiansen, Miriam Gensowski

publishled in: European Economic Review, 2024, 170, 104880

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15304

Parents' Effective Time Endowment and Divorce: Evidence from Extended School Days

María Padilla-Romo, Cecilia Peluffo, Mariana Viollaz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15295

Safeguarding Consumers through Minimum Quality Standards: Milk Inspections and Urban Mortality, 1880-1910

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Michael McKelligott, Daniel I. Rees

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15223

Paid Childcare Leave, Fertility, and Female Labor Supply in South Korea

Kyeongkuk Kim, Sang-Hyop Lee, Timothy J. Halliday

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15203

Does Cutting Child Benefits Reduce Fertility in Larger Families? Evidence from the UK’s Two-Child Limit

Mary Reader, Jonathan Portes, Ruth Patrick

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15170

Making Activation for Young Welfare Recipients Mandatory

Espen S. Dahl, Øystein Hernaes

published in: Labour, 2023, 37 (1), 96-121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15113

Can Public Policy Increase Paternity Acknowledgment? Evidence from Earnings-Related Parental Leave

Anna Raute, Andrea Weber, Galina Zudenkova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15067

A Bridge to Graduation: Post-secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams

Jane Arnold Lincove, Catherine Mata, Kalena E. Cortes

published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2024, 19 (4), 665–691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15066

An Impact Assessment of ESF Training Courses for Unemployed in the Province of Bolzano

Francesco Pastore, Marco Pompili

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15022

Earmarked Paternity Leave and Well-Being

Pontus Korsgren, Max van Lent

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15019

The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican-American School Desegregation

Francisca M. Antman, Kalena E. Cortes

published in: Journal of Economic Literature American, 2023, 61 (3), 888–905

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14929

COVID-19 Government Responses to Labour Market Disruptions and Economic Impacts: The New Zealand Model

Sholeh A. Maani

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14907

Do Police Make Too Many Arrests? The Effect of Enforcement Pullbacks on Crime

Sungwoo Cho, Felipe Gonçalves, Emily Weisburst

This version: 8/2022; First version (IZA Working Paper): 12/2021.

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. 14770

Sunset Long Shadows: Time, Crime, and Perception of Change

Pavel Jelnov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14767

How Effective Are Hiring Subsidies to Reduce Long-Term Unemployment among Prime-Aged Jobseekers? Evidence from Belgium

Sam Desiere, Bart Cockx

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2022, 12(1)

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. 14698

Behavioral Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment

Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold

this is an earlier version of: IZA DP No. 16915: Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14640

Selective Schooling Has Not Promoted Social Mobility in England

Franz Buscha, Emma Gorman, Patrick Sturgis

published as 'Selective schooling and social mobility in England' in: Labour Economics, 2023, 81, 102336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14548

Too Family Friendly? The Consequences of Parent Part-Time Working Rights

Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Núria Rodríguez-Planas

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 197, 104407

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14520

More or Less Unmarried. The Impact of Legal Settings of Cohabitation on Labour Market Outcomes

Marion Goussé, Marion Leturcq

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 149, 104259

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14498

Entitled to Property: Inheritance Laws, Female Bargaining Power, and Child Health in India

Md Shahadath Hossain, Plamen Nikolov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14478

A Firm-Side Perspective on Parental Leave

Mathias Huebener, Jonas Jessen, Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner

published as "Parental Leave, Worker Substitutability, and Firms’ Employment" in The Economic Journal, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14471

Cracking under Pressure? Gender Role Attitudes toward Maternal Employment in Times of a Pandemic

Natalia Danzer, Mathias Huebener, Astrid Pape, C. Katharina Spieß, Nico A. Siegel, Gert G. Wagner

substantially revised version published as 'Cracking Under Pressure? Gender Role Attitudes Toward Maternal Employment During COVID-19 in Germany' in: Feminist Economics, Feminist Economics, 2024, 30 (3), 217–254.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14372

Women, Violence and Work: Threat of Sexual Violence and Women's Decision to Work

Tanika Chakraborty, Nafisa Lohawala

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14282

Can Older Workers Be Retrained? Canadian Evidence from Worker-Firm Linked Data

Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Byron Lee

published in: Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations, 2021, 76 (3), 429-453.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14260

Ethnic Mixing in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment and a Structural Model

Vincent Boucher, Semih Tumen, Michael Vlassopoulos, Jackline Wahba, Yves Zenou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14185

Lessons from Denmark about Inequality and Social Mobility