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376 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11188
Micro-Foundations of Fragility: Concepts, Measurement and Application
Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück, Neil T.N. Ferguson, Sindu W. Kebede
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2022, 26, 639 - 660
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11149
Inequality, Good Governance and Endemic Corruption
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2019, 26, 999 - 1017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11137
Does Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from Indonesia's Social Security Card
Achmad Tohari, Christopher Parsons, Anu Rammohan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11118
Labor Market Engagement and the Health of Working Adults: Evidence from India
Archana Dang, Pushkar Maitra, Nidhiya Menon
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 33, 58 - 77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11117
Long-Run Consequences of Health Insurance Promotion: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ghana
Patrick Opoku Asuming, Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Armand Sim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11115
Productivity and Health: Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity
Oladele Akogun, Andrew Dillon, Jed Friedman, Ashesh Prasann, Pieter Serneels
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35 (3), 652 - 680
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11099
The Relationship between Status and Happiness: Evidence from the Caste System in Rural India
Bert van Landeghem, Anneleen Vandeplas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11093
Efficiency Consequences of Affirmative Action in Politics: Evidence from India
Sabyasachi Das, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Rajas Saroy
published as 'Does Affirmative Action in Politics hinder Performance? Evidence from India' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 214, 370-405
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11061
Testing for Repugnance in Economic Transactions: Evidence from Guest Work in the Gulf
Michael A. Clemens
published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2018, 47 (S1), S5 - S44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10994
Cohort at Risk: Long-Term Consequences of Conflict for Child School Achievement
Hendrik Jürges, Luca Stella, Sameh Hallaq, Alexandra Schwarz
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, 1-43
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10986
Insurance and Solidarity: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Cambodia
Friederike Lenel, Susan Steiner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10968
Targeting Poverty under Complementarities: Evidence from Indonesia's Unified Targeting System
Achmad Tohari, Christopher Parsons, Anu Rammohan
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, 127 - 144
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10938
First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War
Richard Akresh, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Marinella Leone, Una O. Osili
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (2), 488 - 531
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10906
Does Voluntary Risk Taking Affect Solidarity? Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Renate Strobl, Conny Wunsch
published as 'Risky Choices and Solidarity: Disentangling Different Behavioural Channels' in: Experimental Economics, 2021, 24, 1185 - 1214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10819
Security, Trade, and Political Violence
Francesco Amodio, Leonardo Baccini, Michele Di Maio
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19 (1), 1-37
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10780
Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India
Santosh Kumar, Nishith Prakash
published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 185, 171-178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10778
Learning to Participate in Politics: Evidence from Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Dozie Okoye, Mutlu Yuksel
revised version published as 'Social Unrest in Impressionable Years and the Formation of Political Attitudes: Evidence from Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany' in Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (1), 184-208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10674
Do Friendship Networks Improve Female Education?
Youjin Hahn, Asadul Islam, Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130, 740-764.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10640
Forced off Farm? Labor Allocation Response to Land Requisition in Rural China
Shuang Ma, Ren Mu
published in: World Development, 2020, 132, 104980.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10624
What Matters for Life Satisfaction among the Oldest-Old? Evidence from China
Sor Tho Ng, Nai Peng Tey, Niaz Asadullah
published in: PLOS One, 2017, 12(2): e0171799
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10619
Scaling Up Sanitation: Evidence from an RCT in Indonesia
Lisa A. Cameron, Manisha Shah
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, 1-16
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10615
Growing Markets through Business Training for Female Entrepreneurs: A Market-Level Randomized Experiment in Kenya
David McKenzie, Olga Susana Puerto
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021 13 (2), 297-332
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10583
A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice
Andrew Brudevold-Newman, Maddalena Honorati, Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10482
Household Entrepreneurship and Social Networks: Panel Data Evidence from Vietnam
Huu Chi Nguyen, Christophe Jalil Nordman
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54 (4), 594 - 618
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10463
Missing from the Market: Purdah Norm and Women's Paid Work Participation in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Zaki Wahhaj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10455
Gender Disparities in Employment and Earnings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Swaziland
Zuzana Brixiova, Thierry Kangoye
updated and substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 14350
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10444
The Impact of Migration on Child Labor: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
Garance Genicot, Anna Maria Mayda, Mariapia Mendola
published in: Markets, Governance and Institutions in the Process of Economic Development, Oxford: OUP, 2017.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10427
Demand for Off-Grid Solar Electricity: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda
Michael Grimm, Luciane Lenz, Jörg Peters, Maximiliane Sievert
published in: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2020, 7 (3), 417-454.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10379
Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures
Oded Galor, Ömer Özak, Assaf Sarid
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10351
Rainfall Risk and Fertility: Evidence from Farm Settlements during the American Demographic Transition
Michael Grimm
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21, 593-618.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10330
Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts
Richard Akresh, German Daniel Caruso, Harsha Thirumurthy
published in: World Development, 2022, 155, 105890
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10280
Does Crime Deter South Africans from Self-Employment?
Katharina Grabrucker, Michael Grimm
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (2), 413-435.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10279
Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Swaziland
Zuzana Brixiova, Thierry Kangoye
substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No.12198
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10176
Who Trusts Others? Community and Individual Determinants of Social Capital in a Low Income Country
Niaz Asadullah
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2017, 41(2): 515-544.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10133
The Effect of Gender-Targeted Conditional Cash Transfers on Household Expenditures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Alex Armand, Orazio Attanasio, Pedro Carneiro, Valerie Lechene
published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (631), 1875 - 1897
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10110
The Long-Term Impact of International Migration on Economic Decision-Making: Evidence from a Migration Lottery and Lab-in-the-Field Experiments
John Gibson, David McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua, Steven Stillman
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, 99-115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10086
School Feeding and Learning Achievement: Evidence from India's Midday Meal Program
Tanika Chakraborty, Rajshri Jayaraman
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 319, 249 - 265
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9997
Can War Foster Cooperation?
Michal Bauer, Christopher J. Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel, Tamar Mitts
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30(3), 249-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9883
Mining in Arctic and Non-Arctic Regions: A Socioeconomic Assessment
Anders Frederiksen, Maja Due Kadenic
published as: 'Mining the North: Local Impacts' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 63, 101790
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9779
Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers
Ingvild Almås, Alex Armand, Orazio Attanasio, Pedro Carneiro
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (612), F609 - F639
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9749
Evaluating the Long-Run Impact of an Innovative Anti-Poverty Program: Evidence Using Household Panel Data
Niaz Asadullah, Jinnat Ara
published in: Applied Economics, 2016, 58 (2), 107-120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9747
China's Sex Ratio and Crime: Behavioral Change or Financial Necessity?
Lisa A. Cameron, Xin Meng, Dandan Zhang
published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (618), 790–820,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9679
The Price of Gold: Dowry and Death in India
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Abhishek Chakravarty, Selim Gulesci
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 143, 102413
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9653
How Soon Is Now? Evidence of Present Bias from Convex Time Budget Experiments
Uttara Balakrishnan, Johannes Haushofer, Pamela Jakiela
published in: Experimental Economics, 2020, 23, 294–321
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9637
Subjective Well-being in China, 2005-2010: The Role of Relative Income, Gender and Location
Niaz Asadullah, Saizi Xiao, Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh
published in: China Economic Review, 2018, 48, 83–101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9563
Initial Conditions Matter: Social Capital and Participatory Development
Lisa A. Cameron, Susan Olivia, Manisha Shah
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9494
Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua
Teresa Molina Millán
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (11), 2000-2029
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9487
The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf, Ana Paula Cusolito
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 5:1, 2016
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9486
Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India
Manisha Shah, Bryce Millett Steinberg
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (2) 380-405;
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9477
Where Does Education Pay Off in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Two Cities of the Republic of Congo
Mathias Kuepie, Christophe Jalil Nordman
published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2016, 44 (1), 1-27
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