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376 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7229
Does Forced Solidarity Hamper Investment in Small and Micro Enterprises?
Michael Grimm, Renate Hartwig, Jann Lay
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (4): 827-846.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7183
Social Distance and Trust: Experimental Evidence from a Slum in Cairo
Christine Binzel, Dietmar Fehr
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 103, 99-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7173
Suppliers of Multinationals and the Forced Linkage Effect: Evidence from Firm Level Data
Olivier Godart, Holger Görg
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 94, 393-404
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7115
Peaceful Coexistence? The Role of Religious Schools and NGOs in the Growth of Female Secondary Schooling in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 49 (2), 223-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7079
Entrepreneurship Training and Self-Employment among University Graduates: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Tunisia
Patrick Premand, Stefanie Brodmann, Rita K. Almeida, Rebekka Grun, Mahdi Barouni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7055
Household Survey Data for Research on Well-Being and Behavior in Central Asia
Tilman Brück, Damir Esenaliev, Antje Kroeger, Alma Kudebayeva, Bakhrom Mirkasimov, Susan Steiner
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42 (3), 819 - 835
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7015
Safety Valve or Sinkhole? Vocational Schooling in South Africa
Todd Pugatch
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:8
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7011
Higher Education in Turkey: Subsidizing the Rich or the Poor?
Asena Caner, Cagla Okten
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6896
Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106: 199-210
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6895
What Are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations around the Developing World?
David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
revised version published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2014, 29(1), 48-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6866
Constrained Firms, Not Subsistence Activities: Evidence on Capital Returns and Accumulation in Peruvian Microenterprises
Kristin Göbel, Michael Grimm, Jann Lay
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 33, 94-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6862
Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam
M. Shahe Emran, Fenohasina Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Stephen C. Smith
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2014, 50 (4), 481-501
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6833
Remember When It Rained: The Elusiveness of Gender Discrimination in Indian School Enrollment
Laura V Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6765
Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China
Alan de Brauw, John T. Giles
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32 (1), 1-18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6756
Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Lisa A. Cameron, Manisha Shah
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50 (2), 484-515
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6736
Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
Lisa A. Cameron, Manisha Shah
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62 (2), 381-415
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6728
On-the-Job Learning and Earnings: Comparative Evidence from Morocco and Senegal
Christophe Jalil Nordman, François-Charles Wolff
published in: Region et Developpement, 2012, 35, 151-176
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6621
Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The Experience of Afghan Households
Anna D'Souza, Dean Jolliffe
published in: Food Policy, 2013, 42, 32-47
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6601
Does Promoting School Attendance Reduce Child Labour? Evidence from Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Project
Jacobus de Hoop, Furio C. Rosati
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 39, 78-96
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6569
Subjective Well-Being and Relative Poverty in Rural Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (5), 940 - 950
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6559
Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India
Elizabeth Brainerd, Nidhiya Menon
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, 49-64.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6551
Family Planning and Women's and Children's Health: Long Term Consequences of an Outreach Program in Matlab, Bangladesh
Shareen Joshi, T. Paul Schultz
published in: Demography, 2013, 50 (1), 149-180
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6534
The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel Data Evidence from South Africa
Andrew Kerr, Francis J. Teal
published as 'The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel Data Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa' in: Journal of African Economics, 2015, 24 (4), 530- 558
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6531
The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan
Dana Burde, Leigh L. Linden
published as "Bringing Education to Afghan Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Village-Based Schools" in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(3), 27-40
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6513
Entrepreneurship in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Microeconomic Perspective
Marco Vivarelli
published as 'Is entrepreneurship necessarily good? Microeconomic evidence from developed and developing countries' in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2013, 22, 1453-1495
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6498
Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks
David McKenzie, Caroline Theoharides, Dean Yang
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6(2), 49-75.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6442
The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 122-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6395
Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation during India's Economic Boom
Stephan Klasen, Janneke Pieters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6305
Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa
Todd Pugatch
published in: Labour, 2018, 32(2): 205-242.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6298
Insurance versus Savings for the Poor: Why One Should Offer Either Both or None
Andreas Landmann, Björn Vollan, Markus Frölich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6295
Is Caste Destiny? Occupational Diversification among Dalits in Rural India
Ira N. Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun
published in: European Journal of Development Research, 2017, 29(2), 476–492
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6218
Evidence of State-Level Variability in the Economic and Demographic Well-Being of People with Disabilities in India
Nidhiya Menon, Susan L. Parish, Roderick A. Rose
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6209
War and Women's Work: Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal
Nidhiya Menon, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
published in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2015, 59 (1), 51-73
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6204
Impact of the 2008-2009 Food, Fuel, and Financial Crisis on the Philippine Labor Market
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Nidhiya Menon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6195
Impacts of Rural Electrification in Rwanda
Gunther Bensch, Jochen Kluve, Jörg Peters
revised version published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2011, 3 (4), 567-588
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6194
War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Richard Akresh, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Marinella Leone, Una O. Osili
published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (3), 273-277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5939
Conflict and its Impact on Educational Accumulation and Enrollment in Colombia: What We Can Learn from Recent IDPs
Kate Wharton, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5917
Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals
Guilherme Lichand, Rodrigo R. Soares
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (2), 459-499
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5786
International Migration, Imperfect Information, and Brain Drain
Vianney Dequiedt, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 102, 62-78.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5716
Poisoning the Mind: Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water Wells and Children's Educational Achievement in Rural Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (5), 873-888
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5668
The Role of Race and Birth Place in Welfare Usage among Comparable Women: Evidence from the U.S.
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Maharouf Oyolola
published in: The Review of Black Political Economy, 2012, 39 (3), 285-297
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5562
Prenatal Sex Selection and Girls' Well-Being: Evidence from India
Luojia Hu, Analia Schlosser
published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (587), 1227 - 1261
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5558
Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict
Richard Akresh, Leonardo Lucchetti, Harsha Thirumurthy
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99 (2), 330-340.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5346
Urban Infrastructure and Economic Development: Experimental Evidence from Street Pavement
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Climent Quintana-Domeque
revised version published as 'Paving the Streets for the Poor: Experimental Analysis of Infrastructure Effects' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98 (2), 254-267.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5279
Risk Attitudes and Well-Being in Latin America
Juan Camilo Cardenas, Jeffrey P. Carpenter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5247
Institutions and Economic Performance: What Can Be Explained?
Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski
published in: Review of Economics and Institutions, 2012, 2 (2), Article 3
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5243
Corruption as a Barrier to Entry: Theory and Evidence
Nauro F. Campos, Saul Estrin, Eugenio Proto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5209
The Effect of Early Childhood Developmental Program Attendance on Future School Enrollment and Grade Progression in Rural North India
Gautam Hazarika, Vejoya Viren
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 34, 146-161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5208
Spatial Decentralization and Program Evaluation: Theory and an Example from Indonesia
Mark M. Pitt, Nidhiya Menon
published as 'Spatial Decentralization and Programme Evaluation: Theory and an Example' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 81 (3), 511 - 539
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5166
Left Behind: Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in the Midst of HIV/AIDS
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Belgi Turan
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1523-1547
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