IZA Discussion Papers

forthcoming in: Randall Akee, Lawrence F. Katz, and Mark Loewenstein (eds.), Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics for the 21st Century, University of Chicago Press, 2026

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. 17138

Prison Norms and Society beyond Bars

Maxim Ananyev, Mikhail Poyker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17137

Impact of Prison Experience on Anti-gay Sentiments: Longitudinal Analysis of Inmates and Their Families

Maxim Ananyev, Mikhail Poyker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17113

Spillovers in Criminal Networks: Evidence from Co-offender Deaths

Matthew J. Lindquist, Eleonora Patacchini, Michael Vlassopoulos, Yves Zenou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17012

The Relationship between Social Capital and Migrant Integration, Ethnic Diversity, and Spatial Sorting

Matthew Roskruge, Jacques Poot

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16947

On the Post-Enlightenment Evolution of Moral Universalism

Michael Jetter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16830

Peer Effects on Violence: Experimental Evidence from El Salvador

Lelys Dinarte Diaz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16739

Ethnic Identity and Educational Outcomes

Teresa Randazzo, Matloob Piracha

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16703

The Behavioral, Economic, and Political Impact of the Internet and Social Media: Empirical Challenges and Approaches

Fabio Sabatini

revised version published online in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 21 May 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16633

The Heritability of Economic Preferences

Nathan Kettlewell, Agnieszka Tymula, Hong Il Yoo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16622

Life-Cycle Effects of Comprehensive Sex Education

Volha Lazuka, Annika Elwert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16599

Stigma and Take-up of Labor Market Assistance: Evidence from Two Field Experiments

Adam Osman, Jamin D. Speer

published in: Economica, 2024, 91 (361), 123-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16354

Towards a General Theory of Peer Effects

Vincent Boucher, Michelle Rendall, Philip Ushchev, Yves Zenou

published in: Econometrica, 2024, 92 (2), 543-565

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16282

Illicit Shadows: An Economic Analysis of Trade Gaps in Cultural Goods through the Italian Market

Elia Acciai, Michele Belloni, Marina Della Giusta, Giovanna Segre

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. 16097

Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type

Leslie S. Stratton

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15969

Does War Foster Cooperation or Parochialism? Evidence from a Natural Experiment among Turkish Conscripts

Arzu Kıbrıs, Resul Cesur

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15923

A Pure Theory of Population Distribution When Preferences Are Ordinal

Holger Stark, Grzegorz Kosiorowski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15904

Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe

Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119 (37), e2210639119.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15861

American Indian Casinos and Native American Self-Identification

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21 (6), 2547 - 2585

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15584

Choosing or Inheriting the Joneses: The Origins of Reference Groups

Martin Leites, Camila Paleo, Xavier Ramos, Gonzalo Salas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15431

Stigma in Welfare Programs

Pablo Celhay, Bruce D. Meyer, Nikolas Mittag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15381

Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women's Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India

S Anukriti, Catalina Herrera-Almanza, Mahesh Karra

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15376

Spatial Interactions

Jun Sung Kim, Eleonora Patacchini, Pierre M. Picard, Yves Zenou

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2023, 14 (4), 1295-1335

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15374

Traditional Norms, Access to Divorce and Women's Empowerment

Olivier B. Bargain, Jordan Loper, Roberta Ziparo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15360

Occupational Status and Life Satisfaction in the UK: The Miserable Middle?

Yannis Georgellis, Andrew E. Clark, Emmanuel Apergis, Catherine Robinson

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 204, 509-527

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15348

Millet, Rice, and Isolation: Origins and Persistence of the World's Most Enduring Mega-State

James Kai-sing Kung, Ömer Özak, Louis Putterman, Shuang Shi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15212

Does Social Capital Matter? A Study of Hit-and-Run in US Counties

Stefano Castriota, Sandro Rondinella, Mirco Tonin

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2023, 329, 116011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15179

Developmental Losses in Young Children from Pre-primary Program Closures during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alejandra Abufhele, David Bravo, Florencia López Bóo, Pamela Soto-Ramirez

published in: Comparative Education Review, 2024, 68 (3), 423 -442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15042

Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, Gian Luca Tedeschi

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2025, 39, 42-60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14938

Economic Production and the Spread of Supernatural Beliefs

Daniel Araújo, Bladimir Carrillo, Breno Sampaio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14862

Ethnic Regional Networks and Immigrants' Earnings: A Spatial Autoregressive Network Approach

Xingang Wang, Sholeh A. Maani

published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2021, 100 (1), 141-169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14820

Individualism, Human Capital Formation, and Labor Market Success

Katharina Hartinger, Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14815

Multi-Dimensional Identities of the Hispanic Population in the United States

Francisca M. Antman

published in: Advancing Anti-racist Economic Research and Policy, Perspectives and Resources on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, Economic Policy Institute, 2022.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14802

Education Transmission and Network Formation

Vincent Boucher, Carlo L. Del Bello, Fabrizio Panebianco, Thierry Verdier, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41 (1), 129 - 173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14757

Did the "Bologna Process" Achieve Its Goals? 20 Years of Empirical Evidence on Student Enrolment, Study Success and Labour Market Outcomes

Martina Kroher, Kathrin Leuze, Stephan L. Thomsen, Johannes Trunzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14734

The Heritability of Trust and Trustworthiness Depends on the Measure of Trust

Nathan Kettlewell, Agnieszka Tymula

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14728

The Impact of Natives' Attitudes Towards Immigrants on Their Integration in the Host Country

Pia Schilling, Steven Stillman

published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 87, 102465

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14719

The Alabaster Ceiling: The Gender Legacy of the Papal States

Elona Harka, Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14677

Migrant Networks and Destination Choice: Evidence from Moves across Turkish Provinces

Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Erkan Duman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14549

Gender Norms and Women's Decision to Work: Evidence from Japan

Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Ryuichi Tanaka

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2022, 20, 15 - 36

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14539

Economics of Minority Groups: Labour Market Returns and Transmission of Indigenous Languages

Diego de la Fuente Stevens, Panu Pelkonen

published in: World Development, 2023, 162, 106096

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14518

Fighting Climate Change: The Role of Norms, Preferences, and Moral Values

Peter Andre, Teodora Boneva, Felix Chopra, Armin Falk

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. 14327

Experiencing Booms and Busts in the Welfare State and Support for Redistribution

Kerstin F. Hansen, Alois Stutzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14307

Sooner Rather Than Later: Social Networks and Technology Adoption

Shyamal Chowdhury, Varun Satish, Munshi Sulaiman, Yi Sun

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 203, 466-482

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. 14219

The Impact of Gender Role Norms on Mothers' Labor Supply

Danilo Cavapozzi, Marco Francesconi, Cheti Nicoletti

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 186, 113-134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14198

Income Changes Do Not Influence Political Participation: Evidence from Comparative Panel Data

Sebastian Jungkunz, Paul Marx

published as 'Income changes do not influence political involvement in panel data from six countries' in: European Journal of Political Research, 2022, 61 (3), 829-841

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14159

The Consequences of Hosting Asylum Seekers for Citizens' Policy Preferences

Severin Zimmermann, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 73, 102130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14123

Ethnic Identity and Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes

Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Zhiming Cheng, Ben Zhe Wang

revised version published as 'Social Assimilation and Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, 37 - 67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14076

Sweet Unbinding: Sugarcane Cultivation and the Demise of Foot-Binding

Nora Cheng, Elliott Fan, Tsong-Min Wu

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 157, 102876.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14005

Friendship Networks and Political Opinions: A Natural Experiment among Future French Politicians

Yann Algan, Nicolò Dalvit, Quoc-Anh Do, Alexis Le Chapelain, Yves Zenou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14002

Community Influence as an Explanatory Factor Why Roma Children Get Little Schooling

Oded Stark, Ruxanda Berlinschi

published in: Public Choice, 2021, 189, 93–11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13906

Parents, Neighbors and Youth Crime

Carlos Díaz, Eleonora Patacchini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13783

Cultural Identity and Social Capital in Italy

Daniel Sgroi, Michela Redoano, Federica Liberini, Ben Lockwood, Emanuele Bracco, Francesco Porcelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13765

From Parent to Child? The Long-Lasting Effects of Social Support

Ambra Poggi, Guyonne Kalb

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13711

The Ties That Bind Us: Social Networks and Productivity in the Factory

Farzana Afridi, Amrita Dhillon, Swati Sharma

published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2024, 228, 470 - 485

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13688

Crowding-Out or Crowding-In? Heterogeneous Effects of Insurance on Solidarity

Andreas Landmann, Björn Vollan, Karla Henning, Markus Frölich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13680

Peers, Gender, and Long-Term Depression

Corrado Giulietti, Michael Vlassopoulos, Yves Zenou

published in: European Economic Review, 144, 104084, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13269

Market Competition and Discrimination

Abu Siddique, Michael Vlassopoulos, Yves Zenou

published in: European Economic Review, 152, 104361, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13126

Gendered Language

Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12894

Linguistic Traits and Human Capital Formation

Oded Galor, Ömer Özak, Assaf Sarid

published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020. 110, 309-313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12752

Social Norms in Networks

Philip Ushchev, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2020, 185, 104969.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12751

Assimilation Patterns in Cities

Yasuhiro Sato, Yves Zenou

published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 129, 103563.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12709

Migration Networks and Location Decisions: Evidence from U.S. Mass Migration

Bryan Andrew Stuart, Evan J. Taylor

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13 (3), 134 - 175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12672

The Value of Information in Technology Adoption

Asadul Islam, Philip Ushchev, Yves Zenou, Xin Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12618

Analyzing the Perceptions of Egyptian Youth about the Arab Spring

Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian

published in: International Journal of Social Economics, 2021, 48 (1), 1658-1676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12615

Incentives to Identify: A Comment

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan

shorter version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (4), 742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12534

Crime and Networks: 10 Policy Lessons

Matthew J. Lindquist, Yves Zenou

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2019, 35 (4), 746 - 771

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12361

Switching Queues, Cultural Conventions, and Social Welfare

Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski, Grzegorz Kosiorowski

published in: European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, 278 (3), 837 - 844

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12360

Coming Out in America: AIDS, Politics, and Cultural Change

Raquel Fernández, Sahar Parsa, Martina Viarengo

published online as 'Coming out in America: thirty years of cultural change' in: Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 18 April 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12335

Tax Audits as Scarecrows. Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Marcelo Bergolo, Rodrigo Ceni, Guillermo Cruces, Matias Giaccobasso, Ricardo Perez-Truglia

published in: American Economic Journal, 2023, 15 (1), 110 - 153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12331

The Pure Effect of Social Preferences on Regional Location Choices: The Evolving Dynamics of Convergence to a Steady State Population Distribution

Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski, Grzegorz Kosiorowski

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2019, 59 (5), 883 - 909

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12326

Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust

Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova, Vladimir Otrachshenko

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 208, 104629

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12228

The Effect of Social Connectedness on Crime: Evidence from the Great Migration

Bryan Andrew Stuart, Evan J. Taylor

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12160

English Skills, Labour Market Status and Earnings of Turkish Women

Antonio Di Paolo, Aysit Tansel

published in: Empirica, 2019, 46 (4), 669-690.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12130

Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe

Alberto Alesina, Elie Murard, Hillel Rapoport

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21 (6), 925–954,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11990

Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence

Luca Fumarco, Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'Younger, Dissatisfied, and Unhealthy? Relative Age and Life-satisfaction in Adolescence' (with additional coauthor: Francesco Sarracino) in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 168, 313 - 337

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11982

Geographical Roots of the Coevolution of Cultural and Linguistic Traits

Oded Galor, Ömer Özak, Assaf Sarid

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11961

Government Transfers, Work and Wellbeing: Evidence from the Russian Old-Age Pension

Louise Grogan, Fraser Summerfield

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11938

Does Female Breadwinning Make Partnerships Less Healthy or Less Stable?

Gigi Foster, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 (1), 63-96.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11916

Superstar Economists: Coauthorship Networks and Research Output

Chih-Sheng Hsieh, Michael D. König, Xiaodong Liu, Christian Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11818

Alternative Values-Based 'Recipes' for Life Satisfaction: German Results with an Australian Replication

Bruce Headey, Gert G. Wagner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11793

Linguistic Skills and the Intergenerational Transmission of Language

Ramon Caminal, Lorenzo Cappellari, Antonio Di Paolo

published as 'Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society' in: Labour Economics, 2021, 70, 101975

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11694

Independent Thinking and Hard Working, or Caring and Well Behaved? Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Gender Identity Norms

Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anastasia Terskaya

substantially revised version published as 'Gender Norms in High School: Impacts on Risky Behaviors from Adolescence to Adulthood' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 196, 429-456

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11684

The Golden Middle Class Neighborhood: Trends in Residential Segregation and Consequences for Offspring Outcomes

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Are Richer Neighborhoods Always Better for the Kids?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23 (3), 629–651

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11665

Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning

Roland Benabou, Armin Falk, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11554

The Origins of the Division of Labor in Pre-Modern Times

Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ömer Özak

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2020, 25 (3), 297-340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11532