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321 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14100
Prioritarianism and Equality of Opportunity
Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Vito Peragine
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14063
Does the Rise of China Lead to the Fall of European Welfare States?
Erling Barth, Henning Finseraas, Anders Kjelsrud, Karl Ove Moene
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14044
Competition Reform and Household Welfare: A Microsimulation Analysis of the Telecommunication Sector in Ethiopia
Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Abdelkrim Araar, Eduardo A. Malásquez, Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13848
Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insurance Coverage in Credence Goods Markets
Loukas Balafoutas, Helena Fornwagner, Rudolf Kerschbamer, Matthias Sutter, Maryna Tverdostup
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13761
An Adverse Social Welfare Effect of Quadruply Gainful Trade
Oded Stark, Grzegorz Kosiorowski
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13684
The Effect of Job Search Requirements on Welfare Receipt
Nicolas Herault, Ha Vu, Roger Wilkins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13675
Redistribution and Insurance in Welfare States around the World
Charlotte Bartels, Dirk Neumann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13662
An Economics-Based Rationale for the Rawlsian Social Welfare Program
Oded Stark
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13662
An Economics-Based Rationale for the Rawlsian Social Welfare Program
Oded Stark
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13660
Do Europeans Care about Climate Change? An Illustration of the Importance of Data on Human Feelings
Adam Nowakowski, Andrew J. Oswald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13625
Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses
David E. Bloom, Michael Kuhn, Klaus Prettner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13600
Winners and Losers of Immigration
Davide Fiaschi, Cristina Tealdi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13580
Behavioral Welfare Economics and Risk Preferences: A Bayesian Approach
Xiaoxue Sherry Gao, Glenn Harrison, Rusty Tchernis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13559
Short Moves and Long Stays: Homeless Family Responses to Exogenous Shelter Assignments in New York City
Michael T. Cassidy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13558
A Closer Look: Proximity Boosts Homeless Student Performance in New York City
Michael T. Cassidy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13549
Lives and Livelihoods: Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Benoit Decerf, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Olivier Sterck
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13543
Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reform: Evidence from Birth Outcomes of Aboriginal Australians
Mary-Alice Doyle, Stefanie Schurer, Sven Silburn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13484
Universal Credit and Crime
Rocco D'Este, Alex Harvey
Please find the revised version here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o82ns0jzotp0c1p/UC_NOV_2020.pdf?dl=0
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13483
Welfare Improving Tax Evasion
Chiara Canta, Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13215
Welfare Dynamics in India over a Quarter Century: Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility during 1987-2012
Hai-Anh Dang, Peter F. Lanjouw
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13176
Loss Aversion and the Welfare Ranking of Policy Interventions
Sergio Firpo, Antonio F. Galvao, Martyna Kobus, Thomas Parker, Pedro Rosa-Dias
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13132
Mandated Sick Pay: Coverage, Utilization, and Welfare Effects
J. Catherine Maclean, Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13021
Machiavelli versus Concave Utility Functions: Should Bads Be Spread out or Concentrated?
Paul Frijters, Christian Krekel, Aydogan Ulker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12893
Pathways of Disadvantage: Unpacking the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare
Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
forthcoming in: Economics of Education Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12893
Pathways of Disadvantage: Unpacking the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare
Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
forthcoming in: Economics of Education Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12836
Who Bears the Welfare Costs of Monopoly? The Case of the Credit Card Industry
Kyle Herkenhoff, Gajendran Raveendranathan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12836
Who Bears the Welfare Costs of Monopoly? The Case of the Credit Card Industry
Kyle Herkenhoff, Gajendran Raveendranathan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12835
Reciprocity and the Interaction between the Unemployed and the Caseworker
Gerard J. van den Berg, Iris Kesternich, Gerrit Müller, Bettina M. Siflinger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12803
The Social Preferences of the Native Inhabitants, and the Decision How Many Asylum Seekers to Admit
Oded Stark, Marcin Jakubek, Krzysztof Szczygielski
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12752
Social Norms in Networks
Philip Ushchev, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12751
Assimilation Patterns in Cities
Yasuhiro Sato, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12720
A Happy Choice: Wellbeing as the Goal of Government
Paul Frijters, Andrew E. Clark, Christian Krekel, Richard Layard
published in: Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4(2), 126–165
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12622
Happiness and Public Policy: A Procedural Perspective
Alois Stutzer
forthcoming in: Behavioural Public Policy, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12570
Violent Conflict Exposure in Nigeria and Economic Welfare
John Chiwuzulum Odozi, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12495
Welfare Effect and Elite Capture in Agricultural Cooperatives Intervention: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages
Dambala Gelo, Edwin Muchapondwa, Abebe Shimeles, Johane Dikgang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12361
Switching Queues, Cultural Conventions, and Social Welfare
Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski, Grzegorz Kosiorowski
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12351
Efficiency Wages in Cournot-Oligopoly
Marco de Pinto, Laszlo Goerke
published in: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2019, Vol. 19(4)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12350
The Distribution of Well-Being among Europeans
Andrea Brandolini, Alfonso Rosolia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12272
Evaluating Welfare and Economic Effects of Raised Fertility
Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Magda Malec
forthcoming in: Population and Development Review, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12208
Effects of Maternal Work Incentives on Adolescent Social Behaviors
Dhaval M. Dave, Hope Corman, Ariel Kalil, Ofira Schwartz-Soicher, Nancy E. Reichman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12130
Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe
Alberto Alesina, Elie Murard, Hillel Rapoport
Forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Geography
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12098
Is There a Tradeoff between Ethnic Diversity and Redistribution? The Case of Income Assistance in Canada
David A. Green, W. Craig Riddell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12004
Employment to Output Elasticities & Reforms towards Flexicurity: Evidence from OECD Countries
Holger Görg, Cecília Hornok, Catia Montagna, George E. Onwordi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11838
Top Incomes in Germany, 1871-2014
Charlotte Bartels
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11784
Food for Fuel: The Effect of the US Biofuel Mandate on Poverty in India
Ujjayant Chakravorty, Marie-Helene Hubert, Beyza Ural Marchand
published in: Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society, 10(3), 2019, 1153-1193
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11725
Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State
Arnaud Chevalier, Benjamin Elsner, Andreas Lichter, Nico Pestel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11707
Intra-Household Wealth and Welfare Inequality in the US: Estimations from a Collective Model of Labor Supply
José Alberto Molina, J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Jorge Velilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11666
Caseworker's Discretion and the Effectiveness of Welfare-to-Work Programs
Jonneke Bolhaar, Nadine Ketel, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 183, 104080
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11610
The Changing Structure of Immigration to the OECD: What Welfare Effects on Member Countries?
Michal Burzynski, Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: IMF Economic Review, 2018, 66(3), 564-601
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11558
Take-up and Targeting: Experimental Evidence from SNAP
Amy Finkelstein, Matthew J. Notowidigdo
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