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216 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17631
More than Just Lunch: School-Meal Subsidies and Language Proficiency
Sara Ayllón, Samuel Lado
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17625
The Impact of Parental Job Security on Children's Health
Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Pablo Fernandez-Baldor Laporta, Judit Vall Castello
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17519
Coordination Games Played by Children and Teenagers: On the Influence of Age, Group Size and Incentives
Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Matthias Sutter, Claudia Zoller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17501
Born at the Right Time: Examining the Effect of Relative Age on Mental Health in Adulthood
Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Jani Kuhakoski, Tiina Kuuppelomäki, Juuso Villanen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17419
Income and Fertility of Female College Graduates in the United States
Zhengyu Cai, John V. Winters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17292
Heterogeneity in Peer Effects of Obesity
Kiersten Strombotne, Sophia Day, Kevin Konty, Jason M. Fletcher
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17190
The Impact of Children's Access to Public Health Insurance on Their Cognitive Development and Behavior
Marie C. Hull, Ji Yan
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 98, 102935
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17091
Starting School and ADHD: When Is It Time to Fly the Nest?
Catia Nicodemo, Cheti Nicoletti, Joaquim Vidiella-Martin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17018
Family and Career: An Analysis across Europe and North America
Luis Guirola, Laura Hospido, Andrea Weber
published in online: Fiscal Studies, 2024, 45 (2), 243 - 257
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16867
A Tale of the Tails: The Value of a Statistical Life at the Tails of the Age Distribution
Thomas J. Kniesner, W. Kip Viscusi
published in Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2024, 15 (1), 204–222
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16851
School Starting Age and the Social Gradient in Educational Outcomes
Yuejun Zhao, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
forthcoming in: Education Economics, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16834
Do Economic Preferences of Children Predict Behavior?
Laura Breitkopf, Shyamal Chowdhury, Shambhavi Priyam, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16596
The Long-Term Impact of Parental Migration on the Health of Young Left-behind Children
Jinkai Li, Erga Luo, Bart Cockx
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16557
Does the Child Penalty Strike Twice, and If So Why?
Mette Gørtz, Sarah Sander, Almudena Sevilla
published as 'Does the Child Penalty Strike Twice?' in: European Economic Review, 2025, 172, 104942
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16519
Forced Labor and Health-Related Outcomes. The Case of Beggar Children
Nick Drydakis
published in: Child Abuse and Neglect, 2023, 146,:106490
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16463
Ocean Salinity, Early-Life Health, and Adaptation
Amanda Guimbeau, Xinde James Ji, Zi Long, Nidhiya Menon
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024,125, 102954
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16433
Public Child Care and Mothers' Career Trajectories
Katrin Huber, Geske Rolvering
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16157
How Does the Beauty of Wives Affect Post-Marriage Family Outcomes? Helen's Face in Chinese Households
Junsen Zhang, Shulan Fei, Yanbing Wen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 212, 122-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16058
What We Teach about Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children's Books
Anjali Adukia, Alex Eble, Emileigh Harrison, Hakizumwami Birali Runesha, Teodora Szasz
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138 (4), 2225 - 2285
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15859
Schools as Safety Nets: Break-Downs and Recovery in Reporting of Violence against Children
Damian Clarke, Pilar Larroulet, Daniel Pailañir, Daniela Quintana
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15857
Women's Education and Fertility in China
Zheyuan Zhang, Zhong Zhao
published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 78, 101936
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15776
Maternal Dengue and Health Outcomes of Children
Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner, Livia Menezes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15624
Spillover Effects of Immigration Policies on Children's Human Capital
Esther Arenas-Arroyo, Bernhard Schmidpeter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15624
Spillover Effects of Immigration Policies on Children's Human Capital
Esther Arenas-Arroyo, Bernhard Schmidpeter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15591
The Kids Aren't Alright: Parental Job Loss and Children's Outcomes within and beyond Schools
Diogo Britto, Caíque Melo, Breno Sampaio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15527
What Divides the First and Second Generations? Family Time of Arrival and Educational Outcomes for Immigrant Youth
Marie C. Hull
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2023, 89 (3), 754-787
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15490
The Effect of Health Insurance on Child Nutritional Outcomes. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Peru
Noelia Bernal, Joan Costa-Font, Patricia Ritter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15312
The Labour Supply of Mothers
Hélène Turon
published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15129
Maternity Leave and Paternity Leave: Evidence on the Economic Impact of Legislative Changes in High Income Countries
Serena Canaan, Anne Sophie Lassen, Philip Rosenbaum, Herdis Steingrimsdottir
published in: The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15124
Birth Weight and Cognitive Development during Childhood: Evidence from India
Santosh Kumar, Kaushalendra Kumar, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Arindam Nandi
published in: Economic Papers, 2022, 41 (2), 144 - 175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15070
Heterogeneous Peer Effects under Endogenous Selection: An Application to Local and Migrant Children in Elementary Schools in Shanghai
Yuanyuan Chen, Shuaizhang Feng, Chao Yang
published in: China Economic Review, 2024, 87, 102207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14990
Health and Labor Market Impacts of Twin Birth: Evidence from a Swedish IVF Policy Mandate
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, Hanna Mühlrad, Mårten Palme
revised version available from the authors
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14983
Human Capital Investments and Family Size in Italy: IV Estimates Using Twin Births as an Instrument
Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024, 24 (2), 425-461.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14952
Effects of Childhood Peers on Personality Skills
Shuaizhang Feng, Jun Hyung Kim, Zhe Yang
forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14708
On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children
Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
published online in: Review of Economic Studies, 05 December 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14687
Feed the Children
Laurens Cherchye, Pierre-André Chiappori, Bram De Rock, Charlotte Ringdal, Frederic Vermeulen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14665
Have Girls Been Left behind during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Gender Differences in Pandemic Effects on Children's Mental Wellbeing
Silvia Mendolia, Agne Suziedelyte, Anna Zhu
published in: Economics Letters, 2022, 214, 110458
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14657
The Impact of Changing Climate on Children's Nutritional Status in Bangladesh
S.M. Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, Nidhiya Menon, Agnes Quisumbing
published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 294, 114704
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14627
Impacts of Double-Fortified Salt on Anemia and Cognition: Four-Year Follow-up Evidence from a School-Based Nutrition Intervention in India
Liza von Grafenstein, Abhijeet Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Sebastian Vollmer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14598
Operation Allied Force: Unintended Consequences of the NATO Bombing on Children's Outcomes
Lara Lebedinski, Giuseppe Migali, Miloš Popović, Suncica Vujic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14542
Menopause as a Regulatory Device for Matching the Demand for Children with Its Supply: A Hypothesis
Oded Stark
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 42, 101001.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14542
Menopause as a Regulatory Device for Matching the Demand for Children with Its Supply: A Hypothesis
Oded Stark
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 42, 101001.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14512
The Impact of an Un(der)Funded Inclusive Education Policy: Evidence from the 2013 China Education Panel Survey
Massimiliano Tani, Yu Zhu, Lei Xu
published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2021, 190, 768-784.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14467
The Roots of Cooperation
Zvonimir Bašić, Parampreet C. Bindra, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Angelo Romano, Matthias Sutter, Claudia Zoller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14421
The Creativity Premium
David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
published as 'The Creativity Premium: Exploring the Link between Childhood Creativity and Life Outcomes' in: Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2024, 2 (3), 495–526
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14401
Children's Patience and School-Track Choices Several Years Later: Linking Experimental and Field Data
Silvia Angerer, Jana Bolvashenkova, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer, Matthias Sutter
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 220, 104837
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14376
Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School
Hannah Klauber, Felix Holub, Nicolas Koch, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter, Alexander Rohlf
revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (2), 220-248
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14304
Malleability of Preferences for Honesty
Johannes Abeler, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse
published online in: Economic Journal, 22 May 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14271
The Effect of Parental and Grandparental Supervision Time Investment on Children's Early-Age Development
Stefani Milovanska-Farrington
published in: Research in Economics, 2021, 75 (3), 286 - 304
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14192
Enhancing Human Capital at Scale
Francesco Agostinelli, Ciro Avitabile, Matteo Bobba
this version: September 2022.
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