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185 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14698
Behavioral Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment
Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14658
Voting, Contagion and the Trade-Off between Public Health and Political Rights: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Italian 2020 Polls
Marco Mello, Giuseppe Moscelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14633
Buying Control? 'Locus of Control' and the Uptake of Supplementary Health Insurance
Eric Bonsang, Joan Costa-Font, Sonja C. de New
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14609
Sophistication about Self-Control
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14607
Psychological Effects of Poverty on Time Preferences
Vojtech Bartos, Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová, Ian Levely
forthcoming in: Economic Journal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14572
Tackling the Gender Gap in Mathematics with Active Learning Methodologies
Maria Laura Di Tommaso, Dalit Contini, Dalila De Rosa, Francesca Ferrara, Daniela Piazzalunga, Ornella Robutti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14418
A Simple Nudge Increases Socioeconomic Diversity in Undergraduate Economics
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14356
Zooming to Class?: Experimental Evidence on College Students' Online Learning during COVID-19
Michael S. Kofoed, Lucas Gebhart, Dallas Gilmore, Ryan Moschitto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14257
Evaluating the Sunk Cost Effect
David Ronayne, Daniel Sgroi, Anthony Tuckwell
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 186, 318 - 327
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14213
The Effect of Macroeconomic Uncertainty on Household Spending
Olivier Coibion, Dimitris Georgarakos, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Geoff Kenny, Michael Weber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14199
Information Provision, Incentives, and Attention: A Field Experiment on Facilitating and Influencing Managers' Decisions
Kathrin Manthei, Dirk Sliwka, Timo Vogelsang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14183
Is Care by Grandparents or Parents Better for Children's Non-cognitive Skills? Evidence on Locus of Control from China
Xiang Ao, Xuan Chen, Zhong Zhao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14181
Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing Alternative Value Frameworks
Maddalena Ferranna, J.P. Sevilla, David E. Bloom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14142
Motivational Goal Bracketing with Non-rational Goals
Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14093
Can Information Influence the Social Insurance Participation Decision of China's Rural Migrants?
John T. Giles, Xin Meng, Sen Xue, Guochang Zhao
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021,150,102645.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14054
Experimental Evidence from an Integrated Early Childhood Parenting Program in Sierra Leone
Anjali Chandra, Subha Mani, Heather Dolphin, Meredith Dyson, Yembeh Marah
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14033
The Effects of Free Secondary School Track Choice: A Disaggregated Synthetic Control Approach
Aderonke Osikominu, Gregor Pfeifer, Kristina Strohmaier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14026
Mandatory Integration Agreements for Unemployed Job Seekers: A Randomized Controlled Field Experiment in Germany
Gerard J. van den Berg, Barbara Hofmann, Gesine Stephan, Arne Uhlendorff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14001
Does Education Really Cause Domestic Violence? Replication and Reappraisal of "For Better or For Worse? Education and the Prevalence of Domestic Violence in Turkey"
Pelin Akyol, Murat G. Kirdar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13974
Spillovers and Long-Run Effects of Messages on Tax Compliance: Experimental Evidence from Peru
Juan Francisco Castro, Daniel Velásquez, Arlette Beltrán, Gustavo Yamada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13902
Love Thy Neighbour? Brexit and Hate Crime
Joel Carr, Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Jonathan James, Suncica Vujic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13823
Political Polarization and Expected Economic Outcomes
Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Michael Weber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13732
Nudging Demand for Academic Support Services: Experimental and Structural Evidence from Higher Education
Todd Pugatch, Nicholas Wilson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13634
Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda
Moussa P. Blimpo, Todd Pugatch
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 149, 102583
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13582
The Role of Beliefs in Long Sickness Absence: Experimental Evidence from a Psychological Intervention
Gabriel Pons Rotger, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13489
Promoting Female Interest in Economics: Limits to Nudges
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
published in: American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 123-127
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13406
Present Bias for Monetary and Dietary Rewards: Evidence from Chinese Teenagers
Stephen L. Cheung, Agnieszka Tymula, Xueting Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13319
Face Masks Considerably Reduce COVID-19 Cases in Germany: A Synthetic Control Method Approach
Timo Mitze, Reinhold Kosfeld, Johannes Rode, Klaus Wälde
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13314
Did the Wisconsin Supreme Court Restart a COVID-19 Epidemic? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Dhaval M. Dave, Andrew I. Friedson, Kyutaro Matsuzawa, Drew McNichols, Joseph J. Sabia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13273
Drinking Is Different! Examining the Role of Locus of Control for Alcohol Consumption
Marco Caliendo, Juliane Hennecke
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13160
Did California's Shelter-In-Place Order Work? Early Coronavirus-Related Public Health Effects
Andrew I. Friedson, Drew McNichols, Joseph J. Sabia, Dhaval M. Dave
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12979
Forward Guidance and Household Expectations
Olivier Coibion, Dimitris Georgarakos, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Michael Weber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12937
The Effects of Home Visiting on Mother-Child Interactions: Evidence from a Randomised Trial Using Dynamic Micro-Level Data
Gabriella Conti, Stavros Poupakis, Malte Sandner, Sören Kliem
Published in: Child Abuse and Neglect, online 08 March 2021.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12882
Randomization and Social Policy Evaluation Revisited
James J. Heckman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12784
Greater US Gun Ownership, Lethality and Murder Rates: Analysis and Policy Proposals
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12631
Does Light Touch Cluster Policy Work? Evaluating the Tech City Programme
Max Nathan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12599
Locus of Control and Marital Satisfaction: Couple Perspectives Using Australian Data
Wang-Sheng Lee, Terra McKinnish
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 74, Article 102205.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12523
Active Choice Framing and Intergenerational Education Benefits: Evidence from the Field
Benjamin L. Castleman, Francis X. Murphy, Richard Patterson, William L. Skimmyhorn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12498
How Does Consumption Respond to News about Inflation? Field Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial
Olivier Coibion, Dimitris Georgarakos, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Maarten van Rooij
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12488
Self-Control: Determinants, Life Outcomes and Intergenerational Implications
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12483
The Impact of Paid Family Leave on the Timing of Infant Vaccinations
Agnitra Roy Choudhury, Solomon Polachek
published in: Vaccine, 2021, 39 (21), 2886-2893
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12476
Can Agricultural Extension and Input Support Be Discontinued? Evidence from a Randomized Phaseout in Uganda
Ram Fishman, Stephen C. Smith, Vida Bobic, Munshi Sulaiman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12437
Rank Incentives and Social Learning: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Isabella Dobrescu, Marco Faravelli, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Alberto Motta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12362
The Perry Preschoolers at Late Midlife: A Study in Design-Specific Inference
James J. Heckman, Ganesh Karapakula
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12163
Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia
Moussa P. Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis, Todd Pugatch
forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12008
Unions, Two-Tier Bargaining and Physical Capital Investment: Theory and Firm-Level Evidence from Italy
Gabriele Cardullo, Maurizio Conti, Giovanni Sulis
revised version forthcoming as 'A Model of Unions, Two-Tier Bargaining and Capital Investment' in: Labour Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11995
Pareto-Improving Structural Reforms
Gilles Saint-Paul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11963
Informing Employees in Small and Medium Sized Firms about Training: Results of a Randomized Field Experiment
Gerard J. van den Berg, Christine Dauth, Pia Homrighausen, Gesine Stephan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11898
Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides
D. Mark Anderson, Joseph J. Sabia, Erdal Tekin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11863
Distributional Impact Analysis: Toolkit and Illustrations of Impacts beyond the Average Treatment Effect
Guadalupe Bedoya, Luca Bittarello, Jonathan Davis, Nikolas Mittag
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