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57 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15181
The Impact of Mental Health Support for the Chronically Ill on Hospital Utilisation: Evidence from the UK
Jonathan Gruber, Grace Lordan, Stephen Pilling, Carol Propper, Rob Saunders
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15150
The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Job Loss Induced Mental Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Sankar Mukhopadhyay
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14700
Adverse Working Conditions and Immigrants' Physical Health and Depression Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study in Greece
Nick Drydakis
published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, Published: 06 September 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14638
The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health and Subjective Well-Being of Workers: An Event Study Based on High-Frequency Panel Data
Julia Schmidtke, Clemens Hetschko, Ronnie Schöb, Gesine Stephan, Michael Eid, Mario Lawes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14429
Energy Poverty and Subjective Well-Being in China: New Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies
Peng Nie, Qiaoge Li, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
published in: Energy Economics, 2021, 103: 105548.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14393
The Economic Impact of Depression Treatment in India
Manuela Angelucci, Daniel Bennett
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14385
Dark Passage: Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death
Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14343
Widows’ Time, Time Stress and Happiness: Adjusting to Loss
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Michal Myck, Monika Oczkowska
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13997
Moms' Time—Married or Not
Daniel S. Hamermesh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13936
Corruption and Mental Health: Evidence from Vietnam
Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal, Finn Tarp
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 185, 125-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13879
How Do Mass Shootings Affect Community Wellbeing?
Aparna Soni, Erdal Tekin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13846
Side Effects of Labor Market Policies
Marco Caliendo, Robert Mahlstedt, Gerard J. van den Berg, Johan Vikström
forthcoming in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13727
Happy Pills? Mental Health Effects of the Dramatic Increase of Antidepressant Use
Giuliano Masiero, Fabrizio Mazzonna, Sandro Steinbach
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13680
Peers, Gender, and Long-Term Depression
Corrado Giulietti, Michael Vlassopoulos, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13528
Labour Productivity during the Great Depression and the Great Recession in UK Engineering and Metal Manufacture
Robert A. Hart
Revised version published in: Oxford Economic Papers, Published: 01 August 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13056
Maternal Investments in Children: The Role of Expected Effort and Returns
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Adeline Delavande, Paulino Font Gilabert, Joanna Maselko
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13055
The Impact of BMI on Mental Health: Further Evidence from Genetic Markers
Vikesh Amin, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
forthcoming in: Economics and Human Biology, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12733
School Tracking and Mental Health
Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen, Alexandra Roulet
Published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15 (2), 291-345
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12689
The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations: Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s
Jongkwan Lee, Giovanni Peri, Vasil Yasenov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12654
Depression in the House: The Effects of Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use in China
Yan Liu, Xi Chen, Zhijun Yan
forthcoming in: Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134706
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12379
Labor Productivity during the Great Depression in UK Manufacturing
Robert A. Hart
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12285
Depression, Risk Preferences and Risk-Taking Behavior
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Nathan Kettlewell
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12024
Great Depression and the Rise of Female Employment: A New Hypothesis
Andriana Bellou, Emanuela Cardia
forthcoming in: Explorations in Economic History, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11819
Micro-Entrepreneurship and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Muhammad Faress Bhuiyan, Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2019, 34 (4), 625-645
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11437
Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind
Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (1), 113-151.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11187
Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Large Randomized Control Trial
Victoria Baranov, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Pietro Biroli, Joanna Maselko
published in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110 (3), 824-859
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11184
Unhappiness and Pain in Modern America: A Review Essay, and Further Evidence, on Carol Graham's Happiness for All?
David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Literature
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11068
Employer-Provided Severance Pay: The Emergence of Job Displacement Insurance, 1930–1954
Donald O. Parsons
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10959
Antidepressants for Economists and Business-School Researchers: An Introduction and Review
Aleksandra Katolik, Andrew J. Oswald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10958
Do Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets
David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10857
Drivers of the Underground Economy around the Millienium: A Long Term Look for the United States
Rajeev K. Goel, James W. Saunoris, Friedrich Schneider
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10759
Female Suicide and the Concept of the Midlife Crisis
Andrew J. Oswald, Ahmed Tohamy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10653
The Bilateral Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Employment Status
Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, David C. Ribar
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 35, 96-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10624
What Matters for Life Satisfaction among the Oldest-Old? Evidence from China
Sor Tho Ng, Nai Peng Tey, Niaz Asadullah
published in: PLOS One, 2017, 12(2): e0171799
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10037
Does Money Relieve Depression? Evidence from Social Pension Expansions in China
Xi Chen, Tianyu Wang, Susan Busch
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 220, 411-420.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10022
Is Childcare Bad for the Mental Health of Grandparents? Evidence from SHARE
Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco
published as 'Grandparents in the blues. The effect of childcare on grandparents' depression' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, First Online: 03 September 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9652
Religion and Depression in Adolescence
Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sriya Iyer, Anwen Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9269
Hard to Forget: The Long-Lasting Impact of War on Mental Health
Massimiliano Bratti, Mariapia Mendola, Alfonso Miranda
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8727
Baby-Boom, Baby-Bust and the Great Depression
Andriana Bellou, Emanuela Cardia
see authors' personal websites for updated versions
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8350
Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello
published: Social Science and Medicine, 2017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8320
First Depressed, Then Discriminated Against?
Stijn Baert, Sarah De Visschere, Koen Schoors, Eddy Omey
revised version published in: Social Science and Medicine [Online Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8037
The Impact of Adult Child Emigration on the Mental Health of Older Parents
Irene Mosca, Alan Barrett
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29 (3), 687-719
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7451
Getting Stuck in the Blues: Persistence of Mental Health Problems in Australia
John Roy, Stefanie Schurer
published in: Health Economics, 2013, 22(9), 1139-1157.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7010
The Economics of Grief
Gerard J. van den Berg, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström
forthcoming in: Economic Journal, 2016 [Online First]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6577
Youth Depression and Future Criminal Behavior
D. Mark Anderson, Resul Cesur, Erdal Tekin
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53 (1), 294-317
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5904
Migration and Stratification
Guillermina Jasso
published in: Social Science Research, 2011, 40 (5), 1292 - 1336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5785
Antidepressants and Age
David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5615
The Psychological Costs of War: Military Combat and Mental Health
Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia, Erdal Tekin
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (1), 51-65
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4977
Real Wages, Working Time, and the Great Depression: What Does Micro Evidence Tell Us?
Robert A. Hart, J. Elizabeth Roberts
published as 'Real wage cyclicality in the Great Depression: evidence from British engineering and metal working firms' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2013, 65 (2), 197-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4853
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Drug Therapy
John R. Bowblis, Myeong-Su Yun
published in: Social Science Research, 2010, 39 (4), 674-684
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4600
Well-being across America
Andrew J. Oswald, Stephen Wu
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (4), 1118-1134
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4113
The Finnish Great Depression: From Russia with Love
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Enrique G. Mendoza, Linda L. Tesar
published in: American Economic Review 2012, 102(4), 1619-1643
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1909
The Scots May Be Brave But They Are Neither Healthy Nor Happy
David N.F. Bell, David G. Blanchflower
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54 (2), 166-194
IZA Discussion Paper No. 799
General Human Capital and Employment Adjustment in the Great Depression: Apprentices and Journeymen in UK Engineering
Robert A. Hart
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2005, 57 (1), 169-189
IZA Discussion Paper No. 543
Wages, Productivity, and Work Intensity in the Great Depression
Julia Darby, Robert A. Hart
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2008, 75 (1), 91-103
IZA Discussion Paper No. 398
An Econometric Analysis of the Mental-Health Effects of Major Events in the Life of Elderly Individuals
Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait, Gerard J. van den Berg
published in: Health Economics, 2002, 11 (6), 505-520
IZA Discussion Paper No. 132
Hours and Wages in the Depression: British Engineering, 1926-1938
Robert A. Hart
published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38 (4), 478-502
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