IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Supporting small firms in a fragile context: Comparing matching and cash grants in Burkina Faso' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 171.103344.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14808

The Value of Sick Pay

Abi Adams-Prassl, Teodora Boneva, Marta Golin, Christopher Rauh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14686

From Subsidies to Loans: The Effects of a National Student Finance Reform on the Choices of Secondary School Students

Alexandra de Gendre, Jan Kabátek

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14477

Liquidity or Capital? The Impacts of Easing Credit Constraints in Rural Mexico

Gabriela Aparicio, Vida Bobic, Fernando De Olloqui, María Carmen, María Carmen Fernández Diez, Maria Paula Gerardino, Oscar A. Mitnik, Sebastian Vargas Macedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14477

Liquidity or Capital? The Impacts of Easing Credit Constraints in Rural Mexico

Gabriela Aparicio, Vida Bobic, Fernando De Olloqui, María Carmen, María Carmen Fernández Diez, Maria Paula Gerardino, Oscar A. Mitnik, Sebastian Vargas Macedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14213

The Effect of Macroeconomic Uncertainty on Household Spending

Olivier Coibion, Dimitris Georgarakos, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Geoff Kenny, Michael Weber

published in: American Economic Review, 2024, 114 (3), 645–677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14051

Temporary International Migration, Shocks and Informal Insurance: Analysis Using Panel Data

Tanika Chakraborty, Manish Pandey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13725

Are Older People Aware of Their Cognitive Decline? Misperception and Financial Decision Making

Fabrizio Mazzonna, Franco Peracchi

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (6), 1793-1830

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13590

Contract Structure, Time Preference, and Technology Adoption

Shyamal Chowdhury, Joeri Smits, Qigang Sun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13371

Religion in Economic History: A Survey

Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin, Ludger Woessmann

published in: A. Bisin, G. Federico (eds.), The Handbook of Historical Economics, London: Academic Press, 2021, 585-639

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13345

Monetary and Social Incentives in Multi-Tasking: The Ranking Substitution Effect

Matthias Stefan, Jürgen Huber, Michael Kirchler, Matthias Sutter, Markus Walzl

published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 56, 104458

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13315

Turning Vietnam's COVID-19 Success into Economic Recovery: A Job-Focused Analysis of Individual Assessments on Their Finance and the Economy

Hai-Anh H Dang, Long T. Giang

published in: Sustainability, 2021, 13 (19), 10664

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12743

Differences in Euro-Area Household Finances and their Relevance for Monetary-Policy Transmission

Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger

revised version forthcoming in: Quantitative Economics, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12514

The Effects of Access to Credit on Productivity: Separating Technological Changes from Changes in Technical Efficiency

Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Plamen Nikolov, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Subal C. Kumbhakar

published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2019, 52 (1-3), 37-55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12497

Who Is a Passive Saver under Opt-In and Auto-Enrollment?

Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 173, 301-321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11979

The Financial Decisions of Immigrant and Native Households: Evidence from Italy

Graziella Bertocchi, Marianna Brunetti, Anzelika Zaiceva

substantially revised version published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2023, 9, 117-174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11945

Special Interest Groups versus Voters and the Political Economics of Attention

Patrick Balles, Ulrich Matter, Alois Stutzer

published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (662), 2290 - 2320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11762

Predicting Retirement Savings Using Survey Measures of Exponential-Growth Bias and Present Bias

Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (3), 1636 - 1658

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11142

Graduation Incentives Through Conditional Student Loan Forgiveness

Ulla Hämäläinen, Kristian Koerselman, Roope Uusitalo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11032

Households Debt Restructuring: The Re-default Effect of a Debt Suspension

Henri Fraisse

published in: Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, 2017, 33 (4), 686 - 717

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10996

Up in STEM, Down in Business: Changing College Major Decisions with the Great Recession

Shimeng Liu, Weizeng Sun, John V. Winters

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2019, 37(3), 476-491

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10965

Returns to Islamic Microfinance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Pakistan

Maazullah, Arjun S. Bedi

published as 'Returns to Interest-free Microcredit: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Pakistan' in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2022, 14 (2), 93 - 107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10965

Returns to Islamic Microfinance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Pakistan

Maazullah, Arjun S. Bedi

published as 'Returns to Interest-free Microcredit: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Pakistan' in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2022, 14 (2), 93 - 107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10323

Empowering the Vulnerable to Be Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Test on the Effectiveness of the Ghana Microfinance Policy 2006

Luis Diaz-Serrano, Frank Gyimah Sackey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10231

Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods

Leo Feler, Mine Zeynep Senses

published in: American Economic Review: Economic Policy, 2017, 9 (4), 101 - 143

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10153

How Do Labor Representatives Affect Incentive Orientation of Executive Compensation?

Katharina Dyballa, Kornelius Kraft

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2020, 66 (1), 60 - 90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10099