IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Polachek, S.W. and Tatsiramos, K. (ed.) 50th Celebratory Volume (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 50), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, 2023, 25-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15009

Public School Access or Stay-at-Home Partner: Factors Mitigating the Adverse Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Academic Parents

Tatyana Deryugina, Olga Shurchkov, Jenna Stearns

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14270

Happiness, Domains of Life Satisfaction, Perceptions, and Valuation Differences Across Genders

Stefani Milovanska-Farrington, Stephen Farrington

published in: Acta Psychologica, 2022, 230, 103720

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14081

The Effect of Grandchildren on the Happiness of Grandparents: Does the Grandparent's Child's Gender Matter?

Eiji Yamamura, Giorgio Brunello

published in: Asian Economic Journal, 2023, 37 (2), 149 - 163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14069

Gender Match and the Gender Gap in Venture Capital Financing: Evidence from Shark Tank

Michael Jetter, Kieran Stockley

published as 'Gender match and negotiation: evidence from angel investment on Shark Tank' in: Empirical Economics, 2023, 64, 1947 - 1977

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13973

Gender Differences in College Applications: Aspiration and Risk Management

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 80, 102077

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13735

Expanding the Measurement of Culture with a Sample of Two Billion Humans

Nick Obradovich, Ömer Özak, Ignacio Martín, Edmond Awad, Manuel Cebrián, Rubén Cuevas, Klaus Desmet, Iyad Rahwan, Ángel Cuevas

published in: Journal of the Royal Society - Interface, 2022, 190, 1920220085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13486

Assessing the Role of Women in Tourism Related Sectors in the Caribbean

Francesco Pastore, Allan Webster, Kevin Hope

published in: International Journal of Tourism Research, 2021, 23 (3), 378-400

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13380

Things versus People: Gender Differences in Vocational Interests and in Occupational Preferences

Andreas Kuhn, Stefan C. Wolter

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 203, 210-234

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13359

What Accounts for the Rising Share of Women in the Top 1%?

Richard V. Burkhauser, Nicolas Herault, Stephen P. Jenkins, Roger Wilkins

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2023, 69 (1), 1 - 33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13054

Becoming Sensitive: Males' Risk and Time Preferences after the 2008 Financial Crisis

Michael Jetter, Leandro Magnusson, Sebastian Roth

published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 128, 103512

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12959

Do Women Shy Away from Public Speaking? A Field Experiment

Maria De Paola, Rosetta Lombardo, Valeria Pupo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 70, 102001

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12946

Raising the Bar: Causal Evidence on Gender Differences in Risk-Taking from a Natural Experiment

René Böheim, Mario Lackner, Wilhelm Wagner

published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2022, 23 (4), 460 - 478

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12907

When Do Teachers Respond to Student Feedback? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Margaretha Buurman, Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Robin Zoutenbier

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101858

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12800

Refugees' and Irregular Migrants' Self-Selection into Europe: Who Migrates Where?

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Panu Poutvaara

revised version published as 'Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 152, 102681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12484

Early Education and Gender Differences

Daniela Del Boca, Enrica Maria Martino, Elena Claudia Meroni, Daniela Piazzalunga

published in: Economica Italiana, 2019, 3, 11-36

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12236

Does More Math in High School Increase the Share of Female STEM Workers? Evidence from a Curriculum Reform

Martin Biewen, Jakob Schwerter

published in: Applied Economics, 2021, 54 (16), 1889–1911

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12156

Born in the Family: Preferences for Boys and the Gender Gap in Math

Gaia Dossi, David N. Figlio, Paola Giuliano, Paola Sapienza

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12012

Career Lotto: Labor Supply in Winner-Take-All Markets

Wayne A. Grove, Michael Jetter, Kerry L. Papps

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 183, 362-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11873

Fathers' Parental Leave-Taking, Childcare Involvement and Mothers' Labor Market Participation

Marcus Tamm

revised version published as 'Fathers' parental leave-taking, childcare involvement and labor market participation' in: Labour Economics, 2019, 59, 184 - 197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11320

Why Women Don't Ask: Gender Differences in Fairness Perceptions of Own Wages and Subsequent Wage Growth

Christian Pfeifer, Gesine Stephan

revised version published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2019, 43(2), 295-310

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11202

Ordering History Through the Timeline

Eugenio Garibaldi, Pietro Garibaldi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11201

Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk-Taking among Children, Teenagers, and College Students: Evidence from Jeopardy!

Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2020, 20 (2), 20190179.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10825

I (Don't) Like You! But Who Cares? Gender Differences in Same Sex and Mixed Sex Teams

Leonie Gerhards, Michael Kosfeld

published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (627), 716 - 739

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10793

Safe Options Induce Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes

Paolo Crosetto, Antonio Filippin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10790

Closing or Reproducing the Gender Gap? Parental Transmission, Social Norms and Education Choice

Maria Knoth Humlum, Anne Brink Nandrup, Nina Smith

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (2), 455–500

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10758

Gender Differences in the Benefits of an Influential Early Childhood Program

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Anna Ziff

revised version available as NBER Working Paper No. 23412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10627

Can Gender Differences in Distributional Preferences Explain Gender Gaps in Competition?

Subha Mani, Utteeyo Dasgupta, Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 70, 1-11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10585

Gender Differences in the Link between Income and Trust Levels: Evidence from Longitudinal Data

Jessica R. Bilson, Michael Jetter, Ingebjørg Kristoffersen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10497

On the Effectiveness of Elected Male and Female Leaders and Team Coordination

Ernesto Reuben, Krisztina Timko

published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2018, 4, 123-135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10456

The Life-cycle Benefits of an Influential Early Childhood Program

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Duncan Ermini Leaf, Maria José Prados

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10433

Computer Gaming and Test Scores: Cross-Country Gender Differences among Teenagers

Yann Algan, Nicole M. Fortin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10151

Anchoring in Financial Decision-Making: Evidence from the Field

Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 141: 164-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10050

Potential Parenthood and Career Progression of Men and Women: A Simultaneous Hazards Approach

Martin Biewen, Stefanie Seifert

revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018, 18, 1-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10011

Gender Differences in Risk-Taking: Evidence from Professional Basketball

René Böheim, Christoph Freudenthaler, Mario Lackner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9906

Persuasion and Gender: Experimental Evidence from Two Political Campaigns

Vincenzo Galasso, Tommaso Nannicini

published online in: Public Choice, 5 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9845

Psychological Momentum and Gender

Danny Cohen-Zada, Alex Krumer, Ze'ev Shtudiner

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 135, 66-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9446

Competitiveness and the Gender Gap among Young Business Professionals

Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales

published in: Journal of Finance, 2024, 79, 1087-1121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9415

Are Sociocultural Factors Important for Studying a Science University Major?

Volker Grossmann, Aderonke Osikominu, Marius Osterfeld

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2020, 72 (2), 374-369

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9356

Intergenerational Correlations of Extreme Right-Wing Party Preferences and Attitudes toward Immigration

Alexandra Avdeenko, Thomas Siedler

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119 (3), 768-800

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9315

Gender Differences in Reaction to Psychological Pressure: Evidence from Tennis Players

Maria De Paola, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2017, 26 (3), 444-456

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9167

Investment over the Business Cycle: Insights from College Major Choice

Erica Blom, Brian C. Cadena, Benjamin J. Keys

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (4), 1043–1082

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9003

Does Exposure to Economics Bring New Majors to the Field? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Hans Fricke, Jeffrey Grogger, Andreas Steinmayr

published as 'Exposure to Academic Fields and College Major Choice' in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, 199-213

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8947

Parenthood and Risk Preferences

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

extended version published as 'Parenthood, risk attitudes and risky behavior' in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2020, 79, 102189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8824

Good Girl, Bad Boy: Corrupt Behavior in Professional Tennis

Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2017, 84 (1), 155-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8725

Women Helping Women? Evidence from Private Sector Data on Workplace Hierarchies

Astrid Kunze, Amalia Miller

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99 (5), 769-775, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8708

Who Performs Better under Time Pressure? Results from a Field Experiment

Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2016, 53, 37-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8352

International Migration of Couples

Martin Junge, Martin D. Munk, Panu Poutvaara

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8018

Gender Differences in Strategic Behaviour under Competitive Pressure: Evidence on Omission Patterns in University Entrance Examinations

Tuomas Pekkarinen

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 94-110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7947

Obesity and the Labor Market: A Fresh Look at the Weight Penalty

Marco Caliendo, Markus Gehrsitz

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 209-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7799

Are Females Scared of Competing with Males? Results from a Field Experiment

Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2015, 48, 117-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7697

Does It Pay to Work for Free? Wage Returns and Gender Differences in the Market for Volunteers

Guido Cozzi, Noemi Mantovan, Robert M. Sauer

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79(6), 1018-1045

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7579

Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labor Market Expectations: Shrinking the Black Box of Gender

Ernesto Reuben, Matthew Wiswall, Basit Zafar

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127, 2153-2186

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7483

Men Vote in Mars, Women Vote in Venus: A Survey Experiment in the Field

Vincenzo Galasso, Tommaso Nannicini

updated and expanded as IZA DP 'Persuasion and Gender: Experimental Evidence from Two Political Campaigns'

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7421

Gender Differences in Cooperation: Experimental Evidence on High School Students

José Alberto Molina, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José A. Cuesta, Carlos Garcia-Lazaro, Yamir Moreno, Angel Sanchez

published in: PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(12): e83700.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7410

Gender Differences in the Effects of Behavioral Problems on School Outcomes

Jannie H. G. Kristoffersen, Nina Smith

revised version published as 'Gender Differences in Behavioral Problems and School Outcomes' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 75–93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7243

Gender and Competition: Evidence from Jumping Competitions

René Böheim, Mario Lackner

published as 'Gender and risk taking: evidence from jumping competitions' in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 2015, 178( 4), 883–902

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6648

Is It Money or Brains? The Determinants of Intra-Family Decision Power

Graziella Bertocchi, Marianna Brunetti, Costanza Torricelli

revised version published as 'Who Holds the Purse Strings within the Household? The Determinants of Intra-family Decision Making' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 101, 65-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6416

Social Involvement and Level of Household Income among Immigrants: New Evidence from the Israeli Experience

Yuval Arbel, Yossef Tobol, Erez Siniver

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2014, 35(6), 798-816

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6390

Gender Differences in Education

Tuomas Pekkarinen

published in Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2012, 1, 165-197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6338

Gender Gaps in PISA Test Scores: The Impact of Social Norms and the Mother's Transmission of Role Attitudes

Ainara González de San Román, Sara de la Rica

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5973

Non-cognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments: Evidence from Primary School

Christopher Cornwell, David B. Mustard, Jessica Van Parys

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5741

Gender Patterns in Vietnam's Child Mortality

Thong Le Pham, Peter Kooreman, Ruud H. Koning, Doede Wiersma

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (1), 303-322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5314

Beauty Queens and Battling Knights: Risk Taking and Attractiveness in Chess

Anna Dreber Almenberg, Christer Gerdes, Patrik Gränsmark

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 90, 1-18

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5022

Gender Differences and Dynamics in Competition: The Role of Luck

David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2014, 5 (2), 351-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5009

School Shootings and Student Performance

Panu Poutvaara, Olli Ropponen

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 51, 93-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4656

Life-Cycle Patterns in Male/Female Differences in Job Search

Astrid Kunze, Kenneth Troske

published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (2), 176-185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4395

Tournament Incentives in the Field: Gender Differences in the Workplace

Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Joeri Sol, Willem Verbeke

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31 (2) , 305-326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4235

Pay for Politicians and Candidate Selection: An Empirical Analysis

Kaisa Kotakorpi, Panu Poutvaara

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (7-8), 877 - 885

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4188

Intra-Household Time Allocation: Gender Differences in Caring for Children

Inmaculada García-Mainar, José Alberto Molina, Víctor M. Montuenga

published as 'Gender Differences in Childcare: Time Allocation in Five European Countries' in: Feminist Economics, 2011, 17 (1), 119-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3581

A Gender Perspective on Self-Employment Entry and Performance as Self-Employed

Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3242

Gender Differences in Charitable Giving

Greg Piper, Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published as 'Gender Differences in Charitable Giving in Great Britain' in: Voluntas, 2008, 19 (2), 103-124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3196

Hearing Loss and Disability Exit: Measurement Issues and Coping Strategies

Vibeke T. Christensen, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Martin V. Rasmussen

published in Economics & Human Biology, 2017, 24(C), 80-91

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2834

Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Players

M. Daniele Paserman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2794

Gender and Self-Selection Into a Competitive Environment: Are Women More Overconfident Than Men?

Lena Nekby, Peter Skogman Thoursie, Lars Vahtrik

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100(3), 405-407

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2705

Total Work, Gender and Social Norms

Michael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Philippe Weil

published as 'Total Work and Gender: Facts and Possible Explanations' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (1), 239-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2259

Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior

Thomas K. Bauer, Silja Göhlmann, Mathias Sinning

published in: Health Economics, 2007, 16 (9), 895-909

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1999

Native-Migrant Differences in Risk Attitudes

Holger Bonin, Amelie F. Constant, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (15), 1581-1586

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1830

The Gender Gap Reloaded: Is School Quality Linked to Labor Market Performance?

Spyros Konstantopoulos, Amelie F. Constant

substantially revised version published as 'The gender gap reloaded: Are school characteristics linked to labor market performance?' in: Social Science Research, 2008, 37 (2), 374-385

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1730

Individual Risk Attitudes: New Evidence from a Large, Representative, Experimentally-Validated Survey

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde, Jürgen Schupp, Gert G. Wagner

revised version published as 'Individual Risk Attitudes: Measurement, Determinants, and Behavioral Consequences' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (3), 522–550

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1684

The Curse and Blessing of Training the Unemployed in a Changing Economy: The Case of East Germany After Unification

Michael Lechner, Ruth Miquel, Conny Wunsch

published in: German Economic Review, 2007, 8 (4), 468-509

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1535

The Persistent Segregation of Girls into Lower-Paying Jobs while in School

Peter Kooreman

published as "The early inception of labor market gender differences" in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (2), 135-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1425

Gender Differences Across the Earnings Distribution: Evidence from NLS:86 & HSB:92

Spyros Konstantopoulos, Amelie F. Constant

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1134

What a Difference a Y Makes: Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany

Joachim Wagner

published in: Small Business Economics, 2007, 28 (1), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 522

Gender Differences in Early Retirement Behaviour

Svenn-Åge Dahl, Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage

published in: European Sociological Review, 2003, 19 (2), 179-198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 344

Effects of Sexual Preferences on Earnings in the Netherlands

Erik Plug, Peter Berkhout

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (1), 117-131, revised version available here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 212

Sexual Bias and Household Consumption: A Semiparametric Analysis of Engel Curves in Rural China

Xiaodong Gong, Arthur van Soest, Ping Zhang

revised version published as 'The effects of the gender of children on expenditure patterns in rural China: A semiparametric analysis' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2005, 20 (4), 509-527

IZA Discussion Paper No. 64

Salary and the Gender Salary Gap in the Academic Profession

Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger

published as 'The gender salary gap in British academia' in: Applied Economics, 2001, 33 (3),1669-1681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 38

Job Satisfaction within the Scottish Academic Profession

Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger, Peter J. Sloane

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 47 (3), 273-303

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