IZA Discussion Papers

revised version forthcoming as 'What Do Workers Want? The Representation Gap at the EU Establishment as Perceived by Their Workplace Representatives' in: Research in Labor Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11491

News Media and Crime Perceptions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Nicola Mastrorocco, Luigi Minale

published in: Journal of Public Economics (2018), Volume 165, pp 230-255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11453

Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11137

Does Information Empower the Poor? Evidence from Indonesia's Social Security Card

Achmad Tohari, Christopher Parsons, Anu Rammohan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11058

Informal Search, Bad Search? The Effects of Job Search Method on Wages among Rural Migrants in Urban China

Yuanyuan Chen, Le Wang, Min Zhang

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (3), 837-876

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10919

Positively Aware? Conflicting Expert Reviews and Demand for Medical Treatment

Jorge Balat, Nicholas W. Papageorge, Shaiza Qayyum

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10753

Opinion Copulas, Homophily and Multimodal Marginals

Nikos Askitas

Published in: PLoS ONE, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10735

Healer or Gatekeeper? Physicians' Role Conflict When Symptoms Are Non-Verifiable

Benedicte Carlsen, Karine Nyborg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10710

Information, Belief Elicitation and Threshold Effects in the 5X1000 Tax Scheme: A Framed Field Experiment

Leonardo Becchetti, Vittorio Pelligra, Tommaso G. Reggiani

revised version published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24 (6), 1026-1049 - DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10797-017-9474-z

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10684

Digital and Competing Information Sources: Impact on Environmental Concern and Prospects for Cooperation

Vladimir Udalov, Paul J. J. Welfens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10650

Knowing Is Not Half the Battle: Impacts of the National Health Screening Program in Korea

Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Suejin Lee, Wilfredo Lim

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10598

Local Labor Markets and Human Capital Investments

Russell Weinstein

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10591

Zika Virus Prevalence, Correlates and Preventive Behaviors: New Evidence from Survey Data

José-Raimundo Carvalho, Victor Hugo de Oliveira, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published as 'Zika virus incidence, preventive and reproductive behaviors: Correlates from new survey data' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2018, 30, 14-23.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10434

Unawareness and Selective Disclosure: The Effect of School Quality Information on Property Prices

John P. Haisken-DeNew, Syed Hasan, Nikhil Jha, Mathias Sinning

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 145, 449-464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10420

Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns

Giovanni Facchini, Yotam Margalit, Hiroyuki Nakata

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10372

The More You Know: Information Effects on Job Application Rates in a Large Field Experiment

Laura Katherine Gee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10360

Learning about Oneself: The Effects of Performance Feedback on School Choice

Matteo Bobba, Veronica Frisancho

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10357

How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 167, 138-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10188

Preferences for Truth-Telling

Johannes Abeler, Daniele Nosenzo, Collin Raymond

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10172

Beliefs and Utility: Experimental Evidence on Preferences for Information

Armin Falk, Florian Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9968

Information and Preferences for Public Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 167, 138-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9941

Asymmetric Information under the Kafala Sponsorship System: Impacts on Foreign Domestic Workers' Income and Employment Status in the GCC Countries

Froilan T. Malit, Jr., George S Naufal

published in: International Migration, 2016, 54(5), 76-90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9911

Information, Financial Aid and Training Participation: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 47, 138-148

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9575

The Effectiveness of Early Vacancy Information in the Presence of Monitoring and ALMP

Ricarda Schmidl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9567

Differential and Distributional Effects of Energy Efficiency Surveys: Evidence from Electricity Consumption

Thomas J. Kniesner, Galib Rustamov

published in: Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis, 2018, 9(3), 375-406

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9445

Intended College Attendance: Evidence from an Experiment on College Returns and Cost

Zachary Bleemer, Basit Zafar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9372

Post-Secondary Education and Information on Labor Market Prospects: A Randomized Field Experiment

Sari Pekkala Kerr, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Matti Sarvimäki, Roope Uusitalo

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101888

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9240

Social Responsibility in Market Interaction

Bernd Irlenbusch, David Saxler

completely revised and extended version published as 'The Role of Social Information, Market Framing, and Diffusion of Responsibility as Determinants of Socially Responsible Behavior' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2019, 80, 141-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9040

Learning about Job Search: A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany

Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, Simon Jäger, Florian Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 164, 33-49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9027

How Transparency Kills Information Aggregation: Theory and Experiment

Sebastian Fehrler, Niall Hughes

published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2018, 10, 181-209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9013

Tax Compliance and Information Provision: A Field Experiment with Small Firms

Philipp Doerrenberg, Jan Schmitz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8858

Biased Beliefs and Imperfect Information

Eugenio Proto, Daniel Sgroi

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 136 (C), 186 - 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8765

Experts' Awards and Economic Success: Evidence from an Italian Literary Prize

Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Cultural Economics, 2015, 39, 341-367

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8691

Candidate Ballot Information and Election Outcomes: The Czech Case

Štepán Jurajda, Daniel Münich

published in: PostSoviet Affairs, 2015, 31 (5), 448-469

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8596

Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign and Media Exposure

Martin McGuigan, Sandra McNally, Gill Wyness

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8585

Turf Wars

Helios Herrera, Ernesto Reuben, Michael M. Ting

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 152, 143-153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8490

When the Baby Cries at Night: Inelastic Buyers in Non-Competitive Markets

Giacomo Calzolari, Andrea Ichino, Francesco Manaresi, Viki Nellas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8476

Private Education Market, Information on Test Scores and Tuition Practices

Sergio Firpo, Vladimir Ponczek, Vítor Augusto Possebom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8452

Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India

Nishith Prakash, Marc Rockmore, Yogesh Uppal

published as 'Do criminally accused politicians affect economic outcomes? Evidence from India' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102370

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8395

Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks

Joachim De Weerdt, Garance Genicot, Alice Mesnard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8285

Corporate Efficiency, Credit Status and Investment

Manzur Quader, Karl Taylor

published in: European Journal of Finance, 2018, 24 (6), 439-457

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8165

Do Foreign Owners Favor Short-Term Profit? Evidence from Germany

Verena Dill, Uwe Jirjahn, Stephen C. Smith

published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2016, 40(1), 123-140

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8108

Playing 'Hard to Get': An Economic Rationale for Crowding Out of Intrinsically Motivated Behavior

Wendelin Schnedler, Christoph Vanberg

published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 68, 106–115

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8104

Experimental Games on Networks: Underpinnings of Behavior and Equilibrium Selection

Gary Charness, Francesco Feri, Miguel A. Meléndez-Jiménez, Matthias Sutter

slightly revised version published in: Econometrica, 2014, 82(5), 1615-1670

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8100

The Effects of Occupational Knowledge: Job Information Centers, Educational Choices, and Labor Market Outcomes

Nils Saniter, Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Occupational Knowledge and Educational Mobility: Evidence from the Introduction of Job Information Centers' (with D. Schnitzlein) in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 69, 108 - 124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8100

The Effects of Occupational Knowledge: Job Information Centers, Educational Choices, and Labor Market Outcomes

Nils Saniter, Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Occupational Knowledge and Educational Mobility: Evidence from the Introduction of Job Information Centers' (with D. Schnitzlein) in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 69, 108 - 124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8058

Attention Discrimination: Theory and Field Experiments with Monitoring Information Acquisition

Vojtech Bartos, Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová, Filip Matejka

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2016, 106 (6), 1437-1475

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7980

The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic

Toman Omar Mahmoud, Hillel Rapoport, Andreas Steinmayr, Christoph Trebesch

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9(3): 36-69

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7940

"I wish I knew ..." - Misperceived Ability, School Track Counseling Services and Performances in Upper Secondary Education

Martino Bernardi, Massimiliano Bratti, Gianfranco De Simone

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7863