IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Economic preferences across generations and family clusters: A large-scale experiment in a developing country' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130 (9), 2361-2410.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13395

The Intergenerational Transmission of Opioid Dependence: Evidence from Administrative Data

Alexander Ahammer, Martin Halla

published in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (11), 2425-2444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13378

Inequality in Personality over the Life Cycle

Miriam Gensowski, Mette Gørtz, Stefanie Schurer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 184, 46-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13343

Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores

Georg Graetz, Björn Öckert, Oskar Nordström Skans

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, June 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13068

Intergenerational Transmission of Unemployment: Causal Evidence from Austria

Dominik Grübl, Mario Lackner, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12933

Short- vs Long-Term Intergenerational Correlations of Employment and Self-Employment in Europe

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published as 'Intergenerational correlation of self-employment in Western Europe' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 108, 105741

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12861

The Strength of Gender Norms and Gender-Stereotypical Occupational Aspirations among Adolescents

Andreas Kuhn, Stefan C. Wolter

revised version published in: Kyklos, 2023, 76 (1), 101-124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12710

Parenting Values Moderate the Intergenerational Transmission of Time Preferences

Anne Ardila Brenøe, Thomas Epper

published as 'Parenting values and the intergenerational transmission of time preferences' in: European Economic Review, 2022, 148, 104208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12688

Scientifico! like Dad: On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education in Italy

Diana Chise, Margherita Fort, Chiara Monfardini

revised version published as 'On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education among Graduate Students' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021, 21 (1), 115 - 145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12595

The Intergenerational Correlation of Employment: Is There a Role for Work Culture?

Gabriela Galassi, David Koll, Lukas Mayr

published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 90, 102596

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

updated version published as 'The Predictive Power of Self-Control for Life Outcomes' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 197, 725-744

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12451

Pre- and Post-Birth Components of Intergenerational Persistence in Health and Longevity: Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees

Evelina Björkegren, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme, Emilia Simeonova

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (1), 112-142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12105

Intergenerational Transmission of Health at Birth from Mothers and Fathers

Osea Giuntella, Giulia La Mattina, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published as 'Intergenerational Transmission of Health at Birth: Fathers Matter Too!' in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 17 (2), 284–313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11793

Linguistic Skills and the Intergenerational Transmission of Language

Ramon Caminal, Lorenzo Cappellari, Antonio Di Paolo

published as 'Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society' in: Labour Economics, 2021, 70, 101975

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11337

Evaluating Intergenerational Persistence of Economic Preferences: A Large Scale Experiment with Families in Bangladesh

Shyamal Chowdhury, Matthias Sutter, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11335

Experienced and Inherited Disadvantage: A Longitudinal Study of Early Adulthood Neighbourhood Careers of Siblings

David Manley, Maarten van Ham, Lina Hedman

published as 'Inherited and Spatial Disadvantages: A Longitudinal Study of Early Adult Neighborhood Careers of Siblings' in: Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2020, 110 (6), 1670-1689

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11218

Three Generations of Intergenerational Transmission of Neighbourhood Context

Lina Hedman, Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10999

Educational Attainment and Neighbourhood Outcomes: Differences between Highly-Educated Natives and Non-Western Ethnic Minorities in the Netherlands

Elise de Vuijst, Maarten van Ham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10942

Welfare Reform and the Intergenerational Transmission of Dependence

Robert Paul Hartley, Carlos Lamarche, James P. Ziliak

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130 (3), 523 - 565

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10851

Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment

Agnieszka Postepska

published in Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34 (4), 606-611

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10797

Adults Behaving Badly: The Effects of Own and Peer Parents' Incarceration on Adolescent Criminal Activities

Jason M. Fletcher

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. 10761

Correlations of Brothers' Earnings and Intergenerational Transmission

Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (2), 370 - 383

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10714

Maternal Socio-Economic Status and the Well-Being of the Next Generation(s)

Kasey Buckles

published in: Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys and Saul D. Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10714

Maternal Socio-Economic Status and the Well-Being of the Next Generation(s)

Kasey Buckles

published in: Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys and Saul D. Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10677

The Long-Run Impact of Childhood Poverty and the Mediating Role of Education

Luna Bellani, Michela Bia

revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, 2019, 182 (1), 37-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10331

What's in a Name in a War

Štepán Jurajda, Dejan Kovač

published in: Journal of Population Economics 2021, 34 (1), 1-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10052

Like Father, Like Daughter (Unless There Is a Son): Sibling Sex Composition and Women's STEM Major Choice in College

Umut Oguzoglu, Serkan Ozbeklik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9999

The Chips Are Down: The Influence of Family on Children's Trust Formation

Corrado Giulietti, Enrico Rettore, Sara Tonini

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 36, 211 - 233

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9805

Born Entrepreneur? Adolescents' Personality Characteristics and Self-Employment in Adulthood

Jutta Viinikainen, Guido Heineck, Petri Böckerman, Mirka Hintsanen, Olli Raitakari, Jaakko Pehkonen

published in: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2017, 8, 9-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9662

Intergenerational Transmission of Skills and Differences in Labor Market Outcomes for Blacks and Whites

Tsunao Okumura, Emiko Usui

published in: Research in Labor Economics, Special Issue on Inequality: Causes and Consequences, 2016, 43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8546

Trends in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education among Black South Africans

Prudence Magejo, Miracle Benhura, Tendai Gwatidzo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8354

New Evidence on the Relationship between Risk Attitudes and Self-Employment

Olga Skriabikova, Thomas Dohmen, Ben Kriechel

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 176-184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7704

Mothers, Friends and Gender Identity

Claudia Olivetti, Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18(1), 266-301.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7476

Parental Investment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Preferences and Attitudes

Maria Zumbühl, Thomas Dohmen, Gerard A. Pfann

published as 'Parental Involvement and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Preferences, Attitudes, and Personality Traits' in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (638), 2642–2670

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7221

Quasi-Hyperbolic Time Preferences and their Intergenerational Transmission

Fabian Kosse, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

published in: Applied Economics Letters 2013, 20 (10), 983-986

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6987

Alike in Many Ways: Intergenerational and Sibling Correlations of Brothers' Earnings

Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari

revised version circulated as IZA DP 10761

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6794

Cumulative Exposure to Disadvantage and the Intergenerational Transmission of Neighbourhood Effects

Lina Hedman, David Manley, Maarten van Ham, John Östh

published as 'Cumulative Exposure to Disadvantage and the Intergenerational Transmission of Neighbourhood Effects' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2015, 15 (1), 195-215

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6656

Maternal Gender Role Attitudes, Human Capital Investment, and Labour Supply of Sons and Daughters

David W. Johnston, Stefanie Schurer, Michael A. Shields

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66 (3), 631-659

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6572

Intergenerational Transmission of Neighbourhood Poverty in Sweden: An Innovative Analysis of Individual Neighbourhood Histories

Maarten van Ham, Lina Hedman, David Manley, Rory Coulter, John Östh

published as 'Intergenerational transmission of neighbourhood poverty. An analysis of neighbourhood histories of individuals' in: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2014, 39, 402-417

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. 6247

Impatience among Preschool Children and their Mothers

Fabian Kosse, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (3), 493-495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6099

The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins

Petter Lundborg, Martin Nordin, Dan-Olof Rooth

published as 'The intergenerational transmission of human capital: the role of skills and health' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (4), 1035-1065.'

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6038

On Intergenerational Transmission of Reading Habits in Italy: Is a Good Example the Best Sermon?

Anna Laura Mancini, Chiara Monfardini, Silvia Pasqua

published as 'Is a Good Example the Best Sermon? Children's Imitation of Parental Reading' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15 (3), 965 - 993

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6014

Evidence on the Long Shadow of Poor Mental Health across Three Generations

David W. Johnston, Stefanie Schurer, Michael A. Shields

published as "Exploring the intergenerational persistence of mental health: Evidence from three generations" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (6), 1077-1089

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5990

Following in Your Father's Footsteps: A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of Income between Twin Fathers and their Sons

Vikesh Amin, Petter Lundborg, Dan-Olof Rooth

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5749

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills During Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Silke Anger

revised version published as 'Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills' in: John Ermisch, Markus Jäntti, and Timothy Smeeding (eds.), From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2012, 393 - 421

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5166

Left Behind: Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in the Midst of HIV/AIDS

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Belgi Turan

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1523-1547

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4866

Recent Developments in Intergenerational Mobility

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux

published in: O. Ashenfelter and D. Card (eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 4B, Chapter 16, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4466

Kindergarten Enrollment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education

Philipp C. Bauer, Regina T. Riphahn

published as 'Institutional Determinants of Intergenerational Education Transmission - Comparing Alternative Mechanisms for Natives and Immigrants' in: Labour Economics, 2013, 25, 110–122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4353

Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Samantha Rawlings

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (2), 660 - 672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3977

Age at School Entry and Intergenerational Educational Mobility

Philipp C. Bauer, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 103 (2), 87-90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3815

Children and Parents Time Use: Empirical Evidence on Investment in Human Capital in France, Italy and Germany

Ana Rute Cardoso, Elsa Fontainha, Chiara Monfardini

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8 (4), 479-504