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83 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17620
The Economy, the Ghost in Your Gene and the Escape from Premature Mortality
Dora L. Costa, Lars Olov Bygren, Benedikt Graf, Martin Karlsson, Joseph Price
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17314
Free Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills in Rural China
Zheyuan Zhang, Hui Xu, Ruilin Liu, Zhong Zhao
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 29 (2025)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16785
Parental Investments and Socio-Economic Gradients in Learning across European Countries
Pedro Carneiro, Hugo Reis, Alessandro Toppeta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16765
Multigenerational Effects of Smallpox Vaccination
Volha Lazuka, Peter S. Jensen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16742
The Economic Impact of Heritable Physical Traits: Hot Parents, Rich Kid?
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Anwen Zhang
published as 'Human beauty illustrates the economic impact of heritable physical traits' in: PNAS, 2025, 122 (6), e24184241
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16492
Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality: Maternal Endowments, Investments, and Birth Outcomes
Sadegh S. M. Eshaghnia, James J. Heckman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16447
Childhood Health Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality
Tine Louise Mundbjerg Eriksen, Amanda Gaulke, Jannet Svensson, Niels Skipper, Peter Rønø Thingholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15630
The Timing of Parental Job Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
Pedro Carneiro, Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15584
Choosing or Inheriting the Joneses: The Origins of Reference Groups
Martin Leites, Camila Paleo, Xavier Ramos, Gonzalo Salas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15450
Estimating Intergenerational and Assortative Processes in Extended Family Data
Dolores Collado, Ignacio Ortuño Ortín, Jan Stuhler
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90 (3), 1195 - 1227
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15034
The (Un)Importance of Inheritance
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud, Kjell G. Salvanes
published online in: Journal of the European Economic Association, jvae056, 23 December 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14993
Parental Separation and the Formation of Economic Preferences
Sarah C. Dahmann, Nathan Kettlewell, Jack Lam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14937
Family Social Norms and Child Labor
Shirit Katav Herz, Gil S. Epstein
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14920
The Predictive Power of Self-Control for Life Outcomes
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 197, 725-744
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14539
Economics of Minority Groups: Labour Market Returns and Transmission of Indigenous Languages
Diego de la Fuente Stevens, Panu Pelkonen
published in: World Development, 2023, 162, 106096
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14300
Parental Assortative Mating and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 77, 102047
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14129
High School Dropout and the Intergenerational Transmission of Crime
Davide Dragone, Giuseppe Migali, Eugenio Zucchelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14030
Parental Paternalism and Patience
Lukas Kiessling, Shyamal Chowdhury, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13765
From Parent to Child? The Long-Lasting Effects of Social Support
Ambra Poggi, Guyonne Kalb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13533
The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence from Immigrant Mothers-In-Law
Julia Bredtmann, Lisa Sofie Höckel, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 101-115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13451
Economic Preferences across Generations and Family Clusters: A Large-Scale Experiment
Shyamal Chowdhury, Matthias Sutter, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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
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