IZA Discussion Papers

Robert Manduca, Maximilian Hell, Adrian Adermon, Jo Blanden, Espen Bratberg, Anne C. Gielen, Hans van Kippersluis, Keun Bok Lee, Stephen Machin, Martin D. Munk, Martin Nybom, Yuri Ostrovsky, Sumaiya Rahman, Outi Sirniö

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13453

Culture and Student Achievement: The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking

Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann

forthcoming as "Patience, Risk-Taking, and Human Capital Investment across Countries" in: Economic Journal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13381

Immigrant Inventors and Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration

Francesco Campo, Mariapia Mendola, Andrea Morrison, Gianmarco Ottaviano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13157

Are Universities Important for Explaining Unequal Participation in Student Mobility? A Comparison between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK

Sylke V. Schnepf, Elena Bastianelli, Zsuzsa Blaskó

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13083

Rational Inattention and Migration Decisions

Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Lucas Guichard

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2020, 126, Article 103364

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13026

Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev, Daniel Treisman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13001

The Determinants of China's International Portfolio Equity Allocations

Isha Agarwal, Grace Weishi Gu, Eswar Prasad

forthcoming in: IMF Economic Review, 2020.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13000

Global Macro-Financial Cycles and Spillovers

Jongrim Ha, M. Ayhan Kose, Christopher Otrok, Eswar Prasad

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12901

It's the Way People Move! Labour Migration as an Adjustment Device in Russia

Francesco Pastore, Elena Semerikova

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. 12749

Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in Three Countries

Maria Alejandra Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 63, 101876

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12743

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

Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12624

Self-Employment and Migration

Samuele Giambra, David McKenzie

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12227

Managing the Impact of Climate on Migration: Evidence from Mexico

Isabelle Chort, Maëlys de la Rupelle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12033

International Mobility of Students in Italy and the UK: Does It Pay off and for Whom?

Sylke V. Schnepf, Beatrice d'Hombres

revised version forthcoming in: Higher Education

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12032

The Impact of Brexit on International Students' Return Intentions

Jane Falkingham, Corrado Giulietti, Jackline Wahba, Chuhong Wang

published in: Manchester School, 2021, 89 (2), 139-171.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11978

International Migration Intentions and Illegal Costs: Evidence from Africa-to-Europe Smuggling Routes

Guido Friebel, Miriam Manchin, Mariapia Mendola, Giovanni Prarolo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11959

International Migration and the Distribution of Income in New Zealand Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas

Omoniyi Alimi, David C. Maré, Jacques Poot

published online in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 23 June 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11790

Collateral Damage? Labour Market Effects of Competing with China – at Home and Abroad

Sónia Cabral, Pedro S. Martins, João Pereira dos Santos, Mariana Tavares

published in: Economica, 2021, 88 (350), 570-600

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11777

Migration, Political Institutions, and Social Networks

Catia Batista, Julia Seither, Pedro C. Vicente

published in: World Development, 2019, 117, 328-343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11713

Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry: A Comparison between Germany and the U.S.

Katharina Dyballa, Kornelius Kraft

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11683

Testing

Annika B. Bergbauer, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 13 October 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11499

Competitiveness at the Country-Sector Level: New Measures Based on Global Value Chains

Martyna Marczak, Thomas Beissinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11488

Tim Krieger, Laura Renner, Jens Ruhose

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2018, 113, 35-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11486

The Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement

Chloe N. East, Philip Luck, Hani Mansour, Andrea Velasquez

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11346

International Import Competition and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Mexico

Kaveh Majlesi, Gaia Narciso

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11299

Adjusting to Globalization in Germany

Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11173

Do Emigrants Self-Select along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries

Frédéric Docquier, Aysit Tansel, Riccardo Turati

published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54 (2), 388-422.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11172

Migration and Co-Residence Choices: Evidence from Mexico

Simone Bertoli, Elie Murard

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, Article 102330

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11143

Immigrant Locations and Native Residential Preferences: Emerging Ghettos or New Communities?

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Albert Saiz

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 112, 133-151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11123

Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts

Jaap Nieuwenhuis, Tiit Tammaru, Maarten van Ham, Lina Hedman, David Manley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11037

Escaping from Hunger before WW1: Nutrition and Living Standards in Western Europe and USA in the Late Nineteenth Century

Ian Gazeley, Rose Holmes, Andrew T. Newell, Kevin Reynolds, Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos

published online in: Cliometrica, 25 November 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10945

International Migration and Institutional Quality in the Home Country: It Matters Where You Go and How Long You Stay!

Ngoc Thi Minh Tran, Michael P. Cameron, Jacques Poot

published as "How robust is the evidence on the impact of diasporas on institutional quality in home countries?" in: Kyklos, 2021, 74(1), 126-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10837

International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills

Alexander Patt, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Miguel Flores

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19(2), 1249-1298

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10699

The Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students: Evidence from the Canadian National Graduates Survey

Zong Jia Chen, Mikal Skuterud

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10684

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

Vladimir Udalov, Paul J. J. Welfens (decd)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10468

Labor Market Regulation, International Trade and Footloose Capital

Tapio K. Palokangas

revised version "Public Policy, Footloose Capital, and Union Influence" published in: Review of International Economics, 2020, 28 (4), 976-991.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10462

Family Size, Sibling Rivalry and Migration: Evidence from Mexico

Massimiliano Bratti, Simona Fiore, Mariapia Mendola

revised version published as 'The Impact of Family Size and Sibling Structure on the Great Mexico-U.S. Migration' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33(2), 483-529

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10445

International Migration, Return Migration, and their Effects: A Comprehensive Review on the Romanian Case

Remus Gabriel Anghel, Alina Botezat, Anatolie Coșciug, Ioana Manafi, Monica Roman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10329

The Gravity Model of Migration: The Successful Comeback of an Ageing Superstar in Regional Science

Jacques Poot, Omoniyi Alimi, Michael P. Cameron, David C. Maré

published in: Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2016, 36, 63-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10274

Diasporas and Conflict

Fabio Mariani, Marion Mercier, Thierry Verdier

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18(4), 761 -793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10249

Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills

Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 153, 15-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10213

Networks and Migrants' Intended Destination

Simone Bertoli, Ilse Ruyssen

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (4), 705–728

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10180

Family Migration and Relative Earnings Potentials

Mette Foged

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 87-100 - won EALE Labour Economics Prize 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10045

Chinese Returnees and High-tech Sector Outward FDI: The Case of Changzhou

Zhao Chen, Tony Fang

published in: Asian Economic Papers, 2016, 15 (3), 195-215

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10031

The Elasticity of the Migrant Labor Supply: Evidence from Temporary Filipino Migrants

Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Sekou Keita

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53 (11), 1822-1834

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10001

The Importance of School Systems: Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement

Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30 (3), 3-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9973

Disentangling the Wage Impacts of Offshoring on a Developing Country: Theory and Policy

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Devashish Mitra

revised version forthcoming as 'Consequences of Offshoring to Developing Nations: Labor-Market Outcomes, Welfare and Corrective Interventions' in: Economic Inquiry

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9794

International Migration: Driver of Political and Social Change?

Michele Tuccio, Jackline Wahba, Bachir Hamdouch

forthcoming as 'International migration as a driver of political and social change: evidence from Morocco' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9668

Discouraged Immigrants and the Missing Pop in EPOP

Peter Norlander, Todd A. Sorensen

published as: "21st Century Slowdown: The Historic Nature of Recent Declines in the Growth of the Immigrant Population in the United States", Migration Letters, July 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9541

The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti

Evans Jadotte, Xavier Ramos

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 52(12): 1810-1825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1156089

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9540

Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries

Milena Nikolova, Monica Roman, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (3), 658 - 684

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9492

The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery

John Gibson, David McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua, Steven Stillman

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32(1), 127-47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9468

Appraising Cross-National Income Inequality Databases: An Introduction

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Nora Lustig, Daniel Teles

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2015, 13 (4), 497-526.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9453

Globalization, Technological Change and Labor Demand: A Firm Level Analysis for Turkey

Elena Meschi, Erol Taymaz, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Review of World Economics, 2016, 152, 655-680

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9437

Do Foreign Workers Reduce Trade Barriers? Microeconomic Evidence

Martyn J. Andrews, Thorsten Schank, Richard Upward

published in World Economy, 2017, 40(9), 1750-1774

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9434

Self‐Selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics

George J. Borjas, Ilpo Kauppinen, Panu Poutvaara

published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129, 143–171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9418

Tradable Refugee-Admission Quotas (TRAQs), the Syrian Crisis and the New European Agenda on Migration

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Hillel Rapoport

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4:23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9412

The Welfare Effects of Globalization with Labor Market Regulation

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9231

Bound To Lose, Bound To Win? The Financial Crisis and the Informal-Formal Sector Earnings Gap in Serbia

Niels-Hugo Blunch

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2015, 4:13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9216

Can I Have Permission to Leave the House? Return Migration and the Transfer of Gender Norms

Michele Tuccio, Jackline Wahba

published as 'Return Migration and the Transfer of Gender Norms: Evidence from the Middle East' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (4), 1006 - 1029

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9164

The Selection of High-Skilled Migrants

Matthias Parey, Jens Ruhose, Fabian Waldinger, Nicolai Netz

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99(5), 776-792

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9064

Global Poverty Goals and Prices: How Purchasing Power Parity Matters

Dean Jolliffe, Espen Beer Prydz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9058

The Causal Impact of Migration on US Trade: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Walter Steingress

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9058

The Causal Impact of Migration on US Trade: Evidence from a Natural Experiment