IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Magnus Henrekson, Christian Sandström, and Mikael Stenkula (eds.), Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy, Cham: Springer, 2024, 309–331

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16486

Alberto Alesina (1957-2020): Man, Researcher, Professor of Economics, Popularizer

Andrea Vindigni

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16415

The Behavioral Mechanisms of Voluntary Cooperation across Culturally Diverse Societies: Evidence from the US, the UK, Morocco, and Turkey

Till O. Weber, Jonathan F. Schulz, Benjamin Beranek, Fatima Lambarraa-Lehnhardt, Simon Gächter

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 215, 134-152;

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16369

Unpacking P-Hacking and Publication Bias

Abel Brodeur, Scott E. Carrell, David N. Figlio, Lester Lusher

published in: American Economic Review, 2023, 113 (11), 2974-3002

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16346

Behavioural Responses to Unfair Institutions: Experimental Evidence on Rule Compliance, Norm Polarisation, and Trust

Simon Columbus, Lars P. Feld, Matthias Kasper, Matthew D. Rablen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16291

The Political Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Weimar Germany

Stefan Bauernschuster, Matthias Blum, Erik Hornung, Christoph Koenig

published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2025, 96, 101648.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16280

(Breaking) Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Health

Aline Bütikofer, Rita Ginja, Krzysztof Karbownik, Fanny Landaud

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (S), S108-S151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16270

Universal Investments in Toddler Health. Learning from a Large Government Trial

Jennifer L. Baker, Lise G. Bjerregaard, Christian M. Dahl, Torben S. D. Johansen, Emil N. Sørensen, Miriam Wüst

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16269

Come Out and Play: Public Space Recovery, Social Capital, and Citizen Security

Matías Braun, Francisco Gallego, Rodrigo R. Soares

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16264

Covid-19 and Income Inequality in OECD Countries: A Methodological Comment

Oded Stark

published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 24, 1235–1237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16237

The Effects of an Unconditional Cash Transfer on Mental Health in the United States

Clemente Pignatti, Zachary Parolin

published in: Healthl Economics, 2024, 33 (10), 2253-2287

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16218

Roma and Bureaucrats: A Field Experiment on Ethnic and Socioeconomic Discrimination

Stepan Mikula, Josef Montag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16179

When Fairness Is Not Enough: The Disproportionate Contributions of the Poor in a Collective Action Problem

Eugene Malthouse, Charlie Pilgrim, Thomas Hills, Daniel Sgroi

published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2023, 152 (11), 3229–3242

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16141

Information Nudges, Subsidies, and Crowding Out of Attention: Field Evidence from Energy Efficiency Investments

Matthias Rodemeier, Andreas Löschel

published online in: Journal of the European Economic Association, jvae058, 21 January 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16130

On a Tendency in Health Economics to Dwell on Income Inequality and Underestimate Social Stress

Oded Stark

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2023, 49, 101232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16001

Public-Sector Employment, Wages and Education Decisions

Andri Chassamboulli, Pedro Maia Gomes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16001

Public-Sector Employment, Wages and Education Decisions

Andri Chassamboulli, Pedro Maia Gomes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16001

Public-Sector Employment, Wages and Education Decisions

Andri Chassamboulli, Pedro Maia Gomes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15942

Natives' Attitudes and Immigration Flows to Europe

Valentina Di Iasio, Jackline Wahba

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15877

Reminder Design and Childhood Vaccination Coverage

Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, Miriam Wüst

published in: Journal of Health Economics. 2024, 93, 102832

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15855

Knocking It Down and Mixing It Up: The Impact of Public Housing Regenerations

Hector Blanco, Lorenzo Neri

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15849

Do Elections Affect Immigration? Evidence From French Municipalities

Benoît Schmutz, Gregory Verdugo

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 218, 104803

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15830

The Direct and Indirect Effects of Online Job Search Advice

Steffen Altmann, Anita Marie Glenny, Robert Mahlstedt, Alexander Sebald

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15820

When Do Nations Tax? The Adoption of Property Tax Codes by First Nations in Canada

Donn. L. Feir, Maggie E. C. Jones, David Scoones

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15813

Dishonesty as a Collective-Risk Social Dilemma

Shuguang Jiang, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62, 223–241.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15803

Revisiting the Connection between State Medicaid Expansions and Adult Mortality

Charles Courtemanche, Jordan Jones, Antonios M. Koumpias, Daniela Zapata

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2024, 91 (1), 187-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15753

Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes

Kaveh Majlesi, Silvia Prina, Paul Sullivan

published in: Nature Human Behaviour, 2024, 8, 1493–1505

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15676

Management and Performance in the Public Sector: Evidence from German Municipalities

Florian Englmaier, Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider, Niklas Wallmeier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15665

Business Cycles and Police Hires

Fernando Saltiel, Cody Tuttle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15592

The Fiscal Effect of Immigration: Reducing Bias in Influential Estimates

Michael A. Clemens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15586

P-Hacking, Data Type and Data-Sharing Policy

Abel Brodeur, Nikolai Cook, Carina Neisser

published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (659), 985-1018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15583

Intra-Household Bargaining in Ivory Coast: Experimental Evidence from Rural Areas

Ralitza Dimova, Edouard Pokou Abou, Arnab K. Basu, Romane Viennet

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15573

Three Criteria for Evaluating Social Programs

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman

published in: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2022, 13 (3), 281 - 286

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15551

Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Programme

Richard Freund, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Jere R. Behrman

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2024, 38 (2), 296 - 318

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15546

Native American 'Deaths of Despair' and Economic Conditions

Randall K. Q. Akee, Donn. L. Feir, Marina Mileo Gorzig, Samuel Myers Jr

published in: Research in Social Stratification, 2024, 89, 100880

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15545

Exposure to Past Immigration Waves and Attitudes toward Newcomers

Rania Gihleb, Osea Giuntella, Luca Stella

published in: Migration Studies, 2022, 10 (4), 789-814

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15516

Returns to Education in the Public and Private Sectors: Europe and Central Asia

Claudio Montenegro, Harry Anthony Patrinos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15494

The Effect of Universal Health Care on the Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditures: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Muhammad Asali, Valida Pantsulaia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15490

The Effect of Health Insurance on Child Nutritional Outcomes. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Peru

Noelia Bernal, Joan Costa-Font, Patricia Ritter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15484

Did the Nation-Wide Implementation of e-FMS in MGNREGS Result in Reduced Expenditures? A Re-Examination of the Evidence

Deepti Goel, J. V. Meenakshi, Zaeen De Souza

published as 'Did the nationwide implementation of electronic fund management in the Indian employment guarantee scheme result in reduced expenditures? A re-examination of the evidence' in: Review of Development Economics, 2024, 28 (4), 1994-2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15478

We Need to Talk about Mechanical Turk: What 22,989 Hypothesis Tests Tell Us about Publication Bias and p-Hacking in Online Experiments

Abel Brodeur, Nikolai Cook, Anthony Heyes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15476

Do Pre-registration and Pre-analysis Plans Reduce P-Hacking and Publication Bias?

Abel Brodeur, Nikolai Cook, Jonathan S. Hartley, Anthony Heyes

published as 'Do Pre-Registration and Pre-Analysis Plans Reduce p-Hacking and Publication Bias? Evidence from 15,992 Test Statistics and Suggestions for Improvement' in: Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2024. 2 (3), 527–561

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15433

Unemployment and Health: A Meta-Analysis

Matteo Picchio, Michele Ubaldi

published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2024, 38 (4), 1437-1472

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15418

Genetic and Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps in Elementary School

Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Victor Ronda, Esben Agerbo, Preben Bo Mortensen, Michael Rosholm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15393

Second-Generation Immigrants and Native Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Europe

Oscar Barrera, Isabelle Bensidoun, Anthony Edo

published online in: Migration Studies, mnae010, 02 April 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15346