IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin, and Juan Vargas (eds). A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, Elgar Modern Guides, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, 184-204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14943

Minimum Wages and Insurance within the Firm

Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Francesco Manaresi, Omar Rachedi, Emircan Yurdagul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14884

COVID-19 and the Forces behind Social Unrest

Mario Lackner, Uwe Sunde, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

forthcoming in: Plos One, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14849

Labor Unions and the Electoral Consequences of Trade Liberalization

Pedro Molina Ogeda, Emanuel Ornelas, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23 (1), 236-280

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14656

Income and Views on Minimum Living Standards

David W. Johnston, Nidhiya Menon

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 199, 18 - 34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14314

Understanding the Origins of Populist Political Parties and the Role of External Shocks

Eugenio Levi, Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14212

Cross-Country Connectedness in Inflation and Unemployment: Measurement and Macroeconomic Consequences

Binh Thai Pham, Hector Sala

published in: Empirical Economics, 2022, 62, 1123 - 1146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14212

Cross-Country Connectedness in Inflation and Unemployment: Measurement and Macroeconomic Consequences

Binh Thai Pham, Hector Sala

published in: Empirical Economics, 2022, 62, 1123 - 1146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14201

The Effect of Absolute versus Relative Temperature on Health and the Role of Social Care

Giuliano Masiero, Fabrizio Mazzonna, Michael Santarossa

published in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (6), 1228-1248

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14170

Home Ownership and Home Equity Promote Entrepreneurial Activity

Wolter Hassink, Matteo Millone, Remco Mocking, Benedikt Vogt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14131

Passthrough of Firm Performance to Income and Employment Stability

Jonas Maibom, Rune Majlund Vejlin

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 214, 30 - 43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14103

How Does Exposure to COVID-19 Influence Health and Income Inequality Aversion?

Miqdad Asaria, Joan Costa-Font, Frank A. Cowell

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2023, 61, 625–647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14103

How Does Exposure to COVID-19 Influence Health and Income Inequality Aversion?

Miqdad Asaria, Joan Costa-Font, Frank A. Cowell

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2023, 61, 625–647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14052

Heterogeneity in Migration Responses to Climate Shocks: Evidence from Madagascar

Francesca Marchetta, David E. Sahn, Luca Tiberti, Johany Dufour

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14051

Temporary International Migration, Shocks and Informal Insurance: Analysis Using Panel Data

Tanika Chakraborty, Manish Pandey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14004

We Don't Need No Education: The Effect of Natural Resource Income Shocks on Human Capital

Mark Gradstein, Phoebe W. Ishak

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13971

Do Disability Benefits Hinder Work Resumption after Recovery?

Pierre Koning, Paul Muller, Roger Prudon

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 82, 102593

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13960

The Origins of Cognitive Skills and Non-cognitive Skills: The Long-Term Effect of in-Utero Rainfall Shocks in India

Grace Chang, Marta Favara, Rafael Novella

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2022, 44, 101089

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13861

Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Kaveh Majlesi

published in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110(10), 3139-3189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13541

Optimal Tax-Transfer Rules under Equilibrium and New Labour Demand Scenarios

Ugo Colombino, Nizamul Islam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13438

Uncertainty Shocks and Unemployment Dynamics

Malak Kandoussi, François Langot

published in: Economics Letters, 2022, 201, 110760

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13405

Here Comes the Rain Again: Productivity Shocks, Educational Investments and Child Work

Christophe Jalil Nordman, Smriti Sharma, Naveen Sunder

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 70 (3), 1041 - 1063

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13000

Global Macro-Financial Cycles and Spillovers

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12655

Life Cycle Saving and Dissaving Revisited across Three-Tiered Income Groups: Starting Hypotheses, Refinement through Literature Review, and Ideas for Empirical Testing

Robert Holzmann, Mercedes Ayuso, Estefanía Alaminos, Jorge Miguel Bravo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12492

Government Deficit Shocks and Okun's Coefficient Volatility: New Insights on the Austerity versus Growth Debate

Binh Thai Pham, Hector Sala

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12475

Repeated Shocks and Preferences for Redistribution

Giovanni Gualtieri, Marcella Nicolini, Fabio Sabatini

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 167: 53-71

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11992

The Impact of Household Shocks on Domestic Violence: Evidence from Tanzania

Olukorede Abiona, Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11928

Financial Inclusion, Shocks and Poverty: Evidence from the Expansion of Mobile Money in Tanzania

Olukorede Abiona, Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020,18, 435-464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11745

Firm Dynamics with Frictional Product and Labor Markets

Leo Kaas, Bihemo Kimasa

published in: International Economic Review, 2021, 62 (3), 1281-1317

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11636

Labor Demand Shocks and Housing Prices across the US: Does One Size Fit All?

Michael J. Osei, John V. Winters

published in: Economic Development Quarterly, 2019, 33(3), 212-219

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11630

Childhood Health Shocks, Comparative Advantage, and Long-Term Outcomes: Evidence from the Last Danish Polio Epidemic

Miriam Gensowski, Torben Heien Nielsen, Nete Munk Nielsen, Maya Rossin-Slater, Miriam Wüst

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, 27 - 36

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11435

School or Work? The Role of Weather Shocks in Madagascar

Francesca Marchetta, David E. Sahn, Luca Tiberti

published as 'The Role of Weather on Schooling and Work of Young Adults in Madagascar' in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101 (4), 1203 - 1227

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11358

Demographic Uncertainty and Generational Consumption Risk with Endogenous Human Capital

Patrick M. Emerson, Shawn D. Knabb

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11252

Oil Price Shocks, Monetary Policy and Current Account Imbalances within a Currency Union

Timo Baas, Ansgar H. Belke

published as 'Oil Price Shocks and Current Account Imbalances within a Currency Union' in: Energy Journal, 2023, 44( 4), 223-240.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11226

Retirement and Unexpected Health Shocks

Bénédicte Apouey, Cahit Guven, Claudia Senik

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2019, 33, 116-123.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11204

Financial Shocks and the Erosion of Interpersonal Trust: Evidence from Longitudinal Data

Michael Jetter, Ingebjørg Kristoffersen

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2018, 67, 162 - 176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11133

Adverse Welfare Shocks and Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Evidence from the Global Economic Crisis

Artjoms Ivlevs

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 293-311

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10872

Life After Lead: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead

Stephen B. Billings, Kevin T. Schnepel

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (3), 315 - 344

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10751

Consumer Loan Response to Permanent Labor Income Shocks: Evidence from a Major Minimum Wage Increase

Ibrahim Ethem Guney, Yavuz Selim Hacihasanoglu, Semih Tumen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10675

Natural Shocks and Marriage Markets: Evolution of Mehr and Dowry in Muslim Marriages

Shyamal Chowdhury, Debdulal Mallick, Prabal Roy Chowdhury

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10359

Labor Outcomes during the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: The Role of Personality, Cognition, and Shocks in Madagascar

David E. Sahn, Kira M. Villa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10351

Rainfall Risk and Fertility: Evidence from Farm Settlements during the American Demographic Transition

Michael Grimm

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21, 593-618.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10311

Buffer-Stock Saving and Households' Response to Income Shocks

Giulio Fella, Serafin Frache, Winfried Koeniger

revised version published in: International Economic Review, 2020, 61, 1359-1382.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10231

Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods

Leo Feler, Mine Zeynep Senses

published in: American Economic Review: Economic Policy, 2017, 9 (4), 101 - 143

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10212

The Labor Market Consequences of Refugee Supply Shocks

George J. Borjas, Joan Monras

published in: Economic Policy, 2017, 32 (91), 361 - 413

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10036

No Pain, No Gain: The Effects of Exports on Effort, Injury, and Illness

David Hummels, Jakob R. Munch, Chong Xiang

published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 29 May 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10029

Illegal Migration and Consumption Behavior of Immigrant Households

Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani, Biagio Speciale

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (3), 654 - 691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9679

The Price of Gold: Dowry and Death in India

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Abhishek Chakravarty, Selim Gulesci

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 143, 102413

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9494

Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua

Teresa Molina Millán

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (11), 2000-2029

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9472

Labor Supply Effects of Winning a Lottery

Matteo Picchio, Sigrid Suetens, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (611), 1700-1729

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9349

Environmental Disasters and Migration

Linguère Mously Mbaye, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published as 'Natural Disasters and Human Mobility' in: International Review of the Environmental and Resource Economics, 2016, 10 (1), 37-56.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9174

Health and Unemployment during Macroeconomic Crises

Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg, Dan-Olof Rooth

published as "Birth weight and vulnerability to a macroeconomic crisis": Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, 136-144.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8924

Immigration and Wage Dynamics: Evidence from the Mexican Peso Crisis

Joan Monras

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128, 3017–3089

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8840

Economic Shocks and Internal Migration

Joan Monras

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8731

Household Shocks and Education Investment in Madagascar

Peter Glick, David E. Sahn, Thomas F. Walker

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 78 (6), 792 - 813

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8711

Early Health Shocks, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Child Outcomes

Junjian Yi, James J. Heckman, Junsen Zhang, Gabriella Conti

published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 124 (588), F347–F371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8667

Universal Basic Income versus Unemployment Insurance

Alice Fabre, Stéphane Pallage, Christian Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8298

Wealth Shocks and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Stock Market Fluctuations

Hannes Schwandt

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (4), 349-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8203

Bouncing Back from Health Shocks: Locus of Control, Labor Supply, and Mortality

Stefanie Schurer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,133, 1-20, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7988

When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports: A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies

Chia Chiun Ko, Paul Frijters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7872

Financial Markets, Banks' Cost of Funding, and Firms' Decisions: Lessons from Two Crises

Pierluigi Balduzzi, Emanuele Brancati, Fabio Schiantarelli

published in: Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2018, 36, 1-15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7135

Delayed First Birth and New Mothers' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Biological Fertility Shocks

Massimiliano Bratti, Laura Cavalli

revised version published in: European Journal of Population, 2014, 30 (1), 35-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6923

The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Uganda

Eric Strobl, Marie-Anne Valfort

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2015, 29 (2), 385-412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6826

The Labor Market Consequences of Adverse Financial Shocks

Tito Boeri, Pietro Garibaldi, Espen R. Moen

published as 'Financial Shocks and Labor: Facts and Theories' in: IMF Economic Review, 2013, 61 (4), 631-663

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6468

An Empirical Growth Model for Major Oil Exporters

Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Kamiar Mohaddes, M. Hashem Pesaran

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29 (1), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6121

Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in the Effect of Health Shocks on Earnings: Evidence from Population-Wide Data on Swedish Workers

Petter Lundborg, Martin Nilsson, Johan Vikström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6115

The German Manufacturing Sector is a Granular Economy

Joachim Wagner

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19 (17), 1663-1665

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5797

External Monetary Shocks and Monetary Integration: Evidence from the Bulgarian Currency Board

Alexandru Minea, Christophe Rault

published in: Economic Modelling, 2011, 28 (5), 2271-2281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5681

How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers? Evidence from 17 Middle-Income Countries

Yoon Y. Cho, David Newhouse

published in: World Development, 2013, Vol (41), 31-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5558

Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict

Richard Akresh, Leonardo Lucchetti, Harsha Thirumurthy

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99 (2), 330-340.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5499

Labor Supply and Consumption Smoothing When Income Shocks Are Non-Insurable

Alexander M. Danzer

revised version published as 'Can Secondary Jobs Smooth Consumption? Evidence from Unanticipated Wage Arrears' in: Economic Development and Cultural Changes, 2019, 67 (3), 571-594.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5321

Fiscal Policy and the Labour Market: The Effects of Public Sector Employment and Wages

Pedro Maia Gomes

published as 'Optimal public sector wages' in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (587), 1425-1451.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5023

Uniform and Nonuniform Staggering of Wage Contracts

Leif Danziger

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 1038-1049

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4753

Returns to Education and Macroeconomic Shocks: Evidence from Argentina

Florencia López Bóo

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