The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

Submission guidelines for authors

Subscribe to new paper alerts

Search by:

Please provide a valid Search.
Search tips
Wildcard

The character * can be used as a wildcard. For example: *berg

Filter

Type
Type
69 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17758
Shaken Politics: The Electoral Outcomes of Disasters and Social Capital
Giovanni Gualtieri, Marcella Nicolini, Fabio Sabatini, Marco Ventura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17257
The Distribution of Social Capital across Individuals and its Relationship to Income
Kevin Corinth, Thomas O’Rourke, Scott Winship
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17252
Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social Capital
Andres Barrios-Fernandez, Christopher A. Neilson, Seth D. Zimmerman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17012
The Relationship between Social Capital and Migrant Integration, Ethnic Diversity, and Spatial Sorting
Matthew Roskruge, Jacques Poot
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16921
War, International Spillovers, and Adolescents: Evidence from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine in 2022
Thomas Siedler, Silke Anger, Bernhard Christoph, Agata Galkiewicz, Shushanik Margaryan, Frauke Peter, Malte Sandner
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 224, 181-193
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16703
The Behavioral, Economic, and Political Impact of the Internet and Social Media: Empirical Challenges and Approaches
Fabio Sabatini
revised version published online in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 21 May 2024
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. 15904
Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe
Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119 (37), e2210639119.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15316
The Interplay between Organizational Structure, Culture and Employees’ Socio-Emotional Skills within Their Social Capital
Somayeh Koohborfardhaghighi, Jörn Altmann, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15315
Influence of Freedom of Choice on Happiness
Somayeh Koohborfardhaghighi, Christopher R. Summers, Almas Heshmati, Jörn Altmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15212
Does Social Capital Matter? A Study of Hit-and-Run in US Counties
Stefano Castriota, Sandro Rondinella, Mirco Tonin
published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2023, 329, 116011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14980
Neo-Humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a Socially and Environmentally Sustainable World
Francesco Sarracino, Kelsey J. O'Connor
published in: Applied Research in Quality of Life Studies, 2023, 18, 9 - 41
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14769
Religious Practice and Student Performance: Evidence from Ramadan Fasting
Erik Hornung, Guido Schwerdt, Maurizio Strazzeri
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, 100-119
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14064
COVID-19 Relief Programs and Compliance with Confinement Measures
Claudio Deiana, Andrea Geraci, Gianluca Mazzarella, Fabio Sabatini
revised version published as 'Can relief measures nudge compliance in a public health crisis? Evidence from a kinked fiscal policy rule" in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 202, 407-428
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13783
Cultural Identity and Social Capital in Italy
Daniel Sgroi, Michela Redoano, Federica Liberini, Ben Lockwood, Emanuele Bracco, Francesco Porcelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13571
Who Voted for Trump? Populism and Social Capital
Paola Giuliano, Romain Wacziarg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13413
Social Capital, Networks, and Economic Wellbeing
Judith K. Hellerstein, David Neumark
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13310
Social Capital and the Spread of COVID-19: Insights from European Countries
Alina Kristin Bartscher, Sebastian Seitz, Sebastian Siegloch, Michaela Slotwinski, Nils Wehrhöfer
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, 102531
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13226
Electoral Democracy at Work
Philippe Askenazy, Thomas Breda
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12536
Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: The Long-Term Impact of the Resettlement of the Sudetenland on Residential Migration
Martin Guzi, Peter Huber, Stepan Mikula
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 126, 12536
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11955
Civicness Drain
Marco Casari, Andrea Ichino, Moti Michaeli, Maria De Paola, Ginevra Marandola, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133, 649, 323–354.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11855
Broadband Internet and Social Capital
Andrea Geraci, Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso G. Reggiani, Fabio Sabatini
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 206, 104578
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11854
The Wider Benefits of Adult Learning: Work-Related Training and Social Capital
Jens Ruhose, Stephan L. Thomsen, Insa Weilage
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 72, 166-186,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11459
Evaluating Trust and Trustworthiness in Social Groups and Networks
Niall O'Higgins, Clelia Mazzoni, Patrizia Sbriglia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10418
Is There a Preferential Treatment for Locals in the Labor Market? Evidence from Takeovers
Tommaso Colussi, Livio Romano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9874
Social Capital, Entrepreneurship and Living Standards: Differences between Immigrants and the Native Born
Matthew Roskruge, Jacques Poot, Laura King
published in: H Westlund and JP Larsson (eds.), Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, 2016
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9872
On the Interpretation of World Values Survey Trust Question: Global Expectations vs. Local Beliefs
Ritwik Banerjee
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 55, 491-510
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9859
Corruption, Norm Violation and Decay in Social Capital
Ritwik Banerjee
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 137, 14–27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9760
Social Contacts, Dutch Language Proficiency and Immigrant Economic Performance in the Netherlands: A Longitudinal Study
Barry R. Chiswick, Zhiling Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9563
Initial Conditions Matter: Social Capital and Participatory Development
Lisa A. Cameron, Susan Olivia, Manisha Shah
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9544
Ethnic Diversity and Trust: New Evidence from Australian Data
Silvia Mendolia, Alex Tosh, Oleg Yerokhin
published in Economic Record, 2016, 92 (299): 648-665.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9534
Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture
Francine D. Blau
published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2015, 4
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9493
Social Networks and the Labour Market Mismatch
Eleni Kalfa, Matloob Piracha
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31(3), 877-914
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9245
The Economic Costs of Mass Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany
Andreas Lichter, Max Löffler, Sebastian Siegloch
substantially revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19 (2), 741 - 789
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9028
Clean Money in a Dirty System: Relationship Networks and Land Rezoning in Queensland
Cameron K. Murray, Paul Frijters
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2016, 93(C), 99-114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8892
Compulsory Military Service and Future Earnings: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
Muhammad Asali
revised version published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2019, 30 (4), 402-420.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8808
Long Lasting Differences in Civic Capital: Evidence from a Unique Immigration Event in Italy
Emanuele Bracco, Maria De Paola, Colin P. Green
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 120, 160-173
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8384
Diversity and Social Capital in the U.S: A Tale of Conflict, Contact or Total Mistrust?
Willie Belton, Yameen Huq, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: Review of Economics and Institutions, 2018, 9 (2), Article 1
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8381
Neighbourhood Turnover and Teenage Attainment
Stephen Gibbons, Olmo Silva, Felix Weinhardt
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (4), 746-783
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7612
The Impact of Incumbency on Turnout: Evidence from Italian Municipalities
Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola
published in: Electoral Studies, 2016, 44, 98-108
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7274
Social Capital and Immigrants' Labour Market Performance
Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Matias Vaira-Lucero
published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2016, 95, S107-S126.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7201
Regulation, Trust, and Cronyism in Middle Eastern Societies: The Simple Economics of 'Wasta'
Andy Barnett, Bruce Yandle, George S Naufal
published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2013, 44, 41-46
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6736
Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
Lisa A. Cameron, Manisha Shah
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62 (2), 381-415
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6168
Homeownership, Social Capital and Parental Voice in Schooling
Arthur Grimes, Steven Stillman, Chris Young
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6052
Teaching Practices and Social Capital
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, Andrei Shleifer
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(3), 189-210
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5770
For Benevolence and for Self-Interest: Social and Commercial Entrepreneurial Activity across Nations
Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Ute Stephan
published in: Entrepreneurship and Practice, 2013, 37 (3), 479-504
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5747
Surfing Alone? The Internet and Social Capital: Evidence from an Unforeseeable Technological Mistake
Stefan Bauernschuster, Oliver Falck, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 117, 73-89
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4886
Social Interaction and Stock Market Participation: Evidence from British Panel Data
Sarah Brown, Karl Taylor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4718
Youth Employment in Europe: Institutions and Social Capital Explain Better than Mainstream Economics
Bruno Contini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4709
Beliefs and Actions in the Trust Game: Creating Instrumental Variables to Estimate the Causal Effect
Miguel A. Costa-Gomes, Steffen Huck, Georg Weizsäcker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4541
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Migration, Entrepreneurship and Social Capital
Jackline Wahba, Yves Zenou
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (5), 890–903
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3727
Polarisation and Health
Cristina Blanco Perez, Xavier Ramos
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2010, 56 (1), 171-185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3680
Can Policy Interact with Culture? Minimum Wage and the Quality of Labor Relations
Philippe Aghion, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
revised version published as 'Civil Society and the State: The Interplay Between Cooperation and Minimum Wage Regulation' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (1), 3 - 42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3669
Local Social Capital and Geographical Mobility: Some Empirics and a Conjecture on the Nature of European Unemployment
Quentin David, Alexandre Janiak, Etienne Wasmer
merged with DP 3668 into "Social Capital, Mobility and Unemployment in Europe", published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 68 (2), 191-204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3668
Local Social Capital and Geographical Mobility: A Theory
Quentin David, Alexandre Janiak, Etienne Wasmer
merged with DP 3669 into "Social Capital, Mobility and Unemployment in Europe", published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 68 (2), 191-204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3603
The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands
I. Semih Akçomak, Bas ter Weel
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (4), 323-340
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3341
Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
I. Semih Akçomak, Bas ter Weel
published in: European Economic Review, 2009, 53 (5), 544-567
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3319
Segregation, Entrepreneurship and Work Values: The Case of France
Claudia Senik, Thierry Verdier
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (4), 1207-1234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2935
Social Attitudes and Economic Development: An Epidemiological Approach
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
published as 'Inherited Trust and Growth' in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (5), 2060 - 2092
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2928
Minorities, Social Capital and Voting
Pieter Bevelander, Ravi Pendakur
published as 'Social capital and Voting participation of Immigrants and Minorities in Canada' in: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2009, 32(8), 1406-1430
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2765
Discrimination and In-Group Favoritism in a Citywide Trust Experiment
Armin Falk, Christian Zehnder
published as 'A City-Wide Experiment on Trust Discrimination' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 100, 15-27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2529
The Compensating Income Variation of Social Capital
Wim Groot, Henriette Maassen van den Brink, Bernard M. S. van Praag
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2007, 82 (2), 189-207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1682
Friendship Relations in the School Class and Adult Economic Attainment
Andrea Galeotti, Gerrit Mueller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1494
People People: Social Capital and the Labor-Market Outcomes of Underrepresented Groups
Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel, Bruce A. Weinberg
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2014, 67 (2), 287-334
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1279
Migration and Diversity: Human versus Social Capital
Vlad Manole, Maurice Schiff
published in: Review of International Economics, 2013, 21 (2), 281–294
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1215
Social Networks and Labor Market Transitions
Yann Bramoullé, Gilles Saint-Paul
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 188-195
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1145
On Representative Social Capital
Charles Bellemare, Sabine Kröger
published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (1), 183-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1027
Labor Mobility, Trade and Social Capital
Maurice Schiff
published in: Review of International Economics, 2004, 12 (4), 630-642
IZA Discussion Paper No. 303
Social Capital and the Uncertainty Reduction of Self-Employment
Gerard A. Pfann, Boris F. Blumberg
Type
Display
20 50 100
Type