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IZA Discussion Paper No. 10820

Social Comparisons in Oligopsony

Laszlo Goerke, Michael Neugart

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 141, 196-209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10778

Learning to Participate in Politics: Evidence from Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Dozie Okoye, Mutlu Yuksel

revised version published as 'Social Unrest in Impressionable Years and the Formation of Political Attitudes: Evidence from Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany' in Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (1), 184-208

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. 10662

Costly Posturing: Ceremonies and Early Child Development in China

Xi Chen, Xiaobo Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10653

The Bilateral Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Employment Status

Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, David C. Ribar

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 35, 96-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10639

Legal Status and Deprivation in India's Urban Slums: An Analysis of Two Decades of National Sample Survey Data

Laura B. Nolan, David E. Bloom, Ramnath Subbaraman

publisehd in: Economic & Political Weekly, 2018, 53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10416

Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada

Randall K. Q. Akee, Donn. L. Feir

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10350

Rain, Emotions and Voting for the Status Quo

Armando N. Meier, Lukas D. Schmid, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 119, 434-451

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10038

Social Comparisons of Wage Increases and Job Satisfaction

Christian Grund, Maike Rubin

published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49, 1345-1350

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. 9728

Intergenerational Persistence of Health in the U.S.: Do Immigrants Get Healthier as They Assimilate?

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Adriana Kugler

revised version published as 'Intergenerational Persistence of Health: Do Immigrants Get Healthier as They Remain in the U.S. for More Generations?' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 136-148.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9714

Smoking Peer Effects among Adolescents: Are Popular Teens More Influential?

Juan David Robalino

published in: PLoS One, 2018, 13 (7), e0189360.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9572

Unemployment Risk and Over-Indebtedness: A Micro-Econometric Perspective

Philip Du Caju, François Rycx, Ilan Tojerow

also available as: European Central Bank Working Papers, 2016, No. 1908

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9519

Status Concern and Relative Deprivation in China: Measures, Empirical Evidence, and Economic and Policy Implications

Xi Chen

published in: China: An International Journal, 2016, 14 (1), 151-170.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9338

A 'Healthy Immigrant Effect' or a 'Sick Immigrant Effect'? Selection and Policies Matter

Amelie F. Constant, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman, Tzahi Neuman

published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 19 (1), 103-121.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9286

First-Place Loving and Last-Place Loathing: How Rank in the Distribution of Performance Affects Effort Provision

David Gill, Zdenka Kissová, Jaesun Lee, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Management Science, 2019, 65 (2), 494 - 507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8977

How Does Socio-Economic Status Shape a Child's Personality?

Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8754

Micro and Macro Determinants of Health: Older Immigrants in Europe

Amelie F. Constant, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman, Tzahi Neuman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8744

The Impact of Temporary Protected Status on Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes

Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny

published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2015, 105, 576-580

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8591

Commercial Plasma Donation and Individual Health in Impoverished Rural China

Xi Chen

published in: Health Economics Review, 2014, 4, Article 30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8529

Health Risk Factors among the Older European Populations: Personal and Country Effects

Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman, Tzahi Neuman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8392

Socioeconomic Gradients in Children's Cognitive Skills: Are Cross-Country Comparisons Robust to Who Reports Family Background?

John Jerrim, John Micklewright

revised version published in: European Sociological Review, 2014, 30 (6), 766 - 781

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8307

Old Money, the Nouveaux Riches and Brunhilde's Marriage Strategy

Anne-Kathrin Bronsert, Amihai Glazer, Kai A. Konrad

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30 (1), 163-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8054

Land Reforms, Status and Population Growth

Ulla Lehmijoki, Tapio K. Palokangas

revised version published as 'Landowning, Status and Population Growth' in: E. Moser et al. (eds.), Dynamic Optimization in Environmental Economics, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2014, 315 - 328; extended and more advanced version published as 'Land Reforms and Population Growth' in: Portuguese Economic Journal, 2016, 15, 1-15 (all versions co-authored with Ulla Lehmijoki)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8010

How Much Does Social Status Matter to Health? Evidence from China's Academician Election

Gordon G. Liu, Ohyun Kwon, Xindong Xue, Belton M. Fleisher

published as 'How Much Does Social Status Matter to Longevity?-Evidence from China's Academician Election' in: Health Economics, 2017, 26, 292-304.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7581

Labour Force Participation of Mature Age Men in Australia: The Role of Spousal Participation

Kostas Mavromaras, Rong Zhu

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2015, 67, 310–333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7468

Determinants of Immigrant Homeownership: Examining their Changing Role during the Great Recession and Beyond

Kusum Mundra, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published in: International Migration Review, 2018, 52(3), 648-694

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7370

Showing Off to the New Neighbors? Income, Socioeconomic Status and Consumption Patterns of Internal Migrants

Alexander M. Danzer, Barbara Dietz, Kseniia Gatskova, Achim Schmillen

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42(1), 230-245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7256

Where the Streets Have a Name: Income Comparisons in the US

Abel Brodeur, Sarah Flèche

published as 'Neighbors' Income, Public Goods and Well-Being' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 217-238

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7097

Monetary Reference Points of Managers: An Empirical Investigation of Status Quo Preferences and Social Comparisons

Christian Grund, Johannes Martin

revised version published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 64, 70-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7016

Internal Migration and Life Satisfaction: Well-Being Effects of Moving as a Young Adult

Maggie Switek

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6925

Profit Sharing and Relative Consumption

Laszlo Goerke

published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 118 (1), 167-169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6852

The Impact of Divorce on Return-Migration of Family Migrants

Govert Bijwaard, Stijn van Doeselaar

revised version published as 'The Impact of Changes in the Marital Status on Return-Migration of Family Migrants' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27(4), 961-997

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6676

Immigrant Homeownership and Immigration Status: Evidence from Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Kusum Mundra

published in: Review of International Economics, Special Issue: Migration and Culture, 2013, 21(2), 204-218.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6675

Extra Status and Extra Stress: Are Promotions Good for Us?

David W. Johnston, Wang-Sheng Lee

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (1), 32-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6653

Does It Pay to Be a Cadre? Estimating the Returns to Being a Local Official in Rural China

Jian Zhang, John T. Giles, Scott Rozelle

Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40 (3), 337-356