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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.

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64 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11098
Overoptimistic Entrepreneurs: Predicting Wellbeing Consequences of Self-Employment
Reto Odermatt, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Alois Stutzer
revised version published as 'Are Newly Self-Employed Overly Optimistic About Their Future Well-Being?' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021, 95, 101779
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10486
Does Job Support Make Workers Happy?
Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Antti Kauhanen, Mari Kangasniemi
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 67 (1), 31-52
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10412
Social Media Use and Children's Wellbeing
Emily McDool, Philip Powell, Jennifer Roberts, Karl Taylor
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 69, 1-20
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10210
If Life Throws You Lemons, Try To Make Lemonade: Does Locus of Control Help People Cope with Unexpected Shocks?
Steven Stillman, Malathi Velamuri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9840
Wellbeing Evidence for the Assessment of Progress
Paul Anand, Laurence Roope, Andreas Peichl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9311
Victimisation, Wellbeing and Compensation: Using Panel Data to Estimate the Costs of Violent Crime
David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields, Agne Suziedelyte
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128, 1545-69.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9224
Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?
Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard
published in: Kyklos, 2017, 70 (1), 27 - 41
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9195
Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing Using Millions of Digitized Books
Thomas Hills, Eugenio Proto, Daniel Sgroi
extended version published in: Nature Human Behavior, 2019, 3 (12), 1271–1275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9096
Does Worker Wellbeing Affect Workplace Performance?
Alex Bryson, John Forth, Lucy Stokes
published in: Human Relations, 2017, 70 (8), 1017-1037
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8760
Survey Design and the Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing: An Experimental Analysis
Angus J. Holford, Stephen Pudney
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8361
Spillover Effects of Unionisation on Non-members' Well-being
Getinet Astatike Haile, Alex Bryson, Michael White
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 35, 108-122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8014
Crime and Mental Wellbeing
Francesca Cornaglia, Naomi E. Feldman, Andrew Leigh
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (1), 110-140
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7832
The Wealth, Health and Wellbeing of Ireland's Older People Before and During the Economic Crisis
Alan Barrett, Vincent O'Sullivan
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21 (10), 675-678
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7711
The Effect of Local Area Crime on Mental Health
Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani
published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (593), 978-1017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7547
"Romanticizing Penniless Entrepreneurs?" The Relationship between Start-Ups and Human Wellbeing across Countries
Wim Naudé, José Ernesto Amorós, Oscar Cristi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7057
Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: An Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa
Paolo Falco, William F. Maloney, Bob Rijkers, Mauricio Sarrias
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4375
The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members: Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
John Gibson, David McKenzie, Steven Stillman
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (4), 1297-1318
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2911
Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany
Joachim R. Frick, Markus M. Grabka, Olaf Groh-Samberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2208
Does Happiness Adapt? A Longitudinal Study of Disability with Implications for Economists and Judges
Andrew J. Oswald, Nattavudh Powdthavee
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (5-6), 1061-1077
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2079
Hedonic Capital
Liam Graham, Andrew J. Oswald
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