IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13639

Optimal Model Selection in RDD and Related Settings Using Placebo Zones

Nathan Kettlewell, Peter Siminski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13639

Optimal Model Selection in RDD and Related Settings Using Placebo Zones

Nathan Kettlewell, Peter Siminski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13633

When the Minimum Wage Really Bites Hard: Impact on Top Earners and Skill Supply

Terry Gregory, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 206, 104582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13589

Can Childcare Benefits Increase Maternal Employment? Evidence from Childcare Benefits Policy in Japan

Shinsuke Asakawa, Masaru Sasaki

published as 'Can child benefit reductions increase maternal employment? Evidence from Japan' in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2022, 66, 101231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13537

The Impact of Social Security on Pension Claiming and Retirement: Active vs. Passive Decisions

Rafael Lalive, Arvind Magesan, Stefan Staubli

revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15 (3), 115-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13517

Overconfidence and Gender Differences in Wage Expectations

Stephanie Briel, Aderonke Osikominu, Gregor Pfeifer, Mirjam Reutter, Sascha Satlukal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13480

Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences

Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 105, 102401.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13421

Inequality of Opportunity in Bodyweight among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese: A Distributional Approach

Peng Nie, Lanlin Ding, Andrew M. Jones

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13350

The CPS Citizenship Question and Survey Refusals: Causal and Semi-Causal Evidence Featuring a Two-Stage Regression Discontinuity Design

Robert Bernhardt, Phanindra V. Wunnava

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13343

Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores

Georg Graetz, Björn Öckert, Oskar Nordström Skans

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, June 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13292

Ex Ante Inequality of Opportunity in Health among the Elderly in China: A Distributional Decomposition Analysis of Biomarkers

Lanlin Ding, Andrew M. Jones, Peng Nie

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68 (4), 922-950

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13287

Bias and Careers: Evidence from the Aid Effectiveness Literature

Chris Doucouliagos, Thomas Hinz, Katarina Zigova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13283

Interpreting OLS Estimands When Treatment Effects Are Heterogeneous: Smaller Groups Get Larger Weights

Tymon Sloczynski

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104 (3), 501–509

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13275

Do Generous Parental Leave Policies Help Top Female Earners?

Gozde Corekcioglu, Marco Francesconi, Astrid Kunze

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2020, 36(4), 882-902

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13210

The Causal Effect of Education on Climate Literacy and Pro-Environmental Behaviours: Evidence from a Nationwide Natural Experiment

Nattavudh Powdthavee

published as 'Education and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours: a nonparametric regression discontinuity analysis of a major schooling reform in England and Wales' in: Ecological Economics, 2021, 181, 106931.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13184

Does Early Access to Pension Wealth Improve Health?

Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

revised version published as 'Trade-induced skill polarization' in: Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (4), 1783-1794

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13101

Quantiles of the Gain Distribution of an Early Childhood Intervention

Erich Battistin, Carlos Lamarche, Enrico Rettore

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2024, 39 (6), 1045-1064

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13099

Using Machine Learning to Predict Nosocomial Infections and Medical Accidents in a NICU

Marc Beltempo, Georges Bresson, Guy Lacroix

published in: Health & Technology, 2023, 13, 75–87