IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2250

Social Interactions and Schooling Decisions

Rafael Lalive, Maria Alejandra Cattaneo

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91(3), 457 - 477

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2246

Effects of Attrition and Non-Response in the Health and Retirement Study

Arie Kapteyn, Pierre-Carl Michaud, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest

published as 'Temporary and permanent unit non-response in follow-up interviews of the Health and Retirement Study' in: Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2011, 2 (2), 145 - 169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2237

Is Man Doomed to Progress?

Claudia Senik

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (1), 140-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2234

New Technology in Schools: Is There a Payoff?

Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally, Olmo Silva

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (522), 1145-1167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2233

Money and Mental Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Study of Medium-Sized Lottery Wins

Jonathan Gardner, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (1), 49-60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2231

Sheepskin or Prozac: The Causal Effect of Education on Mental Health

Arnaud Chevalier, Leon Feinstein

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2230

A Reappraisal of the Virtues of Private Sector Employment Programmes

Brian Krogh Graversen, Peter Jensen

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112 (3), 546-569

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2219

Quantifying the Cost of Passive Smoking on Child Health: Evidence from Children’s Cotinine Samples

Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price, Jenny Williams

revised version published in: Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-Statistics In Society, 174 (1) 2011, 195-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2218

Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison

Maarten C.M. Vendrik, Geert Woltjer

published as 'Happiness and loss aversion: Is utility concave or convex in relative income?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (7-8), 1423-1448

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2214

Choice, Competition and Pupil Achievement

Stephen Gibbons, Stephen Machin, Olmo Silva

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6 (4), 912-947

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2213

Is Crime Contagious?

Jens Ludwig, Jeffrey R. Kling

published in: Journal of Law & Economics, 2007, 50 (3), 491-518

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