IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10918

Nicolas R. Ziebarth

short version published as 'Social Insurance and Health' in: Baltagi, B. H. and Moscone, F. (eds.), Health Econometrics, Emerald Publishing, 1st ed., 2018.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10757

Fertility Effects of Child Benefits

Regina T. Riphahn, Frederik Wiynck

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 1135 - 1184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10677

The Long-Run Impact of Childhood Poverty and the Mediating Role of Education

Luna Bellani, Michela Bia

revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, 2019, 182 (1), 37-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10673

Is the Gender Pay Gap in the US Just the Result of Gender Segregation at Work?

Katie Meara, Francesco Pastore, Allan Webster

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10562

Challenges in Research on Preferences and Personality Traits: Measurement, Stability, and Inference

Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 60, 1-6.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10529

The Intergenerational Causal Effect of Tax Evasion: Evidence from the Commuter Tax Allowance in Austria

Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Jörg Paetzold

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17 (6), 1843-1880,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10137

Education, Cognitive Ability and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Structural Approach

Govert Bijwaard, Mikko Myrskylä, Per Tynelius, Finn Rasmussen

published in: Population Studies, 2019, 73, 217-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10108

Viewpoint: Estimating the Causal Effects of Policies and Programs

Jeffrey A. Smith, Arthur Sweetman

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2016, 49 (3), 871–905.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10013

Pension Incentives and the Retirement Decisions of Couples

Kadir Atalay, Garry F. Barrett

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (3), 735 - 767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9988

Big Data Is a Big Deal But How Much Data Do We Need?

Nikos Askitas

published in: AStA Wirtschafts - und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 2016, 10, 113 - 125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9957

Returns to Education: The Causal Effects of Education on Earnings, Health and Smoking

James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Gregory Veramendi

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126, (S1), S197–S246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9369

The Relationship between Health and Schooling: What's New?

Michael Grossman

published in: Nordic Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 3 (1), 7 -17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9138

Direct and Indirect Effects of Training Vouchers for the Unemployed

Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Anthony Strittmatter

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), 2018, 181 (3), 441-463 (

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9138

Direct and Indirect Effects of Training Vouchers for the Unemployed

Martin Huber, Michael Lechner, Anthony Strittmatter

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), 2018, 181 (3), 441-463 (

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8937

Evidence of Added Worker Effect from the 2008 Economic Crisis

Sinem H. Ayhan

revised version published as 'Married women's added worker effect during the 2008 economic crisis - The case of Turkey' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2018, 16 (3), 767 - 790

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8758

Robust Confidence Intervals for Average Treatment Effects under Limited Overlap

Christoph Rothe

published in: Econometrica; 2017, 85 (2), 645 - 660

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8665

Two-way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research: Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation

Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2016, 129, 937 - 960

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8665

Two-way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research: Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation

Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2016, 129, 937 - 960