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311 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18243
Inheritance Shocks and Expenditure Patterns: A Dynamic Collective Approach
Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18241
Empowered Mothers, Empowered Generations: The Impact of Women’s Economic Rights
Esther Arenas-Arroyo, Elisabeth Wurm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18232
Will You Follow Your Job to the Suburbs? Commuting, Locational Amenities and Wages in a Large Metro Area
Gregory Verdugo, Malak Kandoussi
forthcoming in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18172
Relative Income and Gender Norms: Evidence from Latin America
Ercio A. Muñoz, Dario Sansone, João Tampellini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18152
The Price of Breaking Up: Wage Shocks and Household Dissolution
Jorge Velilla, José Alberto Molina, Pierre-André Chiappori
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18115
Strategic Responses to Disparities in Spousal Desired Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Rural Tanzania
Catalina Herrera-Almanza, Aine Seitz McCarthy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18063
Parenting, Social Norms and Adolescent Risky Behaviors
Donatella Lanari, Lucia Mangiavacchi, Luca Piccoli, Luca Pieroni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18022
The Time Cost of a Disability
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Michal Myck
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2025, 104 (103079)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18004
Childcare as Infrastructure: The Impact of COVID-19 on Childcare and Gender Equity
Alicia Sasser Modestino, Zachary Finn, Jamie Ladge, Alisa Lincoln
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17857
Protection for Whom? The Political Economy of Protective Labor Laws for Women
Matthias Doepke, Hanno Foerster, Anne Hannusch, Michèle Tertilt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17814
Educational Ambition, Marital Sorting, and Inequality
Frederik Almar, Benjamin Friedrich, Ana Reynoso, Bastian Schulz, Rune Majlund Vejlin
this paper is a substantially revised version of IZA DP No. 15912, forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17768
Gender-Targeted Transfers and Women’s Consumption: A Structural Regression Discontinuity Approach
Olivier B. Bargain, Maira Colacce
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17767
Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Child Poverty in Consumption
Ulugbek Aminjonov, Olivier B. Bargain, Maira Colacce
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17694
Estimating the Effect of Working from Home on Parents' Division of Childcare and Housework: A New Panel IV Approach
Simone Schüller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17574
Beliefs on Children's Human Capital Formation and Mothers at Work
Césarine Boinet, Jonathan Norris, Agnese Romiti, Zhan Shi, Paul Telemo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17505
Twenty-Five Hours in a Day: On Job Flexibility and the Intrahousehold Allocation of Time and Money
Iris Kesternich, Frederic Vermeulen, Alexander Wintzéus
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17500
The Fertility Impacts of Development Programs
Aletheia Donald, Markus Goldstein, Tricia Koroknay-Palicz, Mathilde Sage
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17429
Can Children's Education Enhance Formal Female Labor Force Participation?
Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza, Gunnar Poppe Yanez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17422
Caring Dads? Universal Childcare, Paternity Leave and Fathers' Involvement
Mathias Huebener, Malin K. Mahlbacher, Sophia Schmitz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17371
School Closures and Parental Labor Supply: Differential Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Closures
Sofia Schroeter, Rafael Lalive, Kalaivani Karunanethy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17370
Dividing Housework between Partners: Individual Preferences and Social Norms
Danilo Cavapozzi, Marco Francesconi, Cheti Nicoletti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17354
Spousal Labor Supply: Decoupling Gender Norms and Earning Status
Elliott Isaac
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17288
Fetal Pollution Exposure, Cognitive Ability, and Gender-Specific Parental Investment
Xin Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Xingyi Hu, Xi Chen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17227
Women's Suffrage and Men's Voting Patterns
Jeanne Lafortune, Francisco J. Pino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17151
Gender Gaps in Time Use: Pan-European Evidence from School Closures during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Benjamin Elsner, Manvi Jindal, Massimiliano Mascherini, Sanna Nivakoski
forthcoming in: Economic and Social Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17134
Separate Housework Spheres
Jonas Jessen, Sebastian Schweighofer-Kodritsch, Felix Weinhardt, Jan Berkes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17076
Fathers Taking Leave: Evaluating the Impact of Shared Parental Leave in the UK
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Eleonora Fichera, Ezgi Kaya, Melanie K. Jones
forthcoming in: Fiscal Studies, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16969
Integrating Minorities in the Classroom: The Role of Students, Parents, and Teachers
Alexandra de Gendre, Krzysztof Karbownik, Nicolás Salamanca, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16871
Child Penalties and the Gender Gap in Home Production and the Labor Market
Pim Koopmans, Max van Lent, Jim Been
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2023, 61 (4), 1359–1409
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16762
The Cost of Following Traditional Gender Norms: Evidence from a Paid Leave for Seriously Ill Children
Valentina Paredes, Francisca Perez, Francisco J. Pino, Patricia Olmedo Cortés
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16760
Household Decisions and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction
Christian Bredemeier, Patrick Ndlovu, Suncica Vujic, Roland Winkler
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 72 (1), e12403
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16620
Unexpected Inheritances and Household Labor Supply: Does the Identity of the Recipient Matter?
Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2025, 71 (1), e12723
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16565
Understanding the Impacts of Paid Maternity Leave on Women's Labor Market Outcomes
Lillian Bates, Oliver Hall, Pamela Jakiela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16552
Air Pollution and Time Use: Evidence from India
Jafar Jafarov, Tejendra P. Singh, Soham Sahoo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16436
The Evolution of Work from Home
José María Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023, 37 (4), 23 - 50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16327
Effects of Lottery Wins on Household Labor Supply
Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
forthcoming in: Manchester School, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16250
Sibling Spillovers May Enhance the Efficacy of Targeted School Policies
David N. Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Umut Özek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16244
Where Are the Fathers? The Effects of Earmarking Parental Leave on Fathers in France
Hélène Périvier, Gregory Verdugo
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2024, 77 (1), 88-118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16193
Entitled to Property: How Breaking the Gender Barrier Improves Child Health in India
Md Shahadath Hossain, Plamen Nikolov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16182
Spouses as Home Health Workers and Cooks: Insights for Applied Research
Shoshana Grossbard
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16148
Husbands' Wages and Married Women's Labor Supply in Urban China
Mengbing Zhu, Yi Li, Chunbing Xing
published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 82, 102609.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16045
What If She Earns More? Gender Norms, Income Inequality, and the Division of Housework
Iga Magda, Ewa Cukrowska-Torzewska, Marta Palczyńska
published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2024, 45, 1–20
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15966
The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Structural Change
Nicolas Büttner, Michael Grimm, Isabel Günther, Kenneth Harttgen, Stephan Klasen
published in: Demography, 2024, 61 (5), 1585–1611.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15912
Marital Sorting and Inequality: How Educational Categorization Matters
Frederik Almar, Benjamin Friedrich, Ana Reynoso, Bastian Schulz, Rune Majlund Vejlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15773
Gender Stereotypes in the Family
Cheti Nicoletti, Almudena Sevilla, Valentina Tonei
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15766
Internet Use and Fertility Behavior among Reproductive-Age Women in China
Peng Nie, Xu Peng, Tianyuan Luo
published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 77, 101903
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15737
Commitment and the Dynamics of Household Labor Supply
Alexandros Theloudis, Jorge Velilla, Pierre-André Chiappori, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina
published in: The Economic Journal, 2025, 135 (665), 354-386
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15681
Multitasking
Anzelika Zaiceva
published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, 2023, 1-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15672
Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations
Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2023, 15, 349 - 388
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15470
Family Bargaining and the Gender Gap in Informal Care
Chiara Canta, Helmuth Cremer
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