IZA Discussion Papers

forthcoming in: Randall Akee, Lawrence F. Katz, and Mark Loewenstein (eds.), Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics for the 21st Century, University of Chicago Press, 2026

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17175

Can Term Limits Accelerate Women's Access to Top Political Positions? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Italy

Carolina Kansikas, Manuel Bagues

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17154

(Don't) Walk This Way: The Econometrics of Crosswalks

Daniel L. Millimet

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17112

Cognitive Abilities and the Demand for Bad Policy

Salvatore Nunnari, Eugenio Proto, Aldo Rustichini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17099

Information Provision and Support for Inheritance Taxation: Evidence from a Representative Survey Experiment in Germany

Luna Bellani, Kattalina Berriochoa, Mark Kapteina, Guido Schwerdt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17081

Gender Bias in the Reelection of Politicians (When a Crisis Strikes)

Zohal Hessami, Temurbek Khasanboev

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17045

Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence

Dmitry Veselov, Alexander Yarkin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17031

Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament

André Diegmann, Laura Pohlan, Andrea Weber

find an updated version of the paper here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17017

News, Emotions, and Policy Views on Immigration

Elena Manzoni, Elie Murard, Simone Quercia, Sara Tonini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17009

Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics

Thushyanthan Baskaran, Zohal Hessami, Sebastian Schirner

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024, 225, 88-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17007

Ideological Alignment and Evidence-Based Policy Adoption

Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Marcel Jansen, Ángel Martínez, Berkay Özcan, Pedro Rey-Biel, Antonio Roldán-Monés

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16996

Sailing Through History: The Legacy of Medieval Sea Trade On Migrant Perception and Extreme Right Voting

Anna Bottasso, Gianluca Cerruti, Maurizio Conti, Marta Santagata

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16939

COVID-19 and Political Preferences through Stages of the Pandemic: The Case of the Czech Republic

Alena Bičáková, Štepán Jurajda

published online as 'Political Preferences Through Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic' in: Political Research Quarterly, 12 March 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16841

What Mattered Most in the Brexit Vote? Evidence from Detailed Regression and Decomposition Analysis

Stephen Drinkwater, David H. Blackaby, Catherine Robinson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16833

Moving Out of the Comfort Zone: How Cultural Norms Affect Attitudes toward Immigration

Yvonne Giesing, Björn Kauder, Lukas Mergele, Niklas Potrafke, Panu Poutvaara

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16813

Which Colleges Increase Voting Rates?

D’Wayne Bell, John B. Holbein, Samuel J. Imlay, Jonathan Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16796

The Populist Dynamic: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Countering Populism

Vincenzo Galasso, Massimo Morelli, Tommaso Nannicini, Piero Stanig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16732

Digging up Trenches: Populism, Selective Mobility, and the Political Polarization of Italian Municipalities

Luca Bellodi, Frédéric Docquier, Stefano Iandolo, Massimo Morelli, Riccardo Turati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16730

How Do Recruiters Assess Applicants Who Express a Political Engagement?

Eline Moens, Dyllis De Pessemier, Stijn Baert

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 86, 102637

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16711

Adversarial Economic Preferences Predict Right-Wing Voting

Thomas Buser

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16703

The Behavioral, Economic, and Political Impact of the Internet and Social Media: Empirical Challenges and Approaches

Fabio Sabatini

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2025, 39 (3), 1000-1036

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16667

Civil Rights Protests and Election Outcomes: Exploring the Effects of the Poor People's Campaign

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Krzysztof Karbownik, Daniel I. Rees, Camila Steffens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16521

The Fine Line between Nudging and Nagging: Increasing Take-up Rates through Social Media Platforms

Maria José Urbina, Andres Moya, Sandra V. Rozo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16416

Minimum Wages and Voting: Assessing the Political Returns to Redistribution outside the Tax System

Emiliano Huet-Vaughn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16317

The Electric Telegraph, News Coverage and Political Participation

Tianyi Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16291

The Political Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Weimar Germany

Stefan Bauernschuster, Matthias Blum, Erik Hornung, Christoph Koenig

published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2025, 96, 101648.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16272

Diluted Blood Still Better than Water? The Beneficial Effects of Politicians' Birthplaces on Refugee Acceptance

Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16220

Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act

Andrea Bernini, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini, Cecilia Testa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16176

"Good Politicians": Experimental Evidence on Motivations for Political Candidacy and Government Performance

Saad Gulzar, Muhammad Yasir Khan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16171

Electoral Effects of Integrating Forced Migrants: Evidence from a Southern Country

Sandra V. Rozo, Alejandra Quintana, Maria José Urbina

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16166

Campaign Connections

Samuel Bazzi, Claudio Labanca

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16164

Are Immigrants More Left Wing than Natives?

Simone Moriconi, Giovanni Peri, Riccardo Turati

published as 'Analyzing political preferences of second-generation immigrants across the rural–urban divide', in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 146, 103740.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16120

British Voting Intentions and the Far Reach of 11 September Terrorist Attacks in New York

Elena G. F. Stancanelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16020

Identity, Communication, and Conflict: An Experiment

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Subhasish M Chowdhury, Ralitza Dimova, Hanna Fromell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15991

Human Capital and Climate Change

Noam Angrist, Kevin Winseck, Harry Anthony Patrinos, Joshua Graff Zivin

published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, March 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15983

Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers

Thushyanthan Baskaran, Zohal Hessami

published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 24 July 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15918

Shadow Lobbyists

Rocco d'Este, Mirko Draca, Christian Fons-Rosen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15879

Works Councils and Workers' Party Preferences in Germany

Uwe Jirjahn, Thi Xuan Thu Le

revised version published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2024, 62 (4), 849 - 877

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15864

The Long-Run Earnings Effects of Winning a Mayoral Election

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Cappellari, Maria De Paola

forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15849

Do Elections Affect Immigration? Evidence From French Municipalities

Benoît Schmutz, Gregory Verdugo

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 218, 104803

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15829

Disparate Racial Impacts of Shelby County v. Holder on Voter Turnout

Stephen B. Billings, Noah Braun, Daniel Jones, Ying Shi

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 230, 105047

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15804

Broadband Internet and Attitudes Towards Migrants: Evidence from Spain

Marta Golin, Alessio Romarri

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 85, 102579

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15673

Income Misperception and Populism

Thilo N. H. Albers, Felix Kersting, Fabian Kosse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15598

The Political U: New Evidence on Democracy and Income

Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Marco Frigerio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15589

Is Demonstrating against the Far Right Worth It? Evidence from French Presidential Elections

Nicolas Lagios, Pierre-Guillaume Meon, Ilan Tojerow

published as 'Media, Spillovers and Social Norms: The Electoral Impact of Anti-Far-Right Protests in the 2002 French Election' in: Economic Journal, 2025, 135 (669), 1575–1608,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15509

Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High

Thushyanthan Baskaran, Zohal Hessami, Temurbek Khasanboev

published in: Kyklos, 2023, 145, 76 (2), 161-178

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15483

Do STEM Students Vote?

D’Wayne Bell, Jing Feng, John B. Holbein, Jonathan Smith

published in: American Educational Research Journal, 2024, 61 (1), 48-73.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15395

Women's Political Representation and Intimate Partner Violence

S Anukriti, Bilge Erten, Priya Mukherjee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15365

Female Political Representation and Violence against Women: Evidence from Brazil

Magdalena Delaporte, Francisco J. Pino

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15356

Immigration and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the 2015 Refugee Inflow to Germany

Julia Bredtmann

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 96, 103807

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15278

Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India

Chandan Jain, Shagun Kashyap, Rahul Lahoti, Soham Sahoo

published as 'The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51 (3), 1068-1093

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15277

Television Market Size and Political Accountability in the US House of Representatives

Patrick Balles, Ulrich Matter, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 80, 102459

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15259

When Criminality Begets Crime: The Role of Elected Politicians in India

Nishith Prakash, Soham Sahoo, Deepak Saraswat, Reetika Sindhi

published online in: Journal of Law Economics and Organization, 30 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15100

Progressing Towards Efficiency: The Role for Labor Tax Progression in Reforming Social Security

Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Oliwia Komada

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15095