Discussion Papers

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

Reducing Racial Inequality in Access to the Ballot Reduces Racial Inequality in Children's Later-Life Outcomes

Daniel Jones, Ying Shi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15088

Other-Regarding Preferences and Redistributive Politics

Ernst Fehr, Thomas Epper, Julien Senn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15078

The Political Economy of Propaganda: Evidence from US Newspapers

Sebastian Ottinger, Max Posch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15032

The Politicized Pandemic: Ideological Polarization and the Behavioral Response to COVID-19

Gianluca Grimalda, Fabrice Murtin, David Pipke, Louis Putterman, Matthias Sutter

published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 156, 104472.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14991

Income Contingency and the Electorate's Support for Tuition

Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann

forthcoming in: Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14981

The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections

Thushyanthan Baskaran, Zohal Hessami

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 145, 104111

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14969

Collective Negative Shocks and Preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis in Germany

Luna Bellani, Andrea Fazio, Francesco Scervini

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2024, 68 (2-3), 509-533.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14948

Partisan Fertility and Presidential Elections

Gordon B. Dahl, Runjing Lu, William Mullins

published in: American Economic Review: Insights, 2022, 4 (4), 473-493

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14871

Internal versus External Rent-Seeking with In-Group Inequality and Public Good Provision

Dripto Bakshi, Indraneel Dasgupta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14856

Careful What You Say: The Effect of Manipulative Information on the 2013 Czech Presidential Run-off Election

Martin Guzi, Stepan Mikula

published in: Economic Letters, 2021, 209, 110152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14849

Labor Unions and the Electoral Consequences of Trade Liberalization

Pedro Molina Ogeda, Emanuel Ornelas, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23 (1), 236-280

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14821

Managing Refugee Protection Crises: Policy Lessons from Economics and Political Science

Dominik Hangartner, Matti Sarvimäki, Judith Spirig

published in: Journal of the Finnish Economic Association, 2021, 2(1), 1-24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14805

Efficiency versus Insurance: Capital Income Taxation and Privatizing Social Security

Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Oliwia Komada

published 'Capital income taxation and reforming social security in an OLG economy' in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2024, 165, 104878

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14776

How Civilian Attitudes Respond to the State's Violence: Lessons from the Israel- Gaza Conflict

Amit Loewenthal, Sami H. Miaari, Alexei Abrahams

published in: Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2023, 40 (4), 441 - 463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14765

The Political (In)Stability of Funded Social Security

Roel M. W. J. Beetsma, Oliwia Komada, Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz

published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2021, 133, 104237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14718

Air Pollution Affects Decision-Making: Evidence from the Ballot Box

Luna Bellani, Stefano Ceolotto, Benjamin Elsner, Nico Pestel

published as 'The Political Fallout of Air Pollution' in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024, 121(18), e2314428121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14658

Voting, Contagion and the Trade-Off between Public Health and Political Rights: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Italian 2020 Polls

Marco Mello, Giuseppe Moscelli

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 200, 1025 - 2052

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14589

The Brexit Referendum and Three Types of Regret

Stephen Drinkwater, Colin Jennings

published in: Public Choice, 2022, 193, 275-291

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14554

The Political Economy of Kazakhstan: A Case of Good Economics, Bad Politics?

Simon Commander, Ruta Prieskienyte

published in: Russian Journal of Economics, 2022, 8 (2), 122 - 158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14488

Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka, Marco Tabellini

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90 (1), 165–200,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14411

Calamities, Common Interests, Shared Identity: What Shapes Altruism and Reciprocity?

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Antonio Cabrales, Mathias Dolls, Ruben Durante, Lisa Windsteiger

revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Comparative Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14386

Earnings Information and Public Preferences for University Tuition: Evidence from Representative Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 226, 104968

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14354

The Political Effects of Immigration: Culture or Economics?

Alberto Alesina, Marco Tabellini

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2024, 62 (1), 5–46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14351

Formation of College Plans: Expected Returns, Preferences and Adjustment Process

Ghazala Azmat, Katja Maria Kaufmann

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22 (2), 669–711

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14322

'Fear Is the Path to the Dark Side'. Electoral Results and the Workplace Safety of Immigrants

Anna D’Ambrosio, Roberto Leombruni, Tiziano Razzolini

substantially revised version published as 'Does far-right populism affect immigrants’ working conditions?' in Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38 (1), 13.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14319

Attitudes Towards Migrants during Crisis Times

Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc, Sandra V. Rozo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14314

Understanding the Origins of Populist Political Parties and the Role of External Shocks

Eugenio Levi, Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14312

Racial Diversity, Electoral Preferences, and the Supply of Policy: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka, Marco Tabellini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14308

Freedom of Speech, Deterrence, and Compellence in the Parliament

Duha T. Altindag, Naci Mocan, Jie Zhang

published as 'Deterrence and Compellence in Parliament' in: Journal of Law & Economics, 2023, 66 (2), Article 5.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14303

How Does It Feel to Be Part of the Minority? Impacts of Perspective-Taking on Prosocial Behaviors

Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc, Sandra V. Rozo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14296

Downstream Effects of Voting on Turnout and Political Preferences: Long-Run Evidence from the UK

Jonas Jessen, Daniel Kühnle, Markus Wagner

revised version published as 'Long-Run Effects of Earlier Voting Eligibility on Turnout and Political Involvement' in: Journal of Politics, 2024, 86 (3), 1045–1059

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14265

Aid and Radicalization: The Case of Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza

Amit Loewenthal, Sami H. Miaari, Anke Hoeffler

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2023, 59 (8), 1187–1212.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14263

Out of Communal Land: Clientelism through Delegation of Agricultural Tenancy Contracts

Takashi Kurosaki, Saumik Paul, Firman Witoelar

published as 'In pursuit of power: Land tenancy contracts and local political business cycles in Indonesia' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024, 227, 106764

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14241

The COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Voter Turnout

Matteo Picchio, Raffaella Santolini

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 73, 102161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14229

More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior During a Pandemic

Nicolas Ajzenman, Tiago Cavalcanti, Daniel Da Mata

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15 (3), 351–371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14198

Income Changes Do Not Influence Political Participation: Evidence from Comparative Panel Data

Sebastian Jungkunz, Paul Marx

published as 'Income changes do not influence political involvement in panel data from six countries' in: European Journal of Political Research, 2022, 61 (3), 829-841

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14191

Forced Migration, Staying Minorities, and New Societies: Evidence from Post-War Czechoslovakia

Jakub Grossmann, Štepán Jurajda, Felix Roesel

published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2024, 68 (2), 751-766

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14140

Peers' Race in Adolescence and Voting Behavior

Maria Polipciuc, Frank Cörvers, Raymond Montizaan

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 97, 102486

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14121

Political Economy of Labour Market Institutions in a Globalised Era

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Richard Frensch, Stephan Huber

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14084

The Refugee Crisis and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy

Francesco Campo, Sara Giunti, Mariapia Mendola

published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 168, 104826

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14073

Democratisation under Diversity: Theory and Evidence from Indonesian Communities

Anirban Mitra, Sarmistha Pal

published as 'Ethnic Diversity, Social Norms and Elite Capture: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia' in: Economica, 2022, 89 (356), 947 - 996

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14034

Terrorism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from the United States

Leonardo Baccini, Abel Brodeur, Sean Nossek, Eran Shor

published in: Research and Politics, 2021, 8 (1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14005

Friendship Networks and Political Opinions: A Natural Experiment among Future French Politicians

Yann Algan, Nicolò Dalvit, Quoc-Anh Do, Alexis Le Chapelain, Yves Zenou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13961

Appointed or Elected? How Mayoral Accountability Impacts the Provision of Policing

Andrea Colombo, Ilan Tojerow

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13924

Strategic Compromise, Policy Bundling and Interest Group Power

Luna Bellani, Vigile Marie Fabella, Francesco Scervini

revised version published as 'Strategic compromise, policy bundling and interest group power: Theory and evidence on education policy' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 77, 102283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13902

Love Thy Neighbour? Brexit and Hate Crime

Joel Carr, Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Jonathan James, Suncica Vujic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13889

Empowering Migrants: Impacts of a Migrant's Amnesty on Crime Reports

Ana Maria Ibanez, Sandra V. Rozo, Dany Bahar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13862

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

Leonardo Baccini, Abel Brodeur, Stephen Weymouth

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 (2), 739-767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13861

Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Kaveh Majlesi

published in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110(10), 3139-3189