IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12523

Active Choice Framing and Intergenerational Education Benefits: Evidence from the Field

Benjamin L. Castleman, Francis X. Murphy, Richard Patterson, William L. Skimmyhorn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12497

Who Is a Passive Saver under Opt-In and Auto-Enrollment?

Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 173, 301-321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12488

Self-Control: Determinants, Life Outcomes and Intergenerational Implications

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

updated version published as 'The Predictive Power of Self-Control for Life Outcomes' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 197, 725-744

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12471

On the Malleability of Implicit Attitudes Towards Women Empowerment: Evidence from Tunisia

Eleonora Nillesen, Michael Grimm, Micheline Goedhuys, Ann-Kristin Reitmann, Aline Meysonnat

published in: World Development, 2021, 138, 105263

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12450

Using Survey Questions to Measure Preferences: Lessons from an Experimental Validation in Kenya

Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová, Edward Miguel

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 127, 103493

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12444

Personality Traits, Migration Intentions, and Cultural Distance

Didier Fouarge, Merve Nezihe Özer, Philipp K. Seegers

published in: Papers in Regional Science, 98(6), 2425-2454.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12406

DIY or Ask Someone Nice?

Steven J. Bosworth, Sophie Clot, Marina Della Giusta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12398

Business Culture: The Role of Personal and Impersonal Business Relationships on Market Efficiency

Manuel Munoz-Herrera, Ernesto Reuben

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12338

Math Scores in High Stakes Grades

Giorgio Brunello, David Kiss

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 82, 102219

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12337

Passive Choices and Cognitive Spillovers

Steffen Altmann, Andreas Grunewald, Jonas Radbruch

published as 'Interventions and Cognitive Spillovers' in: Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89 (5), 2293-2328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12336

Types of Institutions and Well-Being of Self-Employed and Paid Employees in Europe

Michael Fritsch, Alina Sorgner, Michael Wyrwich

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 56, 877–901

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12285

Depression, Risk Preferences and Risk-Taking Behavior

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Nathan Kettlewell

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (5) 1566-160

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12280

Behavioral Economics and the Value of a Statistical Life

Thomas J. Kniesner

published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2019, 58(2-3), 207-217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12263

Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Complexity and Choice Bracketing

Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Anya Samek

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103 (3), 533–546.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12253

Advanced Counter-Biasing

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Kevin Benscheidt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12251

Motivating Bureaucrats through Social Recognition: External Validity — A Tale of Two States

Varun Gauri, Julian C. Jamison, Nina Mazar, Owen Ozier

published in: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2021, 163, 117-131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12182

Girls' and Boys' Performance in Competitions: What We Can Learn from a Korean Quiz Show

Alison L. Booth, Jungmin Lee

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 187, 431-447.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12174

Attribution Bias in Major Decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy

Kareem Haggag, Richard Patterson, Nolan G. Pope, Aaron Feudo

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 200, 104445

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12100

Does Society Influence the Gender Gap in Risk Attitudes? Evidence from East and West Germany

Cornelia Chadi, Uwe Jirjahn

revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12086

The Effects of Status Mobility and Group Identity on Trust

Rémi Suchon, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 163, 430-463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12069

Timing Is Everything: Evidence from College Major Decisions

Richard Patterson, Nolan G. Pope, Aaron Feudo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12066

The Effect of Superstition on Health: Evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost Month

Martin Halla, Chia-Lun Liu, Jin-Tan Liu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12059

Relationship of Gender Differences in Preferences to Economic Development and Gender Equality

Armin Falk, Johannes Hermle

published in: Science, 2018, 362 (6412) (data available here: https://gps.iza.org/home)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12058

Motivated Memory in Dictator Games

Charlotte Saucet, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2019, 117, 250-275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12057

Risk Aversion and Entrepreneurship: New Evidence Exploiting Exposure to Massive Earthquakes in Italy

Guido de Blasio, Maria De Paola, Samuele Poy, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57, 295-322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11970

Effects of Timing and Reference Frame of Feedback: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Mira Fischer, Valentin Wagner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11949

Are Economic Preferences Shaped by the Family Context? The Impact of Birth Order and Siblings' Sex Composition on Economic Preferences

Lena Detlefsen, Andreas Friedl, Katharina Lima de Miranda, Ulrich Schmidt, Matthias Sutter

published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2024, 69, 1-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11946

Behavioral Economic Phenomena in Decision-Making for Others

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2020, 77, 102180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11944

Anti-Social Behavior in Groups

Michal Bauer, Jana Cahlíková, Dagmara Celik Katreniak, Julie Chytilová, Lubomir Cingl, Tomáš Želinský

revised version published as 'Nastiness in Groups' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22 (5), 2075–2107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11919

Competing on the Holodeck: The Effect of Virtual Peers and Heterogeneity in Dynamic Tournaments

Frederik Graff, Christian Grund, Christine Harbring

published in: Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Economics 2021, 90, 101596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11917

The Causal Effect of Trust

Björn Bartling, Ernst Fehr, David B. Huffman, Nick Netzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11901

Civil War, Natural Disaster and Risk Preferences: Evidence from Sri Lankan Twins

Nathan Kettlewell, Fruhling Rijsdijk, Sisira Siribaddana, Athula Sumathipala, Agnieszka Tymula, Helena Zavos, Nicholas Glozier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11900

The Effect of Media Coverage on Mass Shootings

Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker

final version published as 'News coverage and mass shootings in the US' in: European Economic Review, 2022, 148, 104221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11876

More Women in Tech? Evidence from a Field Experiment Addressing Social Identity

Lucía Del Carpio, Maria Guadalupe

published in: Management Science, 2024, 68 (5), 3196–3218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11855

Broadband Internet and Social Capital

Andrea Geraci, Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso G. Reggiani, Fabio Sabatini

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 206, 104578

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11830

Pension Strategies of Workers in a Country Getting Old before Getting Rich

Sonia Buchholtz, Jan Gaska, Marek Góra

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11816

Climatic Roots of Loss Aversion

Oded Galor, Viacheslav Savitskiy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11803

Leader Identity and Coordination

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Lakshmi Iyer, Joseph Vecci

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 105 (1), 175–189.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11799

Can Online Surveys Represent the Entire Population?

Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Lisa Simon, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published as 'Can Internet Surveys Represent the Entire Population? A Practitioners’ Analysis' in: European Journal of Political Economy 2023, 78, 102382

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11762

Predicting Retirement Savings Using Survey Measures of Exponential-Growth Bias and Present Bias

Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (3), 1636 - 1658

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11720

When the Market Drives You Crazy: Stock Market Returns and Fatal Car Accidents

Corrado Giulietti, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11665

Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning

Roland Benabou, Armin Falk, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11642

Willingness to Take Risk: The Role of Risk Conception and Optimism

Thomas Dohmen, Simone Quercia, Jana Willrodt

substantially revised version available as IZA Discussion Paper No. 15763

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11564

Looking at the Bright Side: The Motivation Value of Overconfidence

Si Chen, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 120, 103302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11563

Mind, Body, Bubble! Psychological and Biophysical Dimensions of Behavior in Experimental Asset Markets

David Butler, Stephen L. Cheung

published in: Gigi Foster (ed), Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research, Academic Press, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11546

Learning Hope and Optimism: Classmate Experiences and Adolescent Development

Jason M. Fletcher, Jin Ho Kim

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26 (5), 409-412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11512

Getting Life Expectancy Estimates Right for Pension Policy: Period versus Cohort Approach

Mercedes Ayuso, Jorge Miguel Bravo, Robert Holzmann

published in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2021, 20 (2), 212 - 231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11508

Does the Framing of Patient Cost-Sharing Incentives Matter? The Effects of Deductibles vs. No-Claim Refunds

Arthur P. Hayen, Tobias J. Klein, Martin Salm

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, 102520

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11505

Sales Performance and Social Preferences

Andrea Essl, Frauke von Bieberstein, Michael Kosfeld, Markus Kröll

published in: Journals of Economics & Management Strategy, 2023, 32 (4), 882-905

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11337

Evaluating Intergenerational Persistence of Economic Preferences: A Large Scale Experiment with Families in Bangladesh

Shyamal Chowdhury, Matthias Sutter, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11326

Cognitive Skills and the Development of Strategic Sophistication

Eduardo Fe, David Gill

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11291

Crushing Hope: Short Term Responses to Tragedy Vary by Hopefulness

Jason M. Fletcher

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 201, 59-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11290

Civility and Trust in Social Media

Angelo Antoci, Laura Bonelli, Fabio Paglieri, Tommaso G. Reggiani, Fabio Sabatini

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 160, 83-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11288

Do Preferences and Biases Predict Life Outcomes? Evidence from Education and Labor Market Entry Decisions

Uschi Backes-Gellner, Holger Herz, Michael Kosfeld, Yvonne Oswald

published in: European Economic Review, 2021, 134, 103709

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11265

The Impact of High School Financial Education on Financial Knowledge and Choices: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Spain

Olympia Bover, Laura Hospido, Ernesto Villanueva

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 08 January 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11205

A New Year, a New You? Heterogeneity and Self-Control in Food Purchases

Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock, Rachel Griffith, Martin O’Connell, Kate Smith, Frederic Vermeulen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11204

Financial Shocks and the Erosion of Interpersonal Trust: Evidence from Longitudinal Data

Michael Jetter, Ingebjørg Kristoffersen

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2018, 67, 162 - 176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11201

Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk-Taking among Children, Teenagers, and College Students: Evidence from Jeopardy!

Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2020, 20 (2), 20190179.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11193

NDC Schemes and Heterogeneity in Longevity: Proposals for Redesign

Robert Holzmann, Jennifer Alonso-García, Heloise Labit-Hardy, Andres M. Villegas

published in: R. Holzmann, E. Palmer, R. Palacios. S. Sacchi (eds). Progress and Challenges of Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension (NDC) Schemes, Volume 1: Addressing Marginalization, Polarization, and the Labor Market, Chapter 14. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11158

Socio-Economic Status and Inequalities in Children's IQ and Economic Preferences

Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Pia Pinger, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129 (9), 2504 -2545

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11130

The Effect of Positive Mood on Cooperation in Repeated Interaction

Eugenio Proto, Daniel Sgroi, Mahnaz Nazneen

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 168, 209-228

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11129

Deadlines and Cognitive Limitations

Steffen Altmann, Christian Traxler, Philipp Weinschenk

substantially revised version published in: Management Science, 2022, 68 (9), 6733-6750

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11120

Wealth Transfers and Tax Planning: Evidence for the German Bequest Tax

Eric Sommer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11102

Subjective Well-Being and Public Policy

Reto Odermatt, Alois Stutzer

published in: Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi and Louis Tay (eds.), Handbook of Well-Being. Noba Scholar Handbook Series: Subjective Well-being. Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers, 2018.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11098

Overoptimistic Entrepreneurs: Predicting Wellbeing Consequences of Self-Employment

Reto Odermatt, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Alois Stutzer

revised version published as 'Are Newly Self-Employed Overly Optimistic About Their Future Well-Being?' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021, 95, 101779

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11034

Is There Always a Trade-off between Insurance and Incentives? The Case of Unemployment with Subsistence Constraints

Juliana Mesén Vargas, Bruno Van der Linden

published as 'Why cash transfer programsan both stimulate and slow down job finding' in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 8 (1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11031

Partners in Crime: Diffusion of Responsibility in Antisocial Behaviors

Sascha Behnk, Li Hao, Ernesto Reuben

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 145, 104116

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10985

Bayesian versus Heuristic-Based Choice under Sleep Restriction and Suboptimal Times of Day

David L. Dickinson, Todd McElroy

revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2019, 115, 48-59.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10955

Motivational Goal Bracketing: An Experiment

Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2020, 185, 104949

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10452

The Great Recession and Life Satisfaction: The Unique Decline for Americans Approaching Retirement Age

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Amanda Cabacungan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10451

Wage Risk, Employment Risk and the Rise in Wage Inequality

Ariel Mecikovsky, Felix Wellschmied

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10397

On the Interpretation of Non-Cognitive Skills: What Is Being Measured and Why It Matters

John Eric Humphries, Fabian Kosse

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017,136,174 - 185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10378

Addressing Longevity Heterogeneity in Pension Scheme Design and Reform

Mercedes Ayuso, Jorge Miguel Bravo, Robert Holzmann

published in: Journal of Finance and Economics, 2017, 6 (10), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10311

Buffer-Stock Saving and Households' Response to Income Shocks

Giulio Fella, Serafin Frache, Winfried Koeniger

revised version published in: International Economic Review, 2020, 61, 1359-1382.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10309

Conditional Cash Transfers: Do They Change Time Preferences and Educational Aspirations?

Diana Contreras Suarez, Lisa A. Cameron

published as 'Conditional Cash Transfers: Do They Result in More Patient Choices and Increased Educational Aspirations?' in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 68 (3), 729 - 761

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10229

Effects of Labor Reallocation on Productivity and Inequality: Insights from Studies on Transition

Joanna Tyrowicz, Lucas Van der Velde, Jan Svejnar

published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2017, 31 (3), 712-732

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10131

Measuring Women's Empowerment in Rwanda

Abdou Musonera, Almas Heshmati

published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Studies on Economic Development and Growth in Selected African Countries, Springer, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10060

On the Heterogeneity in Longevity among Socioeconomic Groups: Scope, Trends, and Implications for Earnings-Related Pension Schemes

Mercedes Ayuso, Jorge Miguel Bravo, Robert Holzmann

published in: Global Journal of Human Social Sciences-Economics, 2017, 17 (1), 33-58

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. 9898

Recent Developments in the Experimental Elicitation of Time Preference

Stephen L. Cheung

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2016, 11, 1-8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9857

Procedures for Eliciting Time Preferences

David Freeman, Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti, Luigi Mittone

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2016, 126 (Part A), 235–242

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9769

Criminal Discount Factors and Deterrence

Giovanni Mastrobuoni, David A. Rivers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9653

How Soon Is Now? Evidence of Present Bias from Convex Time Budget Experiments

Uttara Balakrishnan, Johannes Haushofer, Pamela Jakiela

published in: Experimental Economics, 2020, 23, 294–321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9572

Unemployment Risk and Over-Indebtedness: A Micro-Econometric Perspective

Philip Du Caju, François Rycx, Ilan Tojerow

also available as: European Central Bank Working Papers, 2016, No. 1908

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9564

Are Competitors Forward Looking in Strategic Interactions? Evidence from the Field

Mario Lackner, Rudi Stracke, Uwe Sunde, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, 2020, 179, 544-565

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9409

Household Debt and Crises of Confidence

Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger

revised version published in: Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9, 1489-1542.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9383

The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Children's Intertemporal Choices

Matthias Sutter, Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer

published as 'Language group differences in time preferences: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city' in: European Economic Review, 2018, 106, 21-34.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9377

Life-Cycle and Intergenerational Effects of Child Care Reforms

Marc K. Chan, Kai Liu

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9 (2), 659 - 706

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9344

Earnings and Consumption Dynamics: A Nonlinear Panel Data Framework

Manuel Arellano, Richard Blundell, Stephane Bonhomme

published in: Econometrica, 2017, 85 (3), 693 - 734

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9256

Wage Risk and the Value of Job Mobility in Early Employment Careers

Kai Liu

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37 (1), 139 - 185