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71 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17459
Shine a (Night)Light: Decentralization and Economic Development in Burkina Faso
Olivier B. Bargain, Rose Camille Vincent, Emilie Caldeira
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17100
The Failed History of Quarantines, and Its Implications for Public Health
Sanjeev Sabhlok, Paul Frijters, Gigi Foster, Jay Bhattacharya, Ari R Joffe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16958
Geographic Inequalities in Accessibility of Essential Services
Vanda Almeida, Claire Hoffmann, Sebastian Königs, Ana Isabel Moreno-Monroy, Mauricio Salazar-Lozada, Javier Terrero-Dávila
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16892
Country Statistical Capacity: A Recent Assessment Tool and Further Reflections on the Way Forward
Hai-Anh H Dang, Dean Jolliffe, Umar Serajuddin, Brian Stacy
published in: Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 2024, 40 (2), 211–225
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16745
Reviewing Assessment Tools for Measuring Country Statistical Capacity
Hai-Anh H Dang, John Pullinger, Umar Serajuddin, Brian Stacy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16234
Pricing Neighborhoods
Sadegh S. M. Eshaghnia, James J. Heckman, Goya Razavi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16200
Social Preferences: Fundamental Characteristics and Economic Consequences
Ernst Fehr, Gary Charness
This version: March 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15897
Who Gets Vaccinated? Cognitive and Non-cognitive Predictors of Individual Behavior in Pandemics
Mark A. Andor, Thomas K. Bauer, Jana Eßer, Christoph M. Schmidt, Lukas Tomberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15697
Who Protests, What Do They Protest, and Why?
Erica Chenoweth, Barton H. Hamilton, Hedwig Lee, Nicholas W. Papageorge, Stephen Roll, Matthew V. Zahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15684
Learning Inequalities during COVID-19: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys from Sub-Saharan Africa
Hai-Anh H Dang, Gbemisola Oseni, Alberto Zezza, Kseniya Abanokova
published as 'Educational Inequalities during COVID-19: Results from Longitudinal Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa' in: International Journal of Education Development, 2025, 112, 103174 (without A. Zezza)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15396
The Unequal Impact of the COVID Pandemic: Theory and Evidence on Health and Economic Outcomes for Different Income Groups
Cécile Aubert, Hai-Anh H Dang, Manh-Hung Nguyen
published as 'The Unequal Impact of Covid-19: Health, Wealth and Behaviors by Income Groups' in: Revue Francaise d'Economie, 2022, 2, 43-77.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14838
Modeling to Inform Economy-Wide Pandemic Policy: Bringing Epidemiologists and Economists Together
Michael E. Darden, David Dowdy, Lauren Gardner, Barton H. Hamilton, Karen A. Kopecky, Melissa Marx, Nicholas W. Papageorge, Daniel Polsky, Kimberly Powers, Elizabeth Stuart, Matthew V. Zahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14784
The Correlation of Wealth between Parents and Children in Australia
Peter Siminski, Sin Hung Yu
published in: Australian Economic Review, 2022, 55 (2), 195 - 214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14503
The Long-Run Effects of Consequential School Accountability
Jonathan Mansfield, David Slichter
forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14417
Are We Richer Than Our Parents Were? Absolute Income Mobility in Australia
Tomas Kennedy, Peter Siminski
published in: Economic Record, 2022, 98 (320), 22-41
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14315
What Explains Vietnam's Exceptional Performance in Education Relative to Other Countries? Analysis of the 2012 and 2015 Pisa Data
Hai-Anh H Dang, Paul Glewwe, Khoa Vu, Jongwook Lee
published in:Economics of Education Review, 2023, 96, 102434.
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. 14135
The Making and Unmaking of Opportunity: Educational Mobility in 20th Century-Denmark
Kristian B. Karlson, Rasmus Landersø
published online in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 17 May 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13895
Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations
Grant J. Cameron, Hai-Anh H Dang, Mustafa Dinc, James Foster, Michael Lokshin
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83 (4), 870-896.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13836
Hukou Status, Housing Tenure Choice and Wealth Accumulation in Urban China
Yu Liao, Junfu Zhang
published in: China Economic Review, 2021, 68, 101638.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13816
Inequality and Support for Government Responses to COVID-19
Hai-Anh H Dang, Edmund Malesky, Cuong Viet Nguyen
published in: PLoS ONE, 2022, 17 (9), e0272972.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13797
Economics and Epidemics: Evidence from an Estimated Spatial Econ-SIR Model
Mark Bognanni, Doug Hanley, Daniel Kolliner, Kurt Mitman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13698
Immigration Policy and Hispanics' Willingness to Run for Office
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Jose R. Bucheli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13651
The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution: Evidence from Vietnam
Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58 (10), 1917-1933.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13480
Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences
Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 105, 102401.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13401
Legal Drinking, Injury and Harm: Evidence from the Introduction and Modifications of Age Limits in Denmark
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Anton Nilsson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13352
Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Disproportionately Affect the Poor? Evidence from a Six-Country Survey
Hai-Anh H Dang, Toan L. D. Huynh, Manh-Hung Nguyen
published in: Journal of Economics and Development, 2024, 26 (1), 2-18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13125
Female Political Representation and Substantive Effects on Policies: A Literature Review
Zohal Hessami, Mariana Lopes da Fonseca
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 63, 101896
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13028
The Economic Impact of Organized Crime Infiltration in the Legal Economy: Evidence from the Judicial Administration of Organized Crime Firms
Francesca Calamunci, Francesco Drago
published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2020, 6, 275 - 297
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12870
Is Parental Leave Costly for Firms and Coworkers?
Anne Ardila Brenøe, Serena Canaan, Nikolaj Harmon, Heather Royer
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42 (4), 1135–1174
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12399
Overstrained Citizens? The Number of Ballot Propositions and the Quality of the Decision Process in Direct Democracy
Alois Stutzer, Michael Baltensperger, Armando N. Meier
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 59, 483-500
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12098
Is There a Tradeoff between Ethnic Diversity and Redistribution? The Case of Income Assistance in Canada
David A. Green, W. Craig Riddell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12079
On Event Study Designs and Distributed-Lag Models: Equivalence, Generalization and Practical Implications
Kurt Schmidheiny, Sebastian Siegloch
published as 'On event studies and distributed-lags in two-way fixed effects models: Identification, equivalence, and generalization' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2023, 38 (5), 695-713
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12070
Inequality of Opportunity in Education: Accounting for the Contributions of Sibs, Schools and Sorting across East Africa
Paul Anand, Jere R. Behrman, Hai-Anh H Dang, Sam Jones
published as 'Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa: How Much Does Sorting Matter?' in: World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36 (1), 219-243
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11629
Quantifying the Benefits of Social Insurance: Unemployment Insurance and Health
Elira Kuka
published: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (3), 490–505.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11531
Girls and Boys: Economic Crisis, Fertility, and Birth Outcomes
Soohyung Lee, Chiara Orsini
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2018, 33 (7), 1044-1063
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11424
Skating on Thin Evidence: Implications for Public Policy
Chris Doucouliagos, Martin Paldam, T. D. Stanley
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 54, 16 - 25
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11207
Fake News
Andreas Grunewald, Matthias Kräkel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10869
Tony Atkinson and His Legacy
Andrea Brandolini, Stephen P. Jenkins, John Micklewright
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63 (3), 411 - 444.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10710
Information, Belief Elicitation and Threshold Effects in the 5X1000 Tax Scheme: A Framed Field Experiment
Leonardo Becchetti, Vittorio Pelligra, Tommaso G. Reggiani
revised version published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24 (6), 1026-1049
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9780
Effects of Welfare Reform on Women's Voting Participation
Dhaval M. Dave, Hope Corman, Nancy E. Reichman
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55 (3), 1430-1451
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9712
Does Medicaid Coverage for Pregnant Women Affect Prenatal Health Behaviors?
Dhaval M. Dave, Robert Kaestner, George Wehby
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9710
It's About Time: Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Time Use
Gregory Colman, Dhaval M. Dave
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8888
A Retrospective Look at Rescuing and Restructuring General Motors and Chrysler
Austan D. Goolsbee, Alan B. Krueger
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2015, 29 (2), 3–24
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8799
Police Disruption and Performance: Evidence from Recurrent Redeployments within a City
Giovanni Mastrobuoni
publilshed in: Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 176, 18-31
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7967
The Impact of Eliminating a Child Benefit on Birth Timing and Infant Health
Cristina Borra, Libertad González, Almudena Sevilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7854
Equality under Threat by the Talented: Evidence from Worker-Managed Firms
Gabriel Burdin
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126(594), 1372-1403
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7682
What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being
Richard Layard, Andrew E. Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee, James Vernoit
published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F720- F738
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7184
Views among Economists: Professional Consensus or Point-Counterpoint?
Roger Gordon, Gordon B. Dahl
published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 629-635
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6838
Musn't Grumble: Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany
Jonathan Wadsworth
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2013, 34 (1), 55-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6516
Certainty and Severity of Sanctions in Classical and Behavioral Models of Deterrence: A Survey
Horst Entorf
published in: Gerben Bruinsma and David Weisburd (eds), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Springer, 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6297
International Comparisons in Health Economics: Evidence from Aging Studies
James Banks, James P. Smith
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, 57–81
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6296
The Effects of World War II on Economic and Health Outcomes across Europe
Iris Kesternich, Bettina M. Siflinger, James P. Smith, Joachim Winter
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96 (1), 103–118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5966
Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life
Andrew E. Clark
published in: Stefano Bartolini, Ennio Bilancini, Luigino Bruni, and Pier-Luigi Porta (Eds.), Policies for Happiness, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, 62-94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5965
Vote-Buying and Reciprocity
Frederico S. Finan, Laura Schechter
published in: Econometrica, 2012, 80 (2), 863-881
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5658
The Impact of Worker Effort on Public Sentiment Towards Temporary Migrants
Gil S. Epstein, Alessandra Venturini
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 33, 239-261
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5318
The Effects of Childhood Health on Adult Health and SES in China
James P. Smith, Yan Shen, John Strauss, Yang Zhe, Yaohui Zhao
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2012, 61(1), 127-156
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5158
Political Culture and Discrimination in Contests
Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem, Shmuel Nitzan
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (1-2), 88-93
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4479
Eliciting Individual Preferences for Pension Reform
Yosr Abid Fourati, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4467
The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance in the Ukraine
Hartmut Lehmann, Jonathan Wadsworth
revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (5), 843-857
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4282
Competing on Good Politicians
Vincenzo Galasso, Tommaso Nannicini
published in: American Political Science Review, 2011, 105 (1), 79-99
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4170
Biased Probability Judgment: Evidence of Incidence and Relationship to Economic Outcomes from a Representative Sample
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Felix Marklein, Uwe Sunde
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (3), 903-915
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4036
Re-Constructing Childhood Health Histories
James P. Smith
published in: Demography 46(2):387-403, May 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3478
The Treatment Effect, the Cross Difference, and the Interaction Term in Nonlinear “Difference-in-Differences” Models
Patrick A. Puhani
published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (1), 85-87
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3410
Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime and the July 2005 Terror Attacks
Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, Robert Witt
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (5), 2157-2181
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2840
Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles
Andrew E. Clark, Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46 (1), 95-144
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1853
Crime and Police Resources: The Street Crime Initiative
Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (4), 678 - 701
IZA Discussion Paper No. 932
Guns, Drugs and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Panel of Siblings and Twins
Naci Mocan, Erdal Tekin
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 49(2), 507-532
IZA Discussion Paper No. 889
Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, and Canada-US Labor Market Integration
David Wildasin
published in: Richard G. Harris and Thomas Lemieux (eds.), Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages,Calgary, 2005, 489–536.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 728
What is the Value Added by Caseworkers?
Michael Lechner, Jeffrey A. Smith
published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (2), 135-151
IZA Discussion Paper No. 376
Work and Television
Giacomo Corneo
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 21 (1), 99-113
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