IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'The adult consequences on wellbeing of abuse and neglect in childhood ' in: International Journal of Wellbeing, 2024, 14 (3), 3513, 1-28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16473

Local Labor Markets Dynamics and Export Shocks: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia

Carlos Góes, Juan Segnana, Raymond Robertson, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16471

Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants by Refugee Status: An Analysis of Linked Landing Files and Tax Records

Wifag Adnan, Jonathan Zhang, Angela Zheng

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16466

Educational Assortative Mating and Harsh Parenting in Sub-Saharan Africa

Luca Maria Pesando, Elisabetta De Cao, Giulia La Mattina, Alberto Ciancio

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2024, 351, 116954

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16463

Ocean Salinity, Early-Life Health, and Adaptation

Amanda Guimbeau, Xinde James Ji, Zi Long, Nidhiya Menon

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024,125, 102954

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16459

The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health: Evidence from Austria and Denmark

Alexander Ahammer, Ulrich Glogowsky, Martin Halla, Timo Hener

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16453

Spillovers in Fields of Study: Siblings, Cousins, and Neighbors

Stanislav Avdeev, Nadine Ketel, Hessel Oosterbeek, Bas van der Klaauw

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 238, 105193.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16442

High-Quality Early-Childhood Education at Scale: Evidence from a Multisite Randomized Trial

William Dougan, Jorge Luis García, Illia Polovnikov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16441

Parenting with Patience: Parental Incentives and Child Development

Daniela Del Boca, Christopher Flinn, Ewout Verriest, Matthew Wiswall

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16440

Daughters, Savings and Household Finances

Massimiliano Tani, Xin Wen, Zhiming Cheng

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16439

The Integration of Migrants in the German Labor Market: Evidence over 50 Years

Paul Berbée, Jan Stuhler

published in: Economic Policy, 2025, 50 (122), 481 - 549

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16437

Teen Social Interactions and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2025, 23, 357–404

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16433

Public Child Care and Mothers' Career Trajectories

Katrin Huber, Geske Rolvering

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16428

Immigration, Female Labour Supply and Local Cultural Norms

Jonas Jessen, Sophia Schmitz, Felix Weinhardt

published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (659), 1146–1172

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16421

Rainfall Variability and Labor Allocation in Uzbekistan: The Role of Women's Empowerment

Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova, Nargiza Alimukhamedova

published in: Post-Soviet Affairs, 2024, 40 (2), 119–138

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16419

Race and the Income-Achievement Gap

Ryan Bacic, Angela Zheng

pubished in: Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62 (1), 5- 23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16418

Equal Price for Equal Place? Demand-Driven Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market

Anthony Lepinteur, Giorgia Menta, Sofie R. Waltl

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2025, 111, 104089.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16417

What If It Never Happened? Subjective Treatment Effects of a Negative Shock on Youth Labour Market Outcomes in Developing Countries

Marta Favara, Richard Freund, Marcello Perez-Alvarez

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16412

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Racial Inequality in Business Earnings

Robert W. Fairlie

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2024, 43 (1), 258 - 288

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16411

The Growing Gap of Unmet Need: Assessing the Demand for, and Supply of, Home-Based Support for Older Adults with Disabilities in 31 Countries

Yuting Qian, Shanquan Chen, Zhuoer Lin, Zexuan Yu, Mengxiao Wang, Xiaohui Hou, Xi Chen

also available as 'Silver Opportunity : Case Studies - The Growing Gap of Unmet Need : Assessing the Demand for, and Supply of, Home-Based Support for Older Adults with Disabilities in Thirty-One Countries', World Bank Report, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16409

The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences

Iacopo Morchio, Christian Moser

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16407

Women Workers in Essential British Metal and Chemical Industries during the Second World War and the Immediate Post-war Years

Robert A. Hart, J. Elizabeth Roberts

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16402

Which Mexicans Are White? Enumerator-Assigned Race in the 1930 Census and the Socioeconomic Integration of Mexican Americans

Brian Duncan, Stephen J. Trejo

published in: ILR Review, 2025, 78 (1), 62- 85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16397

Youth Labor Force Participation, Education, and Human Capital in Asia, by Gender, 1990-2019

Barbara M. Fraumeni

published in: Indian Economic Review, 2024, 59, 69 - 94

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16395

The Economics of Abortion Policy

Damian Clarke

published online in: The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, 18 June 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16391

Noncitizen Coverage and Its Effects on U.S. Population Statistics

J. David Brown, Misty L. Heggeness, Marta Murray-Close

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16388

Gender Identity, Race, and Ethnicity-Based Discrimination in Access to Mental Health Care: Evidence from an Audit Correspondence Field Experiment

Luca Fumarco, Benjamin Harrell, Patrick Button, David J. Schwegman, E Dils

revised version published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 10 (2), 182–214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16385

The Inheritance of Historical Trauma: Intergenerational Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Famine on Mental Health

Zihan Zhang, Jun Hyung Kim

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16383

Female Leadership and Workplace Climate

Sule Alan, Gozde Corekcioglu, Mustafa Kaba, Matthias Sutter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16378

The Short and Medium Term Effects of Full-Day Schooling on Learning and Maternal Labor Supply

Giulia Bovini, Niccolò Cattadori, Marta De Philippis, Paolo Sestito

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16377

Population Aging and Economic Growth: From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Drag?

Rainer Kotschy, David E. Bloom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16370

The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education: Participant Benefits and Family Spillovers

Frederik H. Bennhoff, Jorge Luis García, Duncan Ermini Leaf

published in: Human Capital, 2024, 18 (1), 44-73.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16368

Optimal Weights for Marital Sorting Measures

Frederik Almar, Bastian Schulz

published in: Economics Letters, 2024, 234, 11497

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16367

When It Hurts the Most: Timing of Parental Job Loss and a Child's Education

Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari, Marco Ovidi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16364

When Women's Work Disappears: Marriage and Fertility Decisions in Peru

Hani Mansour, Pamela Medina, Andrea Velasquez

published in: Journal of Globalization and Development, 2023, 14 (2), 385-412.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16360

We've Got You Covered: Employer and Employee Responses to Dobbs v. Jackson

Pawel Adrjan, Svenja Gudell, Emily Nix, Allison Shrivastava, Jason Sockin, Evan Starr

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16357

Immigration Enforcement and the Institutionalization of Elderly Americans

Abdulmohsen Almuhaisen, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Delia Furtado

published in: Journal of Health Economoics, 2024, 94, 102859

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16353

Young Women in Cities

Yumi Koh, Jing Li, Yifan Wu, Junjian Yi, Hanzhe Zhang

published as 'Young women in cities:published as 'Young women in cities: Urbanization and gender-biased migration' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 172, 103378

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16348

Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Non-arranged Marriages among Refugees

Andrew Foster, Merve Betül Gökçe, Murat Güray Kirdar

published as 'Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Nonarranged Marriages Among Refugees' in: Demography, 2024, 61 (5), 1427 - 1454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16347

Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming

Philipp Ager, Marc Goñi, Kjell G. Salvanes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16341

Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform

Lídia Farré, Christina Felfe, Libertad González, Patrick Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16331

How Does Gender Quota Shape Gender Attitudes?

Yen-Chien Chen, Elliott Fan, Yu-Hsin Ho, Matthew Yi-Hsiu Lee, Jin-Tan Liu

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 174, 103451.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16329

Exposure to the One-Child Policy and Fertility among Chinese Immigrants to the US

Siyuan Lin, Laura M. Argys, Susan L. Averett

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16328

Maternal Education and Early Child Development: The Roles of Parental Support for Learning, Learning Materials, and Father Characteristics

Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Pelin Akyol, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Murat Demirci, Murat Güray Kirdar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16324

Does Unfairness Hurt Women? The Effects of Losing Unfair Competitions

Stefano Piasenti, Marica Valente, Roel van Veldhuizen, Gregor Pfeifer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16323

Women in Management and the Gender Pay Gap

Virginia Sondergeld, Katharina Wrohlich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16315

Customer Discrimination and Ethnic Team Composition

Ulf Rinne, Hendrik Sonnabend, Leonie Wolters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16314

Is Self-Employment for Migrants? Evidence from Italy

Marianna Brunetti, Anzelika Zaiceva

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16302

C-Sections, Obesity, and Health-Care Specialization: Evidence from Mexico

Catalina Herrera-Almanza, Fernanda Marquez-Padilla, Silvia Prina

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2024, 38 (1), 139 - 160

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16292

Tightening Access to Early Retirement: Who Can Adapt?

Bernhard Boockmann, Martin Kroczek, Natalie Laub

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16288

The Oral Contraceptive Pill and Adolescents' Mental Health

Ana Costa-Ramón, N. Meltem Daysal, Ana Rodríguez-González

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16287

Later-Life Mortality and the Repeal of Federal Prohibition

David S. Jacks, Krishna Pendakur, Hitoshi Shigeoka, Anthony Wray

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 238, 105192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16280

(Breaking) Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Health

Aline Bütikofer, Rita Ginja, Krzysztof Karbownik, Fanny Landaud

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (S), S108-S151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16277

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession on Less Educated Women's Human Capital: Some Projections

Mark Drozd, Robert A. Moffitt, Xinyu Zhao

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42 (2), 289–323

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16270

Universal Investments in Toddler Health. Learning from a Large Government Trial

Jennifer L. Baker, Lise G. Bjerregaard, Christian M. Dahl, Torben S. D. Johansen, Emil N. Sørensen, Miriam Wüst

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16263

Assessing the Fertility Effects of Childcare Cost Subsidies: Evidence from the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit

Susan L. Averett, Yang Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16260

Social Gradients in Employment during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Annette Alstadsæter, Bernt Bratsberg, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2025, 63 (2), 440–514

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16257

Minimum Wage, Worker Quality, and Consumer Well-Being: Evidence from the Child Care Market

Jessica H. Brown, Chris M. Herbst

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. 16249

The Fast and the Studious? Ramadan Observance and Student Performance

Kyra Hanemaaijer, Olivier Marie, Marco Musumeci

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16245

Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement: Cultural and Economic Drivers

Francesco Campo, Sara Giunti, Mariapia Mendola, Giulia Tura

forthcoming in: Journal of Public Economics

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. 16239

Bridging the Gap: Mismatch Effects and Catch-up Dynamics in a Brazilian College Affirmative Action

Rodrigo Oliveira, Alei Santos, Edson Severnini

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2024, 98, 102501

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16238

Maternity Benefits and Marital Stability after Birth: Evidence from the Soviet Baltic Republics

Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36 (4), 2309-2345

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16237

The Effects of an Unconditional Cash Transfer on Mental Health in the United States

Clemente Pignatti, Zachary Parolin

published in: Healthl Economics, 2024, 33 (10), 2253-2287

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16235

Disability Insurance Screening and Worker Outcomes

Alexander Ahammer, Analisa Packham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16230

New Evidence on the Underrepresentation of Asian Americans in Leadership Positions

Maria Zhu

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 227, 106679

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16228

When Death Was Postponed: The Effect of HIV Medication on Work, Savings, and Marriage

Mette Ejrnæs, Esteban García-Miralles, Mette Gørtz, Petter Lundborg

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. 16218

Roma and Bureaucrats: A Field Experiment on Ethnic and Socioeconomic Discrimination

Stepan Mikula, Josef Montag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16217

Disability, Gender and Hiring Discrimination: A Field Experiment

Vegar Bjørnshagen, Dan-Olof Rooth, Elisabeth Ugreninov

published online in: European Societies, 01 January 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16214

Information Campaign on Arsenic Poisoning: Unintended Consequences in Marriage Market

Shyamal Chowdhury, Prachi Singh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16212

Baby Bump? Birth Month, Family Income, and Early Childhood Development

Dave E. Marcotte, Katherine Engel

published in: Economics & Human, 2024, 54, 101409

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16209

Health and Wellbeing Spillovers of a Partner's Cancer Diagnosis

Viola Angelini, Joan Costa-Font

published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2023, 212, 422 - 437

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16208

Fertility, Son-Preference, and the Reversal of the Gender Gap in Literacy/Numeracy Tests

Minhee Chae, Xin Meng, Sen Xue

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16207

China's 40 Years Demographic Dividend and Labor Supply: The Quantity Myth

Xin Meng

published in: Asian Development Review, 2023, 40 (2), 111-144

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. 16190

Unintended Consequences of Family Planning Policies on the Breastfeeding Gap between Sons and Daughters

Minhee Chae, Yong Cai, Jun Hyung Kim, William Lavely

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16187

Socioemotional Development during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Macro Shock

Ghazala Azmat, Katja Maria Kaufmann, Yasemin Özdemir

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16185

The Career Effects of Union Membership

Samuel Dodini, Kjell G. Salvanes, Alexander Willén, Li Zhu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16182

Spouses as Home Health Workers and Cooks: Insights for Applied Research

Shoshana Grossbard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16180

Overconfident Boys: The Gender Gap in Mathematics Self-Assessment

Anna Adamecz, John Jerrim, Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Nikki Shure

published as 'Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 33 (2025)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16178

Will Childcare Subsidies Increase the Labour Supply of Mothers in Ireland?

Karina Doorley, Dora Tuda, Luke Duggan

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2025, 46 (2), 239-259

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16174

Reconciling Estimates of the Long-Term Earnings Effect of Fertility

Simon Bensnes, Ingrid Huitfeldt, Edwin Leuven

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