IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'The Early Origins of Birth Order Differences in Children's Outcomes and Parental Behavior' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, 123 - 156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6355

Celebrating 150 Years of Analyzing Fertility Trends in Germany

Michael J. Kendzia, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 233 (3), 406-422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6307

Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes

Robert Scholte, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, 17–30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6215

The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights

Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt, Alessandra Voena

published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, 339-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6045

Age, Life-Satisfaction, and Relative Income: Insights from the UK and Germany

Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan, Max F. Steinhardt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5939

Conflict and its Impact on Educational Accumulation and Enrollment in Colombia: What We Can Learn from Recent IDPs

Kate Wharton, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5901

Health and Economic Development: Evidence from the Introduction of Public Health Care

Anthony Strittmatter, Uwe Sunde

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1549-1584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5849

Health Impaired Employees' Job Satisfaction: New Evidence from Athens, Greece

Nick Drydakis

published in: Applied Economics Letters,2012, 19 (8), 789-793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5749

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills During Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Silke Anger

revised version published as 'Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills' in: John Ermisch, Markus Jäntti, and Timothy Smeeding (eds.), From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2012, 393 - 421

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5668

The Role of Race and Birth Place in Welfare Usage among Comparable Women: Evidence from the U.S.

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Maharouf Oyolola

published in: The Review of Black Political Economy, 2012, 39 (3), 285-297

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5664

Physical Attractiveness, Employment, and Earnings

Christian Pfeifer

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19 (6), 505-510

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5600

"Beauty Is the Promise of Happiness"?

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Jason Abrevaya

published in: European Economic Review, 2013, 64, 351-368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5465

Why Are Saving Rates So High in China?

Dennis T. Yang, Junsen Zhang, Shaojie Zhou

published in: Joseph Fan and Randall Morck (eds.), 2012, Capitalizing China. University of Chicago Press, 249-282

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5422

The Long-Run Effects of Mortality Decline in Developing Countries

Ulla Lehmijoki, Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5363

Poverty and Survival

Sonia R. Bhalotra

Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (2), 145-167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5237

Immigrant Networks and U.S. Bilateral Trade: The Role of Immigrant Income

Kusum Mundra

published in: Gil Epstein and Ira Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 357-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5171

Using "Shares" vs. "Log of Shares" in Fixed-Effect Estimations

Christer Gerdes

published in: Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2011, 54 (1), 1–7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5071

Black-White Gap in Self-Employment in the U.S.: Do Cohort and Within Race Differences Exist?

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Willie Belton

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 41 (1), 25-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4775

No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men

Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth

published as 'Body Size, Skills, and Income: Evidence From 150,000 Teenage Siblings' in: Demography, 2014, 51, 1573-1596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4774

Handedness, Health and Cognitive Development: Evidence from Children in the NLSY

David W. Johnston, Michael E. R. Nicholls, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176 (4), 841-860

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4698

Unequal Giving: Monetary Gifts to Children Across Countries and Over Time

Julie Zissimopoulos, James P. Smith

published in: Timothy Smeeding, Robert Erikson, and Markus Jantti (eds.), Persistence, Privilege, Policy and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility. Russell Sage Foundation, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4398

Meet the Parents? The Causal Effect of Family Size on the Geographic Distance between Adult Children and Older Parents

Helena Holmlund, Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Meet the Parents? Family Size and the Geographic Proximity Between Adult Children and Older Mothers in Sweden' in: Demography, 2013, 50 (3), 903-931

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4378

Grazing, Goods and Girth: Determinants and Effects

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published as "Incentives, time use and BMI: The roles of eating, grazing and goods" in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 8 (1), 2-15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4266

The Height Premium in Earnings: The Role of Physical Capacity and Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills

Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(1), 141-166.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4166

Global Aging and Fiscal Policy with International Labor Mobility: A Political Economy Perspective

Mehmet S. Tosun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4160