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1,264 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18431
Parents' Perceptions of Occupational Fit
Anne Ardila Brenøe, Daphne Rutnam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18430
How Job Attractiveness Is Shaped by Employer-Provided Childcare Arrangements
Morien El Haj, Eline Moens, Elsy Verhofstadt, Luc Van Ootegem, Stijn Baert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18418
Job Search, Job Amenities, and the Gender Pay Gap
Jason Faberman, Andreas I. Mueller, Aysegül Sahin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18401
The Part-Time Penalty
Anders Frederiksen, Louis Junker-Jensen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18399
Female Political Leaders and Public Funding Attraction: Evidence from Italian Municipalities
Matteo Picchio, Raffaella Santolini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18394
Burning Rage: How Heat Shapes Gender-Based Violence
Carmen Aina, Lavinia Parisi, Matteo Picchio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18388
Do Firms Share their Profits Equally with Women and Men? The Role of Human Capital, Managerial Positions and Unions
Kevin Pineda-Hernández, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral, Alexandre Waroquier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18376
Why Female Professors Earn Less: The Role of Retention Negotiations and Performance Bonuses
Isea Cieply, Laura Barros, Alexander Silbersdorff, Thomas Kneib, Krisztina Kis-Katos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18370
Is Physical Unattractiveness a Risk Factor for Sexual Violence Perpetration? Evidence from the U.S
Maria Laura Di Tommaso, Silvia Mendolia, Silvia Palmaccio, Giulia Savio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18366
Postpartum Depression and the Motherhood Penalty
Sonia R. Bhalotra, N. Meltem Daysal, Louis Freget, Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, Priyama Majumdar, Mircea Trandafir, Miriam Wüst, Tom Zohar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18357
Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Long-Term Effects of a Temporary Alcohol Ban
Arnab K. Basu, Tsenguunjav Byambasuren, Nancy H. Chau
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18348
Who Studies What? Country of Origin, Gender, and Field Specialization Among Economics PhDs
Karan Singhal, Eva Sierminska
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18345
The Minimum Wage and Inequality Between Groups
Francine D. Blau, Isaac Cohen, Matthew Comey, Lawrence M. Kahn, Nikolai Boboshko
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18344
How Home Exams and Peers Affect College Grades in Unprecedented Times
Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdottir, Marco Francesconi, Ásthildur M. Johannsdottir, Gylfi Zoega
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18343
The Effect of Separation on Poverty and Employment
Barbara Broadway, Guyonne Kalb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18337
Persistence of Gender Norms and Women Entrepreneurship
Ulrich Kaiser, José Mata
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18324
When Gender Kicks In: An Experimental Study of Work from Home and Attitudes to Household Work and Childcare
Andreas Kotsadam, Mette Løvgren, Nicolas Moreau, Elena G. F. Stancanelli, Arthur van Soest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18302
Workplace Hostility
Manuela R. Collis, Clémentine Van Effenterre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18291
Revisiting Occupational Segregation and the Valuation of Women’s Work
Hannah Liepmann, Ariane Hegewisch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18265
The Evolution of Hours Worked and the Gender Wage Gap: Theory and Evidence from Four Countries
Daniele Checchi, Daniel Kreisman, Cecilia García-Peñalosa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18245
Evaluators’ Masculine Gender Identity May Drive Gender Biases in Peer Evaluation of Business Plans
Magdalena Adamus, Martin Guzi, Eva Ballová Mikušková
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2025, 102473.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18241
Empowered Mothers, Empowered Generations: The Impact of Women’s Economic Rights
Esther Arenas-Arroyo, Elisabeth Wurm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18232
Will You Follow Your Job to the Suburbs? Commuting, Locational Amenities and Wages in a Large Metro Area
Gregory Verdugo, Malak Kandoussi
forthcoming in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18230
Do Women Ask for Less? Evidence from Reservation Wages in Italy
Vincenzo Scoppa, Idola Francesca Spanò
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18226
Stereotypes, Awareness, and STEM Major Choice
Maria De Paola, Patrizia Ordine, Giuseppe Rose
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18221
Promoting Women’s Leadership: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Missing
Francesca Bramucci, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Mariana Viollaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18209
Gender Identity, Norms, and Happiness
Natalia Danzer, Rachel Kranton, Piotr Larysz, Claudia Senik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18208
Freed from the Boys: How Single-Sex Schooling Shapes Girls’ Effort and Performance in High-Stakes Exams
Caterina Calsamiglia, Yarine Fawaz, Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Junhee Lee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18198
Only-Child Matching Penalty in the Marriage Market
Keisuke Kawata, Mizuki Komura
forthcoming in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18197
'The Queen of Inventions': How Home Technology Shaped Women’s Work and Children’s Futures
Esther Arenas-Arroyo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18187
Working from Home and Mental Health: Giving Employees a Choice Does Make a Difference
Uwe Jirjahn, Cinzia Rienzo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18172
Relative Income and Gender Norms: Evidence from Latin America
Ercio A. Muñoz, Dario Sansone, João Tampellini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18164
Trading Pay for Pensions: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in the United Kingdom
Nick Deschacht, Inés Guillemyn, Suncica Vujic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18162
Ex Ante Heterogeneity, Separations, and Labor Market Dynamics
Cesar Barreto, Christian Merkl
published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2025, 156, 103845
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18158
The Evolution of the Child Penalty and Gender-Related Inequality in the Netherlands, 1989–2022
Renren Gan, Egbert L. W. Jongen, Simon Rabaté, Bo Terpstra
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18143
AI Business Applications Training and Business Outcomes: An Inclusive Intervention for Underrepresented Entrepreneurs
Nick Drydakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18141
Gender Identity Norms, Mental Health, and Relationship Strain
David W. Johnston, Rachel Knott, Nidhiya Menon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18140
The Unequal Motherhood Penalty: Maternal Preferences and Education
Lauro Carnicelli, Greta Morando
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18138
The Formation of AI Capital in Higher Education: Enhancing Students’ Academic Performance and Employment Rates
Nick Drydakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18097
The Digital Gender Divide in Germany: The Role of Preferences and Constraints in Digital Involvement and Wages
Martin Abraham, Luisa Wieser, Claus Schnabel, Cornelia Niessen, Sara Bergmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18089
Work-from-Home Desires in the Post-COVID Workplace: Managerial and Gender Heterogeneity
Benjamin Artz, Sarinda Siemers, Tianfang Li
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18039
The Wished-For Children: Do Mothers Carry the Burden While Fathers Reap the Joy?
Mathias Huebener, Reto Odermatt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18038
Extreme Temperatures and Non-Work at Work
Ignacio Belloc, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18019
When Managers Choose: Gender Disparities in Employer Training Provision
Marco Caliendo, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Katrin Huber, Harald Pfeifer, Arne Uhlendorff, Sophie Wagner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18013
Riskonnected: Social Media, Puberty and Risky Behaviours in Adolescence
Margherita Agnoletto, Marina Della Giusta, Silvia Mendolia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18011
Disconnecting Women: Gender Disparities in the Impact of Online Instruction
Xiaoyue Shan, Ulf Zölitz, Uschi Backes-Gellner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18006
Non-Fatal Strangulation Laws and Intimate Partner Homicides
Dércio de Assis, Arpita Ghosh, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18005
Reaching Marginalized Job Seekers Through Public Employment Services: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
Marc J. Witte, Johanna Roth, Morgan Hardy, Christian Johannes Meyer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18002
An Economic Theory of Sexual Exchanges and Human Capital
Elias Carroni, Marina Della Giusta, Davide Dragone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18001
Can Better Information Reduce College Gender Gaps? The Impact of Relative Grade Signals on Academic Outcomes for Students in Introductory Economics
Francisca M. Antman, Evelyn Skoy, Nicholas E. Flores
forthcoming in: Southern Economic Journal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17999
The Labour Market and Health Effects of a Diabetes Warning: Evidence of Gender and Age Differences from the Lifelines Cohort Study
Claudio Annibali, Annette Bergemann, Rob Alessie
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17997
Rise in Home Working and Spousal Labor Supply
Mylène Feuillade, Dominique Goux, Eric Maurin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17988
Gender Segregation in Childhood Friendships and the Gender-Equality Paradox
Manuel Bagues, Natalia Zinovyeva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17982
Gender Differences in Children’s Extracurricular Activities: Japanese Parental Preference for STEM Activities for Sons
Rikiya Matsukura, Takashi Oshio, Yuko Ueno, Emiko Usui
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17968
Polycrisis in Agrifood Systems: Climate-Conflict Interactions and Labor Dynamics for Women and Youth in 21 African Countries
Wolfgang Stojetz, Carlo Azzarri, Erdgin Mane, Tilman Brück
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17965
Career, Family, and IVF: The Impact of Involuntary Childlessness and Fertility Treatment
Fabio I. Martinenghi, Maryam Naghsh Nejad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17932
Well-Being, Isolation, and Lockdowns in the UK
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17922
Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement
Kristy Buzard, Laura Katherine Gee, Olga B. Stoddard
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17921
The Managerial Labor Market and Gender Gaps in Beliefs About Own Ability
Tor Eriksson, Nina Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17920
Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
Inés Berniell, Mariana Marchionni, Julián Pedrazzi, Mariana Viollaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17916
Motherhood and Informality: Empirical Evidence from Russia
Arlan Musayir, Reza Arabsheibani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17912
Beyond Time: Unveiling the Invisible Burden of Mental Load
Francesca Barigozzi, Pietro Biroli, Chiara Monfardini, Natalia Montinari, Elena Pisanelli, Sveva Vitellozzi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17911
Gender Norms and Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Export Shocks in Vietnam
Quynh Huynh, Hyejin Ku
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17910
The Effect of Abortion Policies on Fertility and Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
Arcangelo Dimico
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17903
Empowerment Paradox? The Long-Run Impact of a Cycling Program for Girls in Zambia
Ana Garcia-Hernandez, Nishith Prakash, Janina Isabel Steinert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17896
Multidimensional Skills on LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap
David Dorn, Florian Schoner, Moritz Seebacher, Lisa Simon, Ludger Woessmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17894
The Impact of Physician-Patient Gender Match on Healthcare Quality: An Experiment in China
Yafei Si, Gang Chen, Zhongliang Zhou, Winnie Yip, Xi Chen
published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 380, 118166
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17893
Parental Leave from the Firm’s Perspective
Gozde Corekcioglu, Marco Francesconi, Astrid Kunze
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17883
Women’s Mobility and Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
Robert Garlick, Erica Field, Kate Vyborny
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17877
Gender Differences in Performance Evaluations
Katja Görlitz, Tim Sels
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17871
Breaking Barriers via Refugees: Cultural Transmission and Women’s Economic Empowerment
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Murat Güray Kirdar, Belgi Turan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17857
Protection for Whom? The Political Economy of Protective Labor Laws for Women
Matthias Doepke, Hanno Foerster, Anne Hannusch, Michèle Tertilt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17850
Balancing Work and Care: How Workplace Factors Can Mitigate the Gendered Impacts of Caregiving
Peyman Firouzi Naeim, David W. Johnston, Maryam Naghsh Nejad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17844
Out of School and into Trouble? Labor Market Impacts of Decreasing the School Leaving Age
Anna Adamecz, Daniel Prinz, Suncica Vujic, Agnes Szabo-Morvai
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17840
Gender Norms, Stereotypical Beliefs, and Competitiveness
Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17837
Gender Gaps in Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Samuel Berlinski, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Alba Sóñora-Noya
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2025, 57, 101472
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17831
A Historical Note on the Assimilation Rates of Foreign-Born Men and Women in the U.S.
Harriet Duleep, Daniel J. Dowhan, Xingfei Liu, Mark Regets, Robert Gesumaria
forthcoming in: Research in Labor Economics.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17813
How Tinted Are Your Glasses? Gender Views, Beliefs and Recommendations in Hiring
Anna Hochleitner, Fabio Tufano, Giovanni Facchini, Valeria Rueda, Markus Eberhardt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17807
Gender, Perceived Discrimination and the Overruling of Roe v. Wade
Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Alan Secor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17801
Female Representation and Talent Allocation in Entrepreneurship: The Role of Early Exposure to Entrepreneurs
Mikkel Mertz, Maddalena Ronchi, Viola Salvestrini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17789
Beyond Hot Flashes: The Career Cost of Menopause
Sara Abrahamsson, Mara Barschkett, Martin Flatø
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17784
Comment on “Food Insecurity and Mental Health of Women During COVID-19: Evidence from a Developing Country” by Rahman et al.
Lenka Fiala, Anders Kjelsrud, Essi Kujansuu, Abel Brodeur
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17782
A Comment on “Improving Women’s Mental Health During a Pandemic”
Abel Brodeur, Lenka Fiala, Jack Fitzgerald, Essi Kujansuu, David Valenta, Ole Rogeberg, Gunther Bensch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17767
Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Child Poverty in Consumption
Ulugbek Aminjonov, Olivier B. Bargain, Maira Colacce
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17760
From Access to Wellness: Early Life Exposure to Abortion Legalization and the Next Generation’s Health
Hamid Noghanibehambari, David Slusky, Hoa Vu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17751
Seeing Stereotypes
Elisa Baldazzi, Pietro Biroli, Marina Della Giusta, Florent Dubois
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17750
Preferences for Gender Diversity in High-Profile Jobs
Celina Högn, Lea Mayer, Johannes Rincke, Erwin Winkler
published in: Labour Economics 99:102857 (2026)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17733
Top-Performing Girls Are More Impactful Peer Role Models than Boys, Teachers Say
Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025, 122 (6), e2421436122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17687
Revisiting the Dunning-Kruger Effect: Composite Measures and Heterogeneity by Gender
Anna Adamecz, Radina Ilieva, Nikki Shure
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2025, 116, 102362
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17683
Combating LGBTphobia in Schools: Evidence from a Field Experiment in France
Stéphane Carcillo, Marie-Anne Valfort, Pedro Vergara Merino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17674
The Long-Term Effects of Teachers' Gender Stereotypes on Labor Outcomes
Joan Jennifer Martinez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17673
Unpacking the Child Penalty Using Personnel Data: How Promotion Practices Widen the Gender Pay Gap
Yoko Okuyama, Takeshi Murooka, Shintaro Yamaguchi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17672
Long-Term and Lasting Impacts of Personal Initiative Training on Entrepreneurial Success
Francisco Campos, Michael Frese, Leonardo Iacovone, Hillary C. Johnson, David McKenzie, Mona Mensmann
forthcoming in: American Economic Review: Insights
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17666
Behind the Screen: Gender Differences in the Creator Economy
Francesca Gioia, Leo Morabito
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17658
Child Penalties and Marriage Dissolution
Sara Ayllón, Linda Kirkpatrick, Alexander T. Plum
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17649
The Delayed Acceptance of Female Research in Economics
Stephan B. Bruns, Anthony Doucouliagos, Chris Doucouliagos, Johannes König, T. D. Stanley, Katarina Zigova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17630
The Gendered Impact of Social Norms on Financial Access and Capital Misallocation
Arti Grover, Mariana Viollaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17624
Can Paternity Leave Reduce the Gender Earnings Gap?
Yaya Diallo, Fabian Lange, Laetitia Renée
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17621
One Cohort at a Time: A New Perspective on the Declining Gender Pay Gap
Jaime Arellano-Bover, Nicola Bianchi, Salvatore Lattanzio, Matteo Paradisi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17601
When Mothers Out-Earn Fathers: Effects on Fathers' Decisions to Take Paternity and Parental Leave
Paola Biasi, Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia
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