IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51 (3), 1068-1093

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14237

Left-Handedness and Economic Development

Fabio Mariani, Marion Mercier, Luca Pensieroso

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2023, 28, 79 - 123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13950

Worker Surveillance Capital, Labour Share and Productivity

Philippe Askenazy

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2022, 74 (1), 85–93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13625

Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses

David E. Bloom, Michael Kuhn, Klaus Prettner

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60 (1), 85–131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13075

The Ecological Impact of Place-Based Economic Policies

Teevrat Garg, Ajay Shenoy

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103 (4), 1239-1250

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12949

Unintended Consequences: Can the Rise of the Educated Class Explain the Revival of Protectionism?

Paolo E. Giordani, Fabio Mariani

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, 200, 105385.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12878

Selection and Absolute Advantage in Farming and Entrepreneurship

Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francesco Amodio, Markus Poschke

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12727

Baumol versus Engel: Accounting for 100 years (1885-1985) of Structural Transformation in Japan

Kyoji Fukao, Saumik Paul

published in: Economic History Review, 2021, 74 (1), 164-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12367

Wage Employment, Unemployment and Self-Employment across Countries

Markus Poschke

published online in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 12 September 2024, 103684

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11816

Climatic Roots of Loss Aversion

Oded Galor, Viacheslav Savitskiy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11554

The Origins of the Division of Labor in Pre-Modern Times

Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ömer Özak

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2020, 25 (3), 297-340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11389

Do Developing Countries Enjoy Faster Poverty Reduction as Their Initial Poverty Incidences Decline over Time? A Dynamic Panel Analysis

Yusi Ouyang, Abebe Shimeles, Erik Thorbecke

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10380

Population Growth and Carbon Emissions

Gregory Casey, Oded Galor

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10379

Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures

Oded Galor, Ömer Özak, Assaf Sarid

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10090

Inequality and Growth: The Role of Human Capital with Heterogeneous Skills

Kirill Borissov, Stefano Bosi, Thai Ha-Huy, Leonor Modesto

published as 'Heterogeneous human capital, inequality and growth: The role of patience and skills' in: International Journal of Economic Theory, 2020 (4), 399-419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9997

Can War Foster Cooperation?

Michal Bauer, Christopher J. Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel, Tamar Mitts

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30(3), 249-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9802

Families in Macroeconomics

Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9188

The French Productivity Puzzle

Philippe Askenazy, Christine Erhel

published in: Ph. Askenazy et al. (eds), Productivity Puzzles Across Europe, Oxford: OUP, 2016.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8996

Innovation, Inequality and a Golden Rule for Growth in an Economy with Cobb-Douglas Function and an R&D Sector

Paul J. J. Welfens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8941

Capital-Labor Substitution, Structural Change and the Labor Income Share

Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, Ngo Van Long, Markus Poschke

published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2018, 87, 206-231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8940

Capital-Labor Substitution, Structural Change and Growth

Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, Ngo Van Long, Markus Poschke

published in: Theoretical Economics, 2017, 12 (3), 1229-1266

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8654

From Riches to Rags, and Back? Institutional Change, Financial Development and Economic Growth in Argentina since the 1890s

Nauro F. Campos, Menelaos G. Karanasos, Bin Tan

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52(2), 206 - 223

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8610

Gary Becker on the Quantity and Quality of Children

Matthias Doepke

published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2015, 81(1), 59-66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8452

Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India

Nishith Prakash, Marc Rockmore, Yogesh Uppal

published as 'Do criminally accused politicians affect economic outcomes? Evidence from India' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102370

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8329

Migration Policy, African Population Growth and Global Inequality

Andrew Mountford, Hillel Rapoport

published in: World Economy, 2016, 39 (4), 543-556

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8243

Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Christoph Lakner, Maria Ana Lugo, Berk Özler

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2018, 64 (4), 800-827

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8147

The Political Economy of Labor Market Regulation with R&D

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7765

Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World

Catia Batista, Jacques Potin

published in: Economics Letters, 2014, 122 (2), 276–284

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7733

Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty

Sutirtha Bagchi, Jan Svejnar

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, 43 (3), 505-530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7563

The Economic Impact of Non-communicable Disease in China and India: Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons

David E. Bloom, Elizabeth T. Cafiero, Mark E. McGovern, Klaus Prettner, Anderson Stanciole, Jonathan Weiss, Samuel Bakkila, Larry Rosenberg

published as 'The macroeconomic impact of non-communicable diseases in China and India: Estimates, projections, and comparisons' in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2014, 4, 100-111

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7543

Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai, Alejandro Lavopa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7507

Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7459

Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Handbook of Economic Growth, Vol. 2, 1-48, December 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7391

Disease and Development Revisited

David E. Bloom, David Canning, Günther Fink

pubished in: Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 122 (6), 1355-1366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7199

The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2015, 7 (3), 189-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7108

Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Econometrica, 2017, 85 (5), 1331-1371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7089

Does Education Matter for Economic Growth?

Michael S. Delgado, Daniel J. Henderson, Christopher F. Parmeter

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76 (3), 334-359

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6492

Changes in China's Wage Structure

Suqin Ge, Dennis T. Yang

published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (2), 300-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6327

Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits

Oded Galor, Stelios Michalopoulos

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2012, 147(2), 759-780

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5963

Distortions, Endogenous Managerial Skills and Productivity Differences

Dhritiman Bhattacharya, Nezih Guner, Gustavo Ventura

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2103, 16(1), 11-25.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5756

Learning about Education

Patrick M. Emerson, Bruce McGough

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5249

Are Microloans Bad for Growth?

Patrick M. Emerson, Bruce McGough

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5007

Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy

Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger, Timo Trimborn

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18 (3), 451-485

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4926

Sample Selectivity and the Validity of International Student Achievement Tests in Economic Research

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Economics Letters, 2011, 110 (2), 79-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4925

The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement

Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann

published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 3, pp. 89-200, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4893

"Entrepreneurs out of Necessity": A Snapshot

Markus Poschke

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (7), 658-663

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4833

Public Education for the Children Left Behind

Carmen Camacho, I-Ling Shen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4683

International Specialization and the Return to Capital

Catia Batista, Jacques Potin

published in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Advances), 2015, 15 (2), 467-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4564

Life Expectancy and the Environment

Fabio Mariani, Agustín Pérez-Barahona, Natacha Raffin

published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010, 34 (4), 798-815

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4559

Inflation and Welfare in Long-Run Equilibrium with Firm Dynamics

Alexandre Janiak, Paulo Santos Monteiro

published in: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2011, 43 (5), 795 - 834

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4276

Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil

Joana Naritomi, Rodrigo R. Soares, Juliano J. Assunção

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72 (2), 393-422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4160

Life Expectancy and Economic Growth: The Role of the Demographic Transition

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2011, 16 (2), 99-133

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4156

The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor Motives Matter?

Christopher Kilby, Axel Dreher

published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 107 (3), 338-340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4096

Integration, Labor Market Regulation, Lobbying, and Technological Change

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4091

Economic Growth with Political Lobbying and Wage Bargaining

Tapio K. Palokangas

revised version published in: IFAC Papers on Control Applications of Optimization 7 (2010)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3919

Regional Measures of Human Capital in the European Union

Christian Dreger, Georg Erber, Daniela Glocker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3752

Two to Tangle: Financial Development, Political Instability and Economic Growth in Argentina (1896–2000)

Nauro F. Campos, Menelaos G. Karanasos, Bin Tan

published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2012, 36 (1), 290 - 304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3389

Entrepreneurial Innovation and Sustained Long-Run Growth without Weak or Strong Scale Effects

Volker Grossmann

published as "Entrepreneurial Innovation and Economic Growth" in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2009, 31 (4), 602-613

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3259

Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Matthias Doepke, Dirk Krüger

published in: Peter Rupert (ed.), Frontiers in Family Economics, Bingley: Emerald, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3206

Infinite Dimensional VARs and Factor Models

Alexander Chudik, M. Hashem Pesaran

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2011, 163 (1), 4-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3164

Employment Protection, Firm Selection, and Growth

Markus Poschke

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2009, 56(8), 1074-1085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3087

Growth, Volatility and Political Instability: Non-Linear Time-Series Evidence for Argentina, 1896–2000

Nauro F. Campos, Menelaos G. Karanasos

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (1), 135-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2949

Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), 747-793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2905

Human Capital, Mortality and Fertility: A Unified Theory of the Economic and Demographic Transition

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde

see IZA DP 7199 for a substantially revised and extended version

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2694

Shifts and Twists in the Relative Productivity of Skilled Labor

Arnaud Dupuy, Philip S. Marey

published in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 30 (2), 718-35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2578

The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective

Graziella Bertocchi

revised version published in: Economics and Politics, 2011, 23 (1), 107 - 131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2558

Growth, Development, and Technological Change

Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger

published in: Wei-Bin Zhang (ed.), UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Mathematical Models in Economics), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK: 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2217

Crises, What Crises?

Nauro F. Campos, Cheng Hsiao, Jeffrey B. Nugent

published as 'Crises, What Crises? New Evidence on the Relative Roles of Political and Economic Crises in Begetting Reforms' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46 (10), 1670-1691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1969

Human Capital Externalities and Growth of High- and Low-Skilled Jobs

Jens Suedekum

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal of Economics and Statistics), 2010, 230 (1), 92-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1791

Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance: A Review of Cross Country Evidence

Fabio Schiantarelli

published in: N. Loayza and L. Serven (eds): The Microeconomic Underpinning of Growth, The World Bank, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1723

Local Employment Growth in West Germany: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Uwe Blien, Jens Suedekum, Katja Wolf

published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (4), 445-458

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1592

Economic Integration, Market Power and Technological Change

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1452

Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Urban China, 1986-2000

Xin Meng, Bob Gregory, Youjuan Wang

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (4), 710-729

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1448

Impact of Income Growth and Economic Reform on Nutrition Intake in Urban China: 1986-2000

Xin Meng, Xiaodong Gong, Youjuan Wang

published as 'Impact of Income Growth and Economic Reform on Nutrition Availability in Urban China: 1986–2000' in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 57 (2), 261-295

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1338

Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships

Almas Heshmati

published in: A. Heshmati ; A. Tausch (eds.), Roadmap to Bangalore? Globalization, the EU Lisbon Process and the Structure of Global Inequality, Hauppauge and New York, 2007, 109-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1333

Local Economic Structure and Industry Development in Germany, 1993-2001

Uwe Blien, Jens Suedekum

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2005, 17 (15), 1-8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1174

Capital Accumulation and Growth: A New Look at the Empirical Evidence

Steve Bond, Leblebicioglu Asli, Fabio Schiantarelli

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2010, 5 (7), 1073-1099

IZA Discussion Paper No. 955

Risky Human Capital Investment, Income Distribution, and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volker Grossmann

published in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 30 (1), 19-42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 727

Benchmarking Structural Change in Transition

Martin Raiser, Mark E Schaffer, Johannes Schuchhardt

published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2004, 15 (1), 47-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 720

Labour Market Regulation, Productivity-Improving R&D and Endogenous Growth

Tapio K. Palokangas

published as "Union-Firm Bargaining, Productivity Improvement and Endogenous Growth" in: Labour, 2004, 18 (2), 191-205

IZA Discussion Paper No. 585

Human Capital Formation, Life Expectancy and the Process of Economic Development

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2005, 95 (5), 1653-1672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 472

Structural Change and the Kaldor Facts of Economic Growth

Reto Foellmi, Josef Zweimüller

published as 'Structural change, Engel's consumption cycles and Kaldor's facts of economic growth' in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2008, 55 (7), 1317-1328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 136

Unemployment and Productivity Growth: An Empirical Analysis within the Augmented Solow Model

Michael Bräuninger, Markus Pannenberg

published in: Economic Modelling, 2002, 19 (1), 105-120

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