IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Analyzing political preferences of second-generation immigrants across the rural–urban divide', in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 146, 103740.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16138

The Gender Reference Point Gap

Nathan Kettlewell, Jonathan Levy, Agnieszka Tymula, Xueting Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15961

Health System Trust and Compliance with COVID-19 Restrictions

Joan Costa-Font, Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto

published as 'Trusting the Health System and COVID 19 Restriction Compliance' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2023, 49, 101235

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15953

Do International Tourist Arrivals Change Residents' Attitudes Towards Immigration? A Longitudinal Study of 28 European Countries

Artjoms Ivlevs, Ian Smith

published in: Tourism Economics, 2024, 30 (1), 104-131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15932

The Employment Effects of the Disability Education Gap in Europe

Maciej Albinowski, Iga Magda, Agata Rozszczypała

published online in: Education Economics, 29 September 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15904

Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe

Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119 (37), e2210639119.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15809

Worker Satisfaction and Worker Representation: The Jury Is Still Out

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira

published online as 'Job satisfaction and workplace representation in Europe' in: Manchester School, 12 September 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15752

The Impact of ICT and Robots on Labour Market Outcomes of Demographic Groups in Europe

Maciej Albinowski, Piotr Lewandowski

published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 87, 102481

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15660

Decent Wage Floors in Europe: Does the Minimum Wage Directive Get It Right?

Henri Haapanala, Ive Marx, Zachary Parolin

published in: Journal of European Social Policy, 2023, 33 (4), 421 - 435

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15636

Health Shocks and Housing Downsizing: How Persistent Is 'Ageing in Place'?

Joan Costa-Font, Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto

published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2022, 204, 490-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15516

Returns to Education in the Public and Private Sectors: Europe and Central Asia

Claudio Montenegro, Harry Anthony Patrinos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15493

Too Healthy to Fall Sick? Longevity Expectations and Protective Health Behaviours during the First Wave of COVID-19

Martina Celidoni, Joan Costa-Font, Luca Salmasi

published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2022, 202, 733 - 745

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15417

The Over-Education Wage Penalty among PhD Holders: A European Perspective

François Rycx, Giulia Santosuosso, Guillaume Vermeylen

published in: Education Economics, 2025, 33 (1), 53-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15303

The Impact of Robots on Labour Market Transitions in Europe

Ronald Bachmann, Myrielle Gonschor, Piotr Lewandowski, Karol Madoń

published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2024, 70, 422-441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15214

Media Capture by Banks

Ruben Durante, Andrea Fabiani, Luc Laeven, José-Luis Peydró

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15108

Educational and Skills Mismatches: Unravelling Their Effects on Wages across Europe

Loredana Cultrera, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx, Guillaume Vermeylen

published in: Education Economics, 2022, 30 (6), 561-573

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15066

An Impact Assessment of ESF Training Courses for Unemployed in the Province of Bolzano

Francesco Pastore, Marco Pompili

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15059

Living in Rural Areas and Self-Employment

Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14924

The EU Anchor Thesis: Transition from Socialism, the Institutional Vacuum and Membership in the European Union

Nauro F. Campos

published in: Elodie Douarin and Oleh Havrylyshyn (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics, Springer, 2021, 353–368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14834

Institutional Integration and Productivity Growth: Evidence from the 1995 Enlargement of the European Union

Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Emanuele Franceschi

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 142, 104014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14834

Institutional Integration and Productivity Growth: Evidence from the 1995 Enlargement of the European Union

Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Emanuele Franceschi

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 142, 104014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14832

The Duration of the School-To-Work Transition in Italy and in Other European Countries: A Flexible Baseline Hazard Interpretation

Francesco Pastore, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2022, 43 (7), 1579-1600.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14712

Double-Edged Sword: Persistent Effects of Communism on Life Satisfaction

Vladimir Otrachshenko, Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36(3), 1139–1185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14538

Migration and Labor Market Integration in Europe

David Dorn, Josef Zweimüller

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35(2), 49-76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14538

Migration and Labor Market Integration in Europe

David Dorn, Josef Zweimüller

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35(2), 49-76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14472

Retrospective Causal Inference via Matrix Completion, with an Evaluation of the Effect of European Integration on Cross-Border Employment

Jason Poulos, Andrea Albanese, Andrea Mercatanti, Fan Li

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14411

Calamities, Common Interests, Shared Identity: What Shapes Altruism and Reciprocity?

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Antonio Cabrales, Mathias Dolls, Ruben Durante, Lisa Windsteiger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14379

With a Little Help from My Mother. The Matrilineal Advantage in European Grand Parenting.

Giorgio Brunello, Eiji Yamamura

published as 'Reciprocity and the matrilineal advantage in European grand-parenting' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2023, 21, 397 - 433

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14298

Learning Loss and Educational Inequalities in Europe: Mapping the Potential Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis

Zsuzsa Blaskó, Patricia da Costa, Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version publlished in: Journal of European Social Policy, 2022, 32 (4), 361-375

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14290

Worker Commitment and Establishment Performance

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira

revised version published as 'Worker Commitment and Establishment Performance in Europe' in: Manchester School, 2024, 92 (1), 40-66.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14245

Loneliness and Social Isolation: An Unequally Shared Burden in Europe

Beatrice d'Hombres, Martina Barjaková, Sylke V. Schnepf

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14164

Immigration and Voting Patterns in the European Union: Evidence from Five Case Studies and Cross-Country Analysis

Ethan Grumstrup, Todd A. Sorensen, Jan Misiuna, Marta Pachocka

published in: Migration Letters, 2021, 18 (5), 573–589.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13975

Does Robotization Affect Job Quality? Evidence from European Regional Labour Markets

José-Ignacio Antón, Enrique Fernández-Macías, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Industrial Relations, 2023, 62 (3), 232 - 256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13927

Interventions with Positive Side-Effects: COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and Infectious Diseases in Europe

Micha Kaiser, Steffen Otterbach, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, David E. Bloom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13850

Comrades in the Family? Soviet Communism and Informal Family Insurance

Joan Costa-Font, Anna Nicinska

published in: Kyklos, 2023, 76 (4), 526-612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13799

Robots and Worker Voice: An Empirical Exploration

Filippo Belloc, Gabriel Burdin, Fabio Landini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13717

Corporate Hierarchies under Employee Representation

Filippo Belloc, Gabriel Burdin, Fabio Landini

published as 'Corporate hierarchies and workplace voice' in: Journal of Institutional Economics, 2023, 19 (6), 729 - 746

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13706

Close Encounters of the European Kind: Economic Integration, Sectoral Heterogeneity and Structural Reforms

Nauro F. Campos, Vera Z. Eichenauer, Jan-Egbert Sturm

published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 129, 103511

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13706

Close Encounters of the European Kind: Economic Integration, Sectoral Heterogeneity and Structural Reforms

Nauro F. Campos, Vera Z. Eichenauer, Jan-Egbert Sturm

published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 129, 103511

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13683

Are COVID Fatalities in the US Higher Than in the EU, and If So, Why?

Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Shoshana Grossbard

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19, 307 - 326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13668

The Effect on Foreign Direct Investment of Membership in the European Union

Randolph Luca Bruno, Nauro F. Campos, Saul Estrin

published in: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2021, 59 (4), 802-821

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13557

Rising Concentration and Wage Inequality

Matias Cortes, Jeanne Tschopp

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2024, 126 (2), 320-354

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13482

Robots and the Gender Pay Gap in Europe

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Berkay Özcan, Julia Philipp

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2021, 134, 103693

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13461

The Gender Gap in Time Allocation in Europe

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published as 'The Gender Gap in Time Allocation' in: IZA World of Labor, 2022, 497

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13310

Social Capital and the Spread of COVID-19: Insights from European Countries

Alina Kristin Bartscher, Sebastian Seitz, Sebastian Siegloch, Michaela Slotwinski, Nils Wehrhöfer

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, 102531

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13067

Financing Constraints and Employers' Investment in Training

Giorgio Brunello, Áron Gereben, Christoph T. Weiss, Patricia Wruuck

published as 'Do investments in human and physical capital respond differently to financing constraints?' in: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 158, 10(2022)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12981

Employer Provided Training in Europe: Determinants and Obstacles

Giorgio Brunello, Patricia Wruuck

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12916

Trends in Commuting Time of European Workers: A Cross-Country Analysis

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published in: Transport Policy, 2022, 116, 327 - 342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12743

Differences in Euro-Area Household Finances and their Relevance for Monetary-Policy Transmission

Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger

revised version forthcoming in: Quantitative Economics, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12696

Passports for Sale: The Political Economy of Conflict and Cooperation in a Meta-Club

Kai A. Konrad, Ray Rees

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 62, 101855

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12679

Occupational Mobility in Europe: Extent, Determinants and Consequences

Ronald Bachmann, Peggy Bechara, Christina Vonnahme

published in: De Economist, 2020, 168(1), 79-108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12673

A Fresh Look at the Health-Wealth Correlation: A Case Study of European Countries

Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman, Tzahi Neuman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12567

Interest Rate Bands of Inaction and Play-Hysteresis in Domestic Investment: Evidence for the Euro Area

Ansgar H. Belke, Coletta Frenzel Baudisch, Matthias Göcke

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12542

Determinants of Productivity Gap in the European Union: A Multilevel Perspective

Randolph Luca Bruno, Elodie Douarin, Julia Korosteleva, Slavo Radosevic

published as 'The Two Disjointed Faces of R&D and the Productivity Gap in Europe' in: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2022, 60 (3), 580 - 603

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12350

The Distribution of Well-Being among Europeans

Andrea Brandolini, Alfonso Rosolia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12350

The Distribution of Well-Being among Europeans

Andrea Brandolini, Alfonso Rosolia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12350

The Distribution of Well-Being among Europeans

Andrea Brandolini, Alfonso Rosolia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12346

Skill Shortages and Skill Mismatch in Europe: A Review of the Literature

Giorgio Brunello, Patricia Wruuck

published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2021, 35 (4), 1145-1167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12254

To Europe or Not to Europe? Migration and Public Support for Joining the European Union in the Western Balkans

Artjoms Ivlevs, Roswitha M. King

published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54(2), 559–584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12254

To Europe or Not to Europe? Migration and Public Support for Joining the European Union in the Western Balkans

Artjoms Ivlevs, Roswitha M. King

published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54(2), 559–584

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12143

Home Advantage in European International Soccer: Which Dimension of Distance Matters?

Nils van Damme, Stijn Baert

revised version published in: Economics, 2019, 13 (1), 20190050

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12142

Twelve Eyes See More Than Eight. Referee Bias and the Introduction of Additional Assistant Referees in Soccer

Olivier Verstraeten, Stijn Baert

revised version published in: Plos One, 2020, 15 (2), e0227758

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12141

The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ready for Industry 4.0?

Wim Naudé, Aleksander Surdej, Martin Cameron

published as 'Ready for Industry 4.0? The Case of Central and Eastern Europe' in: Mohammad Dastbaz, Peter Cochrane (eds.), Industry 4.0 and Engineering for the Future, Springer International, 2019, 153-175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12014

Perspectives on Poverty in Europe

Stephen P. Jenkins

published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2020, 6 (1), 129-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11994

Different Versions of the Easterlin Paradox: New Evidence for European Countries

Caspar F. Kaiser, Maarten C.M. Vendrik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11990

Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence

Luca Fumarco, Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'Younger, Dissatisfied, and Unhealthy? Relative Age and Life-satisfaction in Adolescence' (with additional coauthor: Francesco Sarracino) in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 168, 313 - 337

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11972

Relative Age Effect on European Adolescents' Social Network

Luca Fumarco, Stijn Baert

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization,, 2019, 168, 318-337.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11782

Economic Integration and State Capacity: Evidence from the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union

Laszlo Bruszt, Nauro F. Campos

published as 'Economic Integration and State Capacity' in: Journal of Institutional Economics, 2019, 15 (3). 449-468.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11530

Just like a Woman? New Comparative Evidence on the Gender Income Gap across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Niels-Hugo Blunch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11527

Can Public Housing Decrease Segregation? Lessons and Challenges from Non-European Immigration in France

Gregory Verdugo, Sorana Toma

published in: Demography, 2018, 55 (5), 1803-1828

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11429

The Household Budget Survey in Western Europe, 1795-1965

Ian Gazeley, Rose Holmes, Andrew T. Newell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11355

Inequality among European Working Households, 1890-1960

Ian Gazeley, Rose Holmes, Andrew T. Newell, Kevin Reynolds, Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11328

Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States 2006-2016

Julia Jauer, Thomas Liebig, John P. Martin, Patrick A. Puhani

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, 1-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11328

Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States 2006-2016

Julia Jauer, Thomas Liebig, John P. Martin, Patrick A. Puhani

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, 1-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11059

Was Brexit Caused by the Unhappy and the Old?

Federica Liberini, Andrew J. Oswald, Eugenio Proto, Michela Redoano

published as 'Was Brexit triggered by the old and unhappy? Or by financial feelings?' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 161, 287-302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11007

Poverty and Material Deprivation among the Self-Employed in Europe: An Exploration of a Relatively Uncharted Landscape

Jeroen Horemans, Ive Marx

published in: W. Conen and E. Reuter (eds.), Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy, 2024, 80–98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10980

Inequalities and Segregation across the Long-Term Economic Cycle: An Analysis of South and North European Cities

Tiit Tammaru, Szymon Marcińczak, Raivo Aunap, Maarten van Ham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10980

Inequalities and Segregation across the Long-Term Economic Cycle: An Analysis of South and North European Cities

Tiit Tammaru, Szymon Marcińczak, Raivo Aunap, Maarten van Ham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10786

How Useful Is the Concept of Skills Mismatch?