IZA Discussion Papers

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 Nicińska

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. 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. 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. 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. 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?

Seamus McGuinness, Konstantinos Pouliakas, Paul Redmond

revised version published as 'Skills mismatch: Concepts, Measurement and Policy Approaches' in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2018, 32 (4), 985-1085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10767

Why So Slow? The School-to-Work Transition in Italy

Francesco Pastore

published in: Studies in Higher Education, 2019, 44 (8), 1358-1371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10381

The Economic Impact of East?West Migration on the European Union

Martin Kahanec, Mariola Pytlikova

published in: Empirica, 2017, 44 (3), 407-434.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10301

Assessing the Performance of School-to-Work Transition Regimes in the EU

Kari P Hadjivassiliou, Arianna Tassinari, Werner Eichhorst, Florian Wozny

revised version published as 'How Does the Performance of School-to-Work Transition Regimes Vary in the European Union?' in: Jacqueline O'Reilly et al. (eds.) Youth Labor in Transition: Inequalities, Mobility, and Policies in Europe, Oxford, 2018, Chapter 3

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10277

Spatial Segregation and Socio-Economic Mobility in European Cities

Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru, Elise de Vuijst, Merle Zwiers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10179

Hours Worked in Europe and the US: New Data, New Answers

Alexander Bick, Bettina Brüggemann, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economic, 2019, 121 (4), 1381 - 1516

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10098

Minimum Wage Violation in Central and Eastern Europe

Karolina Goraus-Tanska, Piotr Lewandowski

published in: International Labour Review, 2019, 158(2), 297-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10087

Happy Hosts? International Tourist Arrivals and Residents' Subjective Well-being in Europe

Artjoms Ivlevs

published in: Journal of Travel Research, 2017, 56 (5), 599-612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10061

Turbulence and the Employment Experience of Older Workers

Etienne Lalé

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9 (2), 735-784.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10022

Is Childcare Bad for the Mental Health of Grandparents? Evidence from SHARE

Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Grandparents in the blues. The effect of childcare on grandparents' depression' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2017,190, 67-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9836

Education as a Tool for the Economic Integration of Migrants

Maria De Paola, Giorgio Brunello

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9817

Is European Entrepreneurship in Crisis?

Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9751

Chronic Material Deprivation and Long‐Term Poverty in Europe in the Pre‐Crisis Period

Fotis Papadopoulos, Panos Tsakloglou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9636

Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania

Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev