IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Magnus Henrekson, Christian Sandström, and Mikael Stenkula (eds.), Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy, Cham: Springer, 2024, 309–331

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16478

Navigating Ambiguity: Imprecise Probabilities and the Updating of Disease Risk Beliefs

Jason Kerwin, Divya Pandey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16252

Improving School Management in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Gautam Anand, Aishwarya Atluri, Lee Crawfurd, Todd Pugatch, Ketki Sheth

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 97, 102464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16201

COVID-19 and Entrepreneurship

Alina Sorgner

published in: Zimmermann, K.F. (ed.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham., 2023.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16127

The Worth of Cities in Germany

Katja Gehr, Michael P. Pflüger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16117

Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages

Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf Van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, Simon Wiederhold

This paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 14854 (2021).

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15989

Pay-As-They-Get-In: Attitudes Towards Migrants and Pension Systems

Tito Boeri, Matteo Gamalerio, Massimo Morelli, Margherita Negri

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. 15882

The Impact of the "Coding Girls" Program on High School Students' Educational Choices

Stefania Basiglio, Daniela Del Boca, Chiara D. Pronzato

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15800

Highway to Hell? Interstate Highway System and Crime

Francesca Calamunci, Jakub Lonsky

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15733

Female Neighbors, Test Scores, and Careers

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Yi Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15655

Intended and Unintended Effects of E-cigarette Taxes on Youth Tobacco Use

Rahi Abouk, Charles Courtemanche, Dhaval M. Dave, Bo Feng, Abigail S. Friedman, J. Catherine Maclean, Michael Pesko, Joseph J. Sabia, Samuel Safford

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15483

Do STEM Students Vote?

D’Wayne Bell, Jing Feng, John B. Holbein, Jonathan Smith

published in: American Educational Research Journal, 2024, 61 (1), 48-73.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15352

Gender Differences in STEM Persistence after Graduation

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published in: Economica, 2022, 89 (356), 862-883.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15352

Gender Differences in STEM Persistence after Graduation

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published in: Economica, 2022, 89 (356), 862-883.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15128

Rank Effects in Education: What Do We Know So Far?

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook fo Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15096

Improving the Availability of Unrelated Stem Cell Donors: Evidence from a Major Donor Registry

Michael Haylock, Patrick Kampkötter, Mario Macis, Jürgen Sauter, Susanne Seitz, Robert Slonim, Daniel Wiesen, Alexander H. Schmidt

published online in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2024.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14957

Do Economic Incentives Promote Physical Activity? Evidence from the London Congestion Charge

Ryota Nakamura, Andrea Albanese, Emma Coombes, Marc Suhrcke

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 2024, 187 (2), 305–320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14854

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills: An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes

Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf Van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, Simon Wiederhold

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14694

Complementarity in Employee Participation Systems: International Evidence

Gabriel Burdin, Takao Kato

revised version published as 'Complementarity in Employee Participation Systems' in: Zimmermann K. (ed.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer Nature, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14694

Complementarity in Employee Participation Systems: International Evidence

Gabriel Burdin, Takao Kato

revised version published as 'Complementarity in Employee Participation Systems' in: Zimmermann K. (ed.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer Nature, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14676

Bye Bye Ms. American Sci: Women and the Leaky STEM Pipeline

Jamin D. Speer

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 93, 102371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14666

Gender Role Models and Early Career Decisions

Monique Löwe, Ulf Rinne, Hendrik Sonnabend

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2023, 30 (11), 1526 - 1530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14660

Greek Myth or Fact? The Role of Greek Houses in Alcohol and Drug Violations on American Campuses

Manu Raghav, Timothy M. Diette

published in: Applied Economics, 2022, 54 (55), 6406 - 6417

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14555

How Collective Bargaining Shapes Poverty: New Evidence for Developed Countries

Kevin Pineda-Hernández, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022, 60 (4), 895-928

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14394

Gender Wage and Longevity Gaps and the Design of Retirement Systems

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 209, 2023, 263-287.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14360

The Gender Gap in Income and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Karina Doorley, Cathal O'Donoghue, Denisa Maria Sologon

published in: Social Sciences, 2022, 11 (7), 311

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14328

How to Improve Worker-Firm Matching: Evidence from a Temporary Foreign Worker Market

Yoon Y. Cho, Soohyung Lee

published in: Korean Economic Review, 2021, 37 (2), 419-454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14148

Culture as a Hiring Criterion: Systemic Discrimination in a Procedurally Fair Hiring Process

Dominique Meurs, Patrick A. Puhani

published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 87, 102482

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14074

Gender and Educational Achievement: Stylized Facts and Causal Evidence

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published as: The Economics of Gender and Educational Achievement: Stylized Facts and Causal Evidence, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, Oxford University Press, August 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13947

Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries

Michael A. Clemens, Thomas Ginn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13944

Long-Lasting Effects of Communist Indoctrination in School: Evidence from Poland

Joan Costa-Font, Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Anna Nicińska

published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 161, 104641

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13895

Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations

Grant J. Cameron, Hai-Anh H Dang, Mustafa Dinc, James Foster, Michael Lokshin

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83 (4), 870-896.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13786

Tax-Benefit Systems and the Gender Gap in Income

Karina Doorley, Claire Keane

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2024, 22, 285 - 309

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13734

STEM Occupations and the Gender Gap: What Can We Learn from Job Tasks?

Jamin D. Speer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13667

Digital Entrepreneurship Research: A Concise Introduction

Wim Naudé, Werner Liebregts

published as 'Digital Entrepreneurship' in: Liebregts, W., van den Heuvel, WJ., van den Born, A. (eds), Data Science for Entrepreneurship. Classroom Companion: Business. Springer, Cham, 2023, 279-303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13535

Design Choices for Central Bank Digital Currency: Policy and Technical Considerations

Sarah Allen, Srdjan Capkun, Ittay Eyal, Giulia Fanti, Bryan Ford, James Grimmelmann, Ari Juels, Kari Kostiainen, Sarah Meiklejohn, Andrew Miller, Eswar Prasad, Karl Wüst, Fan Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13523

Is Labour Market Discrimination against Ethnic Minorities Better Explained by Taste or Statistics? A Systematic Review of the Empirical Evidence

Louis Lippens, Stijn Baert, Abel Ghekiere, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, Eva Derous

revised version published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2022, 48 (17), 4243 - 4276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13484

Universal Credit and Crime

Rocco d'Este, Alex Harvey

published as 'The Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reforms: Universal Credit, Financial Insecurity, and Crime' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2024, 40 (1), 129 - 181

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13385

From Pink-Collar to Lab Coat: Cultural Persistence and Diffusion of Socialist Gender Norms

Naomi Friedman-Sokuler, Claudia Senik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13377

Australia's Immigration Selection System and Labour Market Outcomes in a Family Context: Evidence from Administrative Data

Cahit Guven, Lan Anh Tong, Mutlu Yuksel

published in: Economic Record, 2020, 96 (1), 50-77.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13313

Comparative Advantage and Gender Gap in STEM

Sofoklis Goulas, Silvia Griselda, Rigissa Megalokonomou

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (6), 1937-1980

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13299

How Gender and Prior Disadvantage Predict Performance in College

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published in: Economic and Social Review, 2020, 51 (2), 189 -239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13251

Choosing Differently? College Application Behavior and the Persistence of Educational Advantage

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 77, 101998

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13163

Do Female Role Models Reduce the Gender Gap in Science? Evidence from French High Schools

Thomas Breda, Julien Grenet, Marion Monnet, Clémentine Van Effenterre

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13032

The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism

Sascha O. Becker, Lukas Mergele, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2020, 34 (2), 143-171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12996

Class Size Effects in Higher Education: Differences across STEM and Non-STEM Fields

Elif Kara, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

substantially revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 82, 102104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12932

Policies in Hard Times: Assessing the Impact of Financial Crises on Structural Reforms

Gunes Gokmen, Tommaso Nannicini, Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato, Chris Papageorgiou

published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (638), 2529-2552

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12846

The Effect of High School Rank in English and Math on College Major Choice

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published as 'High School Rank in Math and English and the Gender Gap in STEM' in: Labour Economics, 2021, 69, 101969

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12739

Advisor Value-Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisors

Serena Canaan, Antoine Deeb, Pierre Mouganie

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 14 (4), 151–191

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12729

Proportional Representation, Political Responsiveness and Child Mortality

Christina Gathmann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12688

Scientifico! like Dad: On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education in Italy

Diana Chise, Margherita Fort, Chiara Monfardini

revised version published as 'On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education among Graduate Students' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021, 21 (1), 115 - 145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12582

Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in STEM Participation

Anne Ardila Brenøe, Ulf Zölitz

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38 (4), 1009-1054

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12527

The Impact of High-Performance Work Systems on Employees: A Sectoral Comparison

Michael White, Alex Bryson

forthcoming in: Labour

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12517

High Performance Work Systems and Public Sector Workplace Performance in Britain

Michael White, Alex Bryson

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2021,73 (3), 1057-1076

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12455

High-Performing Peers and Female STEM Choices in School

Pierre Mouganie, Yaojing Wang

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38 (3), 805 - 841

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12415

Female Science Advisors and the STEM Gender Gap

Serena Canaan, Pierre Mouganie

published as 'The Impact of Advisor Gender on Female Students’ STEM Enrollment and Persistence' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (2), 593-632

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12234

Out-Of-Partnership Births in East and West Germany

Uwe Jirjahn, Cornelia Struewing

revised version by Uwe Jirjahn and Cornelia Chadi published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18 (3), 853-881

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12220

Policy in the Pipeline: Identifying Regional Public Investment Priorities Using a Natural Experiment

Michal Myck, Mateusz Najsztub

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12176

It's Not Just for Boys! Understanding Gender Differences in STEM

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

published as 'Understanding Gender Differences in STEM: Evidence from College Applications' in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 72, 219-238

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12168

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Wages and Education for US Immigrants

Simone Bertoli, Steven Stillman

published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, Article 101749

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12130

Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe

Alberto Alesina, Elie Murard, Hillel Rapoport

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21 (6), 925–954,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12111

Does Universalization of Health Work? Evidence from Health Systems Restructuring and Expansion in Brazil

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Rudi Rocha, Rodrigo R. Soares

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11934

Labor Market Effects of High School Science Majors in a High STEM Economy

Tarun Jain, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Nishith Prakash, Raghav Rakesh

published as 'Science Education and Labor Market Outcomes in a Developing Economy' in: Economic Inquiry, 2022, 60 (2), 741-763

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11910

Does the Girl Next Door Affect Your Academic Outcomes and Career Choices?

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Yi Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11908

Labor Market Effects of High School Science Majors in a High STEM Economy

Tarun Jain, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Nishith Prakash, Raghav Rakesh

updated version published as 'Science education and labor market outcomes in a developing economy' in: Economic Inquiry, 2022, 60 (2), 741 - 763

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11830

Pension Strategies of Workers in a Country Getting Old before Getting Rich

Sonia Buchholtz, Jan Gaska, Marek Góra

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11820

The Effects of Professor Gender on the Post-Graduation Outcomes of Female Students

Hani Mansour, Daniel I. Rees, Bryson Rintala, Nathan Wozny

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2022, 75 (3), 693 - 715

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11812

Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Lessons Learned

Patricia Yanez-Pagans, Daniel Martinez, Oscar A. Mitnik, Lynn Scholl, Antonia Vazquez

revised version published in: Latin American Economic Review, 2019, 28, 5 (2019)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11713

Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry: A Comparison between Germany and the U.S.

Katharina Dyballa, Kornelius Kraft

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11660

Gender Segregation in Education and Its Implications for Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from India

Soham Sahoo, Stephan Klasen

revised version published in: Demography, 2021, 58 (3), 987-1010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11624

Marathon, Hurdling or Sprint? The Effects of Exam Scheduling on Academic Performance

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2020, 20 (2), 20190177.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11441

On Welfare Effects of Increasing Retirement Age

Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz

published in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2019, 41 (4), 718 - 746

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11354

City Size, Pollution and Emission Policies

Michael P. Pflüger

published in: Journal of Urban Economics 2021, 126, 103391

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11321

Perceived Wages and the Gender Gap in STEM Fields

Aderonke Osikominu, Gregor Pfeifer

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