IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Can greater access to secondary health care decrease health inequality? Evidence from bus line introduction to Arab towns in Israel' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 106, 105695

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14490

Older Adult Health Following Greater Access to Secondary Health Care: Evidence from Bus Service Introductions to Arab Towns in Israel

Aamer Abu-Qarn, Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot

published as 'Can greater access to secondary health care decrease health inequality? Evidence from bus line introduction to Arab towns in Israel' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 106, 105695

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14471

Cracking under Pressure? Gender Role Attitudes toward Maternal Employment in Times of a Pandemic

Natalia Danzer, Mathias Huebener, Astrid Pape, C. Katharina Spieß, Nico A. Siegel, Gert G. Wagner

substantially revised version published as 'Cracking Under Pressure? Gender Role Attitudes Toward Maternal Employment During COVID-19 in Germany' in: Feminist Economics, Feminist Economics, 2024, 30 (3), 217–254.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14457

Sharing the Caring? The Gender Division of Care Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Jonas Jessen, C. Katharina Spieß, Sevrin Waights, Katharina Wrohlich

revised version published as 'The gender division of unpaid care work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany' in: German Economic Review, 2022, 23(4), 641-667

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14457

Sharing the Caring? The Gender Division of Care Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Jonas Jessen, C. Katharina Spieß, Sevrin Waights, Katharina Wrohlich

revised version published as 'The gender division of unpaid care work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany' in: German Economic Review, 2022, 23(4), 641-667

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14454

UI Generosity and Job Acceptance: Effects of the 2020 CARES Act

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Robert G. Valletta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14453

Did COVID-19 Affect the Division of Labor within the Household? Evidence from Two Waves of the Pandemic in Italy

Daniela Del Boca, Noemi Oggero, Paola Profeta, Mariacristina Rossi

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 11 (1)

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. 14375

Neither Backlash nor Convergence: Dynamics of Intracouple Childcare Division after the First COVID-19 Lockdown and Subsequent Reopening in Germany

Christina Boll, Dana Müller, Simone Schüller

revised version published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2023, 57, 27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14368

A Generation of Italian Economists

Enrico Nano, Ugo Panizza, Martina Viarengo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14359

Parents under Stress: Evaluating Emergency Childcare Policies during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany

Simone Schüller, Hannah S. Steinberg

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 78, 102217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14352

Effects of Mandatory Military Service on Wages and Other Socioeconomic Outcomes

Patrick A. Puhani, Margret K. Sterrenberg

revised version published as 'Effects of Mandatory Military and Alternative Community Service on Wages and Other Socioeconomic outcomes' in: Kyklos, 2022, 75 (3), 488 - 507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14348

Maternal Labor Supply: Perceived Returns, Constraints, and Social Norms

Teodora Boneva, Katja Maria Kaufmann, Christopher Rauh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14239

Do You Really Want to Share Everything? The Wellbeing of Work-Linked Couples

Juliane Hennecke, Clemens Hetschko

published online in: Oxford Economic Papers, 16 September 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14223

From Mancession to Shecession: Women's Employment in Regular and Pandemic Recessions

Titan Alon, Sena Coskun, Matthias Doepke, David Koll, Michèle Tertilt

published in: NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2022, 362022, 83–151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14183

Is Care by Grandparents or Parents Better for Children's Non-cognitive Skills? Evidence on Locus of Control from China

Xiang Ao, Xuan Chen, Zhong Zhao

published in: China Economic Review, 2022, 61, 101734

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14176

Moral Hazard Heterogeneity: Genes and Health Insurance Influence Smoking after a Health Shock

Pietro Biroli, Laura Zwyssig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14098

Cognitive Impairment and Prevalence of Memory-Related Diagnoses among U.S. Older Adults

Yuting Qian, Xi Chen, Diwen Tang, Amy S. Kelley, Jing Li

published as 'Prevalence of Memory-Related Diagnoses Among U.S. Older Adults With Early Symptoms of Cognitive Impairment' in: Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 2021, 76 (10), 1846 - 1853

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14089

The Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Parents' Labor Market Outcomes

Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14080

'Placebo Tests' for the Impacts of Air Pollution on Health: The Challenge of Limited Healthcare Infrastructure

Bruna Guidetti, Paula Pereda, Edson Severnini

published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 371 - 375

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14072

Informed Choices: Gender Gaps in Career Advice

Yana Gallen, Melanie Wasserman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14061

Pandemic Economics and the Transformation of Health Policy

Xi Chen, Annie Fan

pubished as 'The COVID-19 pandemic and the transformation of health policy: a syndemic perspective' in: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2021, 19 (3), 239 - 255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14048

Child Care over the Business Cycle

Jessica H. Brown, Chris M. Herbst

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40 (S1), S429-S468

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14040

Academic Careers and Fertility Decisions

Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: D. Checchi, T. Jappelli, A. Uricchio (eds.), Teaching, Research and Academic Careers, Springer, 2022, 135 -161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14040

Academic Careers and Fertility Decisions

Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: D. Checchi, T. Jappelli, A. Uricchio (eds.), Teaching, Research and Academic Careers, Springer, 2022, 135 -161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13992

Urgent Care Centers, Hospital Performance and Population Health

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Letícia Nunes, Rudi Rocha

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13920

The Federal Effort to Desegregate Southern Hospitals and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

forthcoming as 'Imposing Policy on Reluctant Actors: The Hospital Desegregation Campaign and Black Postneonatal Mortality in the Deep South' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13910

Unmet Health Care Need and Income-Related Horizontal Equity in Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apostolos Davillas, Andrew M. Jones

revised version published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (7), 1711 - 1716

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13874

The Effects of Incentivizing Early Prenatal Care on Infant Health

Kamila Cygan-Rehm, Krzysztof Karbownik

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 83, 102612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13874

The Effects of Incentivizing Early Prenatal Care on Infant Health

Kamila Cygan-Rehm, Krzysztof Karbownik

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 83, 102612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13866

Suddenly a Stay-at-Home Dad? Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Fathers' Job Loss on Time Investment in the Household

Juliane Hennecke, Astrid Pape

revised version published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, 20 (2), 579-607

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13851

Price and Saliency in Health Care: When Can Targeted Nudges Change Behaviors?

Brigham Walker

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2023, 107, 102102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13839

Female Employment and Childcare

Lena Hassani Nezhad

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13817

Career and Technical Education in High School and Postsecondary Career Pathways in Washington State

James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Harry J. Holzer, Natsumi Naito, Zeyu Xu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13808

Has the Paycheck Protection Program Succeeded?

Glenn Hubbard, Michael R. Strain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13800

Re-Examining Supplier-Induced Demand in Health Care: Comparisons among Patients Affiliated and Not Affiliated with Healthcare Professionals in China

Yafei Si, Zhongliang Zhou, Min Su, Han Hu, Zesen Yang, Xi Chen

published as 'Comparison of health care utilization among patients affiliated and not affiliated with healthcare professionals in China' in: BMC Health Services Research, 2020, 20, 1118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13800

Re-Examining Supplier-Induced Demand in Health Care: Comparisons among Patients Affiliated and Not Affiliated with Healthcare Professionals in China

Yafei Si, Zhongliang Zhou, Min Su, Han Hu, Zesen Yang, Xi Chen

published as 'Comparison of health care utilization among patients affiliated and not affiliated with healthcare professionals in China' in: BMC Health Services Research, 2020, 20, 1118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13792

Working Less to Take Care of Parents? Labor Market Effects of Family Long-Term Care in Four Latin American Countries

Marco Stampini, María Laura Oliveri, Pablo Ibarrarán, Diana Londoño, Ho June (Sean) Rhee, Gillinda M. James

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13792

Working Less to Take Care of Parents? Labor Market Effects of Family Long-Term Care in Four Latin American Countries

Marco Stampini, María Laura Oliveri, Pablo Ibarrarán, Diana Londoño, Ho June (Sean) Rhee, Gillinda M. James

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13792

Working Less to Take Care of Parents? Labor Market Effects of Family Long-Term Care in Four Latin American Countries

Marco Stampini, María Laura Oliveri, Pablo Ibarrarán, Diana Londoño, Ho June (Sean) Rhee, Gillinda M. James

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13787

The Performance of Consumers' Cooperatives in America

John H. Pencavel

published in: Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2020, 3 (1), 1-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13774

Health of Elderly Parents, Their Children's Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers

Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Jörg Paetzold, Julia Schmieder

published online in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13774

Health of Elderly Parents, Their Children's Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers

Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Jörg Paetzold, Julia Schmieder

published online in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13758

Discontinuous System of Allowances: The Response of Prosocial Health-Care Professionals

Helena Hernandez-Pizarro, Catia Nicodemo, Guillem López Casasnovas

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 190, 104248

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13742

Lives Saved during Economic Downturns: Evidence from Australia

Kadir Atalay, Rebecca Edwards, Stefanie Schurer, David Ubilava

published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (10), 2452 - 2467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13715

Changes in Healthcare Utilization, Spending, and Perceived Health during COVID–19: A Longitudinal Study from Singapore

SangNam Ahn, Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

published as 'Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with older individuals' healthcare utilization and self-reported health status: a longitudinal analysis from Singapore' in: BMC Health Services Research, 2022, 22(1), 66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13715

Changes in Healthcare Utilization, Spending, and Perceived Health during COVID–19: A Longitudinal Study from Singapore

SangNam Ahn, Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

published as 'Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with older individuals' healthcare utilization and self-reported health status: a longitudinal analysis from Singapore' in: BMC Health Services Research, 2022, 22(1), 66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13627

The Effect of Hosting 3.4 Million Refugees on the Health System in Turkey and Infant, Child, and Elderly Mortality among Natives

Aysun Hızıroğlu Aygün, Murat Güray Kirdar, Berna Tuncay

published as 'The Effect of Hosting 3.4 Million Refugees on Native Population Mortality' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, 102534

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13596

Competition and Career Advancement: The Hidden Costs of Paid Leave

Julian V. Johnsen, Hyejin Ku, Kjell G. Salvanes

latest version published online as 'Competition and Career Advancement' in: Review of Economic Studies, 13 October 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13589

Can Childcare Benefits Increase Maternal Employment? Evidence from Childcare Benefits Policy in Japan

Shinsuke Asakawa, Masaru Sasaki

published as 'Can child benefit reductions increase maternal employment? Evidence from Japan' in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2022, 66, 101231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13588

Working Parents, Financial Insecurity, and Child-Care: Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19

Massimiliano Tani, Zhiming Cheng, Silvia Mendolia, Alfredo R. Paloyo, David Savage

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19, 123 - 144 .

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13587

Stung by Pension Reforms: The Impact of a Change in State Pension Age on Mental Health and Life Satisfaction of Affected Women

Marina Della Giusta, Simonetta Longhi

published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 72,102049

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13562

This Time It's Different: The Role of Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession

Titan Alon, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, Michèle Tertilt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13556

Parental Well-Being in Times of COVID-19 in Germany

Mathias Huebener, Sevrin Waights, C. Katharina Spieß, Nico A. Siegel, Gert G. Wagner

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 81, 91 - 120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13519

Fathers Matter: Intra-Household Responsibilities and Children's Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy

Lucia Mangiavacchi, Luca Piccoli, Luca Pieroni

published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 42, 101016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13500

The Gendered Division of Paid and Domestic Work under Lockdown

Alison Andrew, Sarah Cattan, Monica Costa Dias, Christine Farquharson, Lucy Kraftman, Sonya Krutikova, Angus Phimister, Almudena Sevilla

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2022, 43 (4), 325 - 340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13492

Exploring the Relationship between Care Homes and Excess Deaths in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Italy

Caterina Alacevich, Nicolò Cavalli, Osea Giuntella, Raffaele Lagravinese, Francesco Moscone, Catia Nicodemo

published as 'The presence of care homes and excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Italy' in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (7), 1703-1710

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13475

Biased Beliefs and Entry into Scientific Careers

Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Danijela Vuletić Čugalj

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13445

Subjective Expectations for Health Service Use and Consequences for Health Insurance Behavior

Nathan Kettlewell

published as 'The informational content of subjective expectations for health service use' in: BMC Health Services Research, 2021, 21, 464 (2021)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13443

Initial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Employment and Hours of Self-Employed Coupled and Single Workers by Gender and Parental Status

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

published as 'Impacts of COVID-19 on the Self-employed' in: Small Business Economics, 2022, 58, 741–768

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13434

How the COVID-19 Lockdown Affected Gender Inequality in Paid and Unpaid Work in Spain

Lídia Farré, Yarine Fawaz, Libertad González, Jennifer Graves

published as 'Gender Inequality in Paid and Unpaid Work During Covid-19 Times' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68 (2), 323-347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13409

Women's Work, Housework and Childcare, before and during COVID-19

Daniela Del Boca, Noemi Oggero, Paola Profeta, Mariacristina Rossi

published as 'Women's and men's work, housework and childcare, before and during COVID-19' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18, 1001 - 1017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13404

Changes in Female Employment in Mexico: Demographics, Economics, and Policies

Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Mexico Alberto Vergara Bahena, Diego Cardozo Medeiros

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13398

Family Life in Lockdown

Pietro Biroli, Steven J. Bosworth, Marina Della Giusta, Amalia Di Girolamo, Sylvia Jaworska, Jeremy Vollen

published in: Frontiers in Psychology, 2021,12, 687570.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13394

Conflict, Rockets, and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Israel's Operation Protective Edge

Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot, Neta Benshalom-Tirosh, Eyal Sheiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13393

Recessions and Occupational Match Quality: The Role of Age, Gender, and Education

John T. Addison, Liwen Chen, Orgul Demet Ozturk

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13353

The Short-Run Macro Implications of School and Child-Care Closures

Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Moritz Kuhn, Michèle Tertilt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13348

Italian Families in the 21st Century: Gender Gaps in Time Use and Their Evolution

Francesca Barigozzi, Cesare Di Timoteo, Chiara Monfardini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13302

Baby Steps: The Gender Division of Childcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Almudena Sevilla, Sarah Smith

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2020, 36 (S1), S169–S186,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13271

Cash-For-Care, or Caring for Cash? The Effects of a Home Care Subsidy on Maternal Employment, Childcare Choices, and Children's Development

Matthias Collischon, Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner

published as 'Who Benefits from Cash‐for‐Care? Effects of a Home Care Subsidy on Maternal Employment, Childcare Choices, and Children’s Development' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (4), 1011-1051

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13271

Cash-For-Care, or Caring for Cash? The Effects of a Home Care Subsidy on Maternal Employment, Childcare Choices, and Children's Development

Matthias Collischon, Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner

published as 'Who Benefits from Cash‐for‐Care? Effects of a Home Care Subsidy on Maternal Employment, Childcare Choices, and Children’s Development' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (4), 1011-1051

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13271

Cash-For-Care, or Caring for Cash? The Effects of a Home Care Subsidy on Maternal Employment, Childcare Choices, and Children's Development

Matthias Collischon, Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner

published as 'Who Benefits from Cash‐for‐Care? Effects of a Home Care Subsidy on Maternal Employment, Childcare Choices, and Children’s Development' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (4), 1011-1051

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13261

The Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-At-Home Orders

Umair Ali, Chris M. Herbst, Christos A. Makridis

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 82, 102094

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13261

The Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-At-Home Orders

Umair Ali, Chris M. Herbst, Christos A. Makridis

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 82, 102094

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13256

Hospital Resources: Persistent Reallocation under Price Changes

Florian Wozny

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13229